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859910

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2018
	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 Services: Children
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of trends in local authority funding for children's services.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	904289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Funding for children’s services is made available through the local government finance settlement. Over the Spending Review period, councils will receive more than £200 billion for local services.</p><p>In February, I announced that annual local government funding will rise in real terms to £45.6 billion by 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 12/03/2018 17:51:19 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

931011

	registered interest
	date	25/06/2018
	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	Business Improvement Districts
	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 there is a timescale for the publication of the outcome of an appeal in a Business Improvement Districts bid.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	157229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2018 answer text <p>Legislation does not specify a time limit within which an appeal against the establishment of a Business Improvement District must be decided. The Secretary of State will issue a decision as soon as possible, having taken account of all representations received from those with an interest in the appeal.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 28/06/2018 16:23:04 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1259216

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2020
	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 Safety 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, whether registrants with the Building Safety Fund who are waiting to hear whether they will be invited to submit a full detailed application will be expected to meet the 31 December 2020 deadline; and what plans he has to extend that deadline.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	126943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2020 answer text <p>The timelines for the Building Fund, set out in the prospectus, are intended to incentivise building owners to demonstrate pace of progression with their remediation plans for unsafe buildings. We will keep timelines under review as we continue through the application process.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 14/12/2020 15:26:10 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1287563

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter of 26 October 2020 sent by the hon Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston in her capacity as Chair of the APPG on British Sikhs, on anti-Sikh hate.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	155298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>This Government abhors all forms of hate crime, including that directed at Sikhs. All hate crime directed at anyone for their race, religion, sexuality, disability or gender identity is treated with equal seriousness. <br> <br> The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have now responded to the APPG letter relating to anti-Sikh hatred.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 155297 question first answered 24/02/2021 16:30:17 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1287562

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	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	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter by the hon Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston in her capacity as Chair of the APPG on British Sikhs dated 26 October 2020, on anti-Sikh hate.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	155297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>This Government abhors all forms of hate crime, including that directed at Sikhs. All hate crime directed at anyone for their race, religion, sexuality, disability or gender identity is treated with equal seriousness. <br> <br> The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have now responded to the APPG letter relating to anti-Sikh hatred.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 155298 question first answered 24/02/2021 16:30:17 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1226772

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2020
	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 the timeframe is for the completion of (a) fire safety assessments and (b) the removal of unsafe (i) ACM and (ii) non-ACM cladding systems from residential buildings 18 metres and over in (A) Birmingham and (B) the West Midlands.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	77751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>This year the Government has provided £10 million of additional funding to improve inspection capacity and capability on high-rise residential buildings. This is supporting the National Fire Chiefs Council to establish a new national infrastructure to support frontline protection work and the Fire and Rescue Services to conduct a Building Risk Review of all high rise residential buildings over 18m by the end of 2021.</p><p>Building safety is the responsibility of the building owner, and we expect remedial works to progress at pace. Remediation works to remove and replace unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems have either completed or started on over 70 per cent of all identified high rise residential buildings. We have made clear that we expect the rest to have started work on site before the end of the year and for all to have completed by the end of 2021.</p><p>Government has recognised that finance can be a barrier to remediation and has made significant funds available to speed up the remediation of buildings while protecting leaseholders from significant costs. For the remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding we have made £1 billion available to fund the removal of unsafe non-ACM cladding in 2020/21. This is in addition to the £600 million made available already to ensure the remediation of unsafe ACM cladding. Government funding is not and should not be the only source of funds and for over half of private residential buildings with ACM claddings, the ACM remediation is being funded from other sources without falling to leaseholders to pay.</p><p>The Building Safety Programme Monthly Data Release includes an appendix on ACM remediation in local authority areas. The latest data release, covering the period up to the end of July was published on 13 August and can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fbuilding-safety-programme-monthly-data-release-july-2020&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C37f76536b9344ee50e1308d848ed963d%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637339532545067453&amp;sdata=qYW3d2fFhOlqIZu6pJTGdeETs7%2Fp4%2FjOXv4kQMrgddk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-monthly-data-release-july-2020</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/09/2020 09:17:16 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1187281

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2020
	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	Temporary Accommodation: Coronavirus
	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 mitigate potential health risks from overcrowding for people placed by local authorities in (a) temporary accommodation and (b) initial accommodation during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	33734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2020 answer text <p>Time spent in temporary accommodation ensures that no family is without a roof over their head, and this is particularly important when we are dealing with the impacts of Covid-19. <br> <br> Housing authorities must ensure that the accommodation is suitable for the applicant and their household until the duty ends (for example, until they are offered settled accommodation or they are no longer eligible for assistance).</p><p>If you are living in accommodation that you share with other people, or if you share facilities with other people, you should follow current PHE guidance on self-isolation and self-distancing within the home. <br> <br> If you are having to leave accommodation, you should get in touch with your local authority. <br> <br> You can find Government guidance on cleaning your house to minimise the risk of infection here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcovid-19-decontamination-in-non-healthcare-settings&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C069d16d3c82345d0d78c08d7d194a4db%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637208308652532726&amp;sdata=nclM0OHQd1NUc9Wxx8IF0frM0WeXLDLpI3J%2FrPd4uOk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-decontamination-in-non-healthcare-settings</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 31/03/2020 13:53:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

932322

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2018
	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	Temporary Accommodation
	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 that temporary housing is available to people who urgently require such housing.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	158798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>Time spent in temporary accommodation means people are getting help and itbensures no family is without a roof over their head.</p><p><br>We have clearly set out in legislation in what circumstances it is necessary to provide temporary accommodation.</p><p><br>It is our expectation that local authorities adhere to this and provide people with temporary accommodation where appropriate having fully considered their circumstances on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 03/07/2018 15:50:55 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1307129

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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 is taking to ensure that contractors are charging fair and reasonable prices for remediation works on buildings clad with unsafe materials given the high demand for those remediation services.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	178692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>All applicants for remediation grant funding are required to confirm that costs are competitive and reasonable. Reasonable costs are required to be informed by an industry standard approach to specification and procurement of works having regard to cost benchmarks established from comparable projects. Higher than expected costs will be challenged and will be subject to further scrutiny. For more information please see the Building Safety Fund Prospectus available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C47df816a50a7492b61fd08d903442c03%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637544413589162519%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=qukXo5AIeNy4BV5VAiHNSe%2F4ONNm55GFtyhm7jsBC%2FY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund</a> .</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/04/2021 16:34:16 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

932321

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2018
	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: Birmingham
	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 that an adequate level of quality housing is available in Birmingham.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	158797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government are dedicated to improving design quality in housing, so that it is of a consistently high level across the country. The revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) applies to development nationally. The NPPF has a dedicated chapter on design quality, which states that permission should be refused for development of poor design, and applications that demonstrate early and effective engagement of local communities will be viewed positively. It sets out expectations for local authorities to outline design aspirations in guides and codes, and promotes the use of tools and techniques to embed quality.</p><p>In March, the Government announced a bespoke housing package for the West Midlands Combined Authority. Through the package we have backed the Mayor with a Land Fund of up to £100m, a large proportion of which is to be allocated to sites in Birmingham. We will continue to work with the combined authority to enable them to deliver high quality housing.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 03/07/2018 15:42:46 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill