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1132782

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Right to Buy Scheme: Midlands
	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 response of Homes England to freedom of information request reference RFI2673, whether his Department plans to reopen the ballot for the Voluntary Right to Buy Midlands Pilot for Housing Association tenants as a result of the low take-up in that ballot.
	tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
	tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
	uin	266137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>Over 9,000 people entered the ballot for the Midlands pilot of the Voluntary Right to Buy, and 6,000 of these received Unique Reference Numbers to move forward with their purchase. The Government is closely monitoring the progress of the pilot, the number of Unique Reference Numbers that are resulting in applications to buy, and the spending of the budget. There are no plans to run a second ballot – if this position changes, the Government will make an announcement.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/06/2019 11:27:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey

1132864

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	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 his Department is aware of any fire safety tests carried out in the UK on High Pressure Laminate cladding since June 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	266179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>We are not aware of any test carried out in the UK on High Pressure Laminates (HPL) panels since June 2017 other than the tests the Government is currently undertaking on</p><p><br> The Department is aware that manufacturers routinely carry out fire safety tests of their products but is not automatically made aware of these. The Building Research Establishment has published a catalogue of tests which it has undertaken where companies which have commissioned the test have agreed that the test be disclosed</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/06/2019 16:40:11 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1132881

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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	Building Control Performance Standards Advisory 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, for what reason his Department has not published data from the Building Control Performance Standards Advisory Group since July 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	266188
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Following the Grenfell Tower fire, the Department has prioritised urgent operational and policy work to ensure that people are safe in their homes now and in future. We intend to publish the building control performance standards data later this year.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/06/2019 12:57:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1132906

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	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: Regulation
	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 17 June 2019 to Questions 263119 on Social Rented Housing Regulation, what the timetable is for the publication of his Department's review of social housing regulation.
	tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
	tabling member printed	Tim Farron
	uin	266206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Our review of social housing regulation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/06/2019 16:40:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1133178

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ban the use of highly combustible material in the balconies of blocks of flats.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	266726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 263163 on 11 June 2019.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/06/2019 16:40:47 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1133179

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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	Neighbourhood 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 support he is providing to local communities (a) in the preparation of Neighbourhood Plans and (b) facing legal challenges from prospective developers to their Neighbourhood Plan proposals.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	266727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>Government is making available £34.5 million of support for neighbourhood planning for 2018-22. This is comprised of our £26 million Neighbourhood Planning Support Programme and an additional £8.5 million funding, announced in May, to help communities bring forward affordable homes for sale in their neighbourhood plans. The revised National Planning Policy Framework confirms the important protections for neighbourhood plans and we will continue to look at ways in which Government can help strengthen and protect them.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/06/2019 13:41:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1133250

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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
	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 people in (a) Preston constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) England are waiting to be rehoused with a registered social landlord.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	266764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2019 answer text <p>The number of households in the housing data list by local authority district can be found in Section C of the published tables from the Local Authority Housing Statistics. The latest published information, for 2017-18 can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2017-to-2018<br> <br></a> The department does not collect these data by parliamentary constituency.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/06/2019 13:39:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1133276

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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	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 17 June 2019 to Question 262396 on Buildings: Insulation, if in light of that BS 8414 test failure his Department will advise the removal of High Pressure Laminate cladding and combustible insulation from high risk buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	266778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>We have published guidance to reiterate the importance of building owners assessing their buildings and ensuring that non-Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems are safe. Advice Note 14, published in 2017 and updated in December 2018, reiterates that the clearest way to ensure safety is to remove unsafe materials. <br> <br> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf </a><br> <br> Acting on advice from the Independent Expert Advisory Panel, the Government has commissioned research to support further understanding of the fire performance of non-ACM external wall systems. The tests began on 30 April 2019 and we expect final results to be available by the Summer. The research findings will be published in due course. In addition the Department commissioned the Fire Protection Association to carry out a large scale test (BS 8414) using High Pressure Laminate panels and stone wool insulation. <br> <br> The Government continues to work with stakeholders to gain a fuller understanding of the construction and safety of high-rise residential buildings.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 266779 266781 question first answered 24/06/2019 16:46:21 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1133277

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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	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 17 June 2019 to Question 262396 on Buildings: Insulation, if in light of that BS 8414 test failure his Department will undertake a further BS 8414 test on high pressure laminate cladding and combustible insulation.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	266779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>We have published guidance to reiterate the importance of building owners assessing their buildings and ensuring that non-Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems are safe. Advice Note 14, published in 2017 and updated in December 2018, reiterates that the clearest way to ensure safety is to remove unsafe materials. <br> <br> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf </a><br> <br> Acting on advice from the Independent Expert Advisory Panel, the Government has commissioned research to support further understanding of the fire performance of non-ACM external wall systems. The tests began on 30 April 2019 and we expect final results to be available by the Summer. The research findings will be published in due course. In addition the Department commissioned the Fire Protection Association to carry out a large scale test (BS 8414) using High Pressure Laminate panels and stone wool insulation. <br> <br> The Government continues to work with stakeholders to gain a fuller understanding of the construction and safety of high-rise residential buildings.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 266778 266781 question first answered 24/06/2019 16:46:21 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1133279

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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	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 the Answer of 17 June 2019 to Question 262396 on Buildings: Insulation, if in light of that BS 8414 test failure his Department will undertake to identify high risk buildings with this combination of cladding and insulation as part of the Building Safety Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	266781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>We have published guidance to reiterate the importance of building owners assessing their buildings and ensuring that non-Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems are safe. Advice Note 14, published in 2017 and updated in December 2018, reiterates that the clearest way to ensure safety is to remove unsafe materials. <br> <br> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf </a><br> <br> Acting on advice from the Independent Expert Advisory Panel, the Government has commissioned research to support further understanding of the fire performance of non-ACM external wall systems. The tests began on 30 April 2019 and we expect final results to be available by the Summer. The research findings will be published in due course. In addition the Department commissioned the Fire Protection Association to carry out a large scale test (BS 8414) using High Pressure Laminate panels and stone wool insulation. <br> <br> The Government continues to work with stakeholders to gain a fuller understanding of the construction and safety of high-rise residential buildings.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 266778 266779 question first answered 24/06/2019 16:46:21 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed