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1199437

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	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	Religious Buildings: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government further to the publication of Our plan to rebuild: The UK Government’s COVID-19 recovery strategy on 11 May, what discussions they have had with faith leaders about the number of people who will be permitted to gather in places of worship for services and events.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Mone
	uin	HL5046
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>Following publication on 11 May of “Our Plan to Rebuild”, which outlined the steps we would be taking to ease the lockdown restrictions, the Government launched a Places of Worship Taskforce to look at how places of worship can reopen and operate safely.</p><p>The Secretary of State and I have held a series of meetings with the Taskforce as well as holding faith-specific roundtables to hear the views of our faith leaders on how our places of worship can reopen. This is to ensure that those who visit and those who work there are protected as far as possible. The Government is working with the Taskforce as we develop guidance for our faith communities on the safe reopening of our places of worship. This will include guidance on individual prayer, and services and ceremonies such as weddings. This will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL5044 HL5045 question first answered 15/06/2020 16:15:25 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	4544 label Biography information for Baroness Mone

1201042

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2020
	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	Social Rented Housing: Construction
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many homes were built for social rent in England (1) in each of the last five years for which figures are available, and (2) in 2010.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Thornhill
	uin	HL5429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2020 answer text <p>The number of social rent completions for 2009-10 and each of the last five years for which there are available data, including new build, can be found in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Social Rent, of which:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>33,491</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,331</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,798</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,895</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,679</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,287</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Build</p></td><td><p>30,396</p></td><td><p>8,464</p></td><td><p>6,066</p></td><td><p>5,296</p></td><td><p>5,597</p></td><td><p>5,320</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Acquisitions</p></td><td><p>2,786</p></td><td><p>867</p></td><td><p>684</p></td><td><p>596</p></td><td><p>1,058</p></td><td><p>956</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Known</p></td><td><p>309</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This information, broken down by tenure and whether the units are new build and acquisitions, is published in Live Table 1009 which can be found (attached) here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a></p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 22/06/2020 16:21:57 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	4558 label Biography information for Baroness Thornhill

1199356

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	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	Westferry Printworks: Planning Permission
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what (1) meetings, and (2) communications, took place between the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and Richard Desmond in (a) 2019, and (b) 2020; and whether they will place the records of these meetings and communications in the Library of the House.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL4888
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published regularly and can be found at the following link on gov.uk:<br> <em><br> </em><a title="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gov.uk%2fgovernment%2fcollections%2fdclg-ministerial-data&amp;data=02%7c01%7cpaulb.smith%40communities.gov.uk%7cd50844b1590e4896572408d80624d6e5%7cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7c0%7c0%7" href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fdclg-ministerial-data&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Cb53a9f38f7a04412214208d81213e873%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637279223989332592&amp;sdata=NgLowcrSrln5jexzkLJ%2FL%2F9r5fa9Lrzn%2FEbcIf0WDz8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-ministerial-data</em></a></p><p>The Secretary of State declined to discuss the application with both the Mayor of Tower Hamlets and the developers.</p><p>The Planning Inspector’s Report sets out a schedule of representations received by the Inspector. Special Advisers did not meet with the developers or local authority. Officials in MHCLG had no meetings and received no communications from executives of Northern and Shell.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL4887 HL4889 question first answered 16/06/2020 17:00:28 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

1199357

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	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	Westferry Printworks: Planning Permission
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what (1) meetings, and (2) communications, took place involving special advisers and officials of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and executives of the Northern and Shell Corporation in (a) 2019, and (b) 2020; and whether they will place the (i) participant lists, and (ii) records, of these meetings and communications in the Library of the House.
	tabling member printed	Lord Adonis
	uin	HL4889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published regularly and can be found at the following link on gov.uk:<br> <em><br> </em><a title="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gov.uk%2fgovernment%2fcollections%2fdclg-ministerial-data&amp;data=02%7c01%7cpaulb.smith%40communities.gov.uk%7cd50844b1590e4896572408d80624d6e5%7cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7c0%7c0%7" href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fdclg-ministerial-data&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Cb53a9f38f7a04412214208d81213e873%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637279223989332592&amp;sdata=NgLowcrSrln5jexzkLJ%2FL%2F9r5fa9Lrzn%2FEbcIf0WDz8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank"><em>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-ministerial-data</em></a></p><p>The Secretary of State declined to discuss the application with both the Mayor of Tower Hamlets and the developers.</p><p>The Planning Inspector’s Report sets out a schedule of representations received by the Inspector. Special Advisers did not meet with the developers or local authority. Officials in MHCLG had no meetings and received no communications from executives of Northern and Shell.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL4887 HL4888 question first answered 16/06/2020 17:00:28 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	3743 label Biography information for Lord Adonis

1175134

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2020
	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	Hotels: Insulation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what additional action is being taken to alert customers of hotels with Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding which do not comply with building regulation requirements of the ACM cladding on any such hotel.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	uin	HL675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (the “Fire Safety Order”), responsible persons for hotels must ensure that they have completed a fire risk assessment and that it is regularly reviewed to ensure that the fire safety measures in place remain appropriate and are being adequately maintained. This includes assessing and where appropriate, taking the necessary steps to reduce the risk on the external walls which may include cladding.</p><p>All hotels that have confirmed ACM cladding have been visited by the local fire and rescue service to ensure that the appropriate risk mitigation measures are in place. Hotels will have a range of comprehensive fire safety measures which may include a 24-hour concierge, simultaneous fire evacuation strategy and a fully functioning alarm system. If hotels do not have sufficient mitigating measures, the fire and rescue service has the power to take appropriate enforcement action.</p><p>The Department continues to work with the Home Office and National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) to ensure correct fire safety arrangements are in place on all high-rise hotels to mitigate risks and to ensure remediation is taking place.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/02/2020 17:00:36 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1199394

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	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	Local Government Finance
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what are the consequences when auditors fail to sign off a district council's annual budget.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL5112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>A council's annual budget is signed off by a meeting of the full council as presented by its chief finance or Section 151 Officer. An auditor does not generally have a role to play in this process. However, the auditor issues an opinion on ie ‘signs off’ a council’s year-end financial statements. This opinion may be unmodified or, where an auditor has identified significant issues, they may give a modified opinion. Auditors also have powers to issue an advisory notice or a public interest report. Local authorities are accountable to their electorate.</p><p>It is a legal requirement for a council’s accounts to be signed off by the external auditor, however as the auditor must be satisfied with the accounts before doing so, there is not a specific timescale within which they must give their opinion or other specific consequences of a failure to sign off the accounts. Recently there has been a significant increase in the number of council accounts that remain outstanding. As at 31 May 2020, the 2018/19 accounts of 57 councils had not been signed off.</p><p>To help address the audit delay issue, we commissioned the independent Redmond review to review arrangements supporting the transparency and quality of local authority financial reporting and external audit within the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014. The Review is due to report later this year. We also recognise the pressures councils - and auditors - are under in the context of Covid-19 and have therefore extended the deadlines for them to publish their draft and final accounts in 2019/20 to 1 September and 30 November 2020 respectively.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 16/06/2020 15:03:27 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1175231

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2020
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the current state of the UK housing market, and (2) how that market may be affected by Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Mone
	uin	HL706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>As a matter of course the department works closely with industry and all levels of government to monitor and assess the future of the UK housing market.</p><p>We are  committed to delivering safe, secure and affordable housing to people across the country, and this has not changed. A key pillar of realising this commitment is our ambition to deliver more homes for the communities up and down the country that need them. We have made necessary legislation that means the UK’s regulatory requirements on construction products are the same as the EU’s requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 05/02/2020 16:27:03 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4544 label Biography information for Baroness Mone

1175299

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2020
	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	Local Government Finance: Reserves
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of reserves held by local authorities in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities are free to determine the level of reserves they hold and are accountable to their electorate for the decisions they make. <br> <br>The financial framework is designed to ensure that adequate reserve levels are held by local authorities. This is done through legislation which requires local authorities to make an assessment annually on the adequacy of the financial reserves which are held. This aspect of the framework is crucial in ensuring that all local authorities hold sufficient unallocated reserves to meet unforeseeable financial risks.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 05/02/2020 15:50:03 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1199325

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2020
	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: Construction
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the amount of additional (1) social, and (2) affordable, housing that could be provided by refurbishing existing buildings.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL4996
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2020 answer text <p>It is for local authorities to make an assessment of the need for affordable housing in their area and how best to meet this need including through planning consent.</p><p>We have made no assessment of the amount of additional social or affordable housing that could be provided through the refurbishment of existing buildings.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 16/06/2020 15:02:42 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1175281

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2020
	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	Vacant Land
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for local authorities to be given the power to refuse planning permission for new building on greenfield sites until all brownfield sites have been developed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>In our revised National Planning Policy Framework we make clear that local authorities should prioritise brownfield land for development, especially for housing to meet local need. This is especially the case where they may be considering the release of Green Belt land, which should only occur once all other options, including the use of brownfield sites, have been fully explored. The brownfield registers of local authorities identify an estimated 26,000 hectares of brownfield with potential for around a million new homes. The question of whether to refuse an application affecting greenfield land must continue to depend, rightly, on the local authority’s planning policies and all other considerations relevant to that particular case, including the protections set out in the National Planning Policy Framework.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 06/02/2020 17:16:25 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten