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1311141

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2021
	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	Supported Housing: Older People
	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 respond to the open letter of 29 March 2021 sent to the Prime Minister calling on the Government to take steps to help increase the supply of housing-with-care provision for older people.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	185316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department has noted the open letter sent by the Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO) to the Prime Minister on 29 March 2021. Housing-with-care has a vital role in enabling older people to live independently, with the necessary care and support available if required. Both the Department of Health and Social Care, and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are committed to further improving the diversity of housing options available to older people, including housing-with-care, and are engaging closely with the sector and a range of other stakeholders on this issue. This includes considering the merits of different engagement and delivery models including proposals from the sector for a cross-government taskforce.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 185317 question first answered 26/04/2021 14:50:37 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1311142

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2021
	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	Supported Housing: Older People
	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 his Department is taking to work with the Department of Health and Social Care to expand housing-based care options for older people; and whether he is considering a cross-government Housing with Care Task Force to help deliver that expansion of options.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	185317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department has noted the open letter sent by the Associated Retirement Community Operators (ARCO) to the Prime Minister on 29 March 2021. Housing-with-care has a vital role in enabling older people to live independently, with the necessary care and support available if required. Both the Department of Health and Social Care, and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government are committed to further improving the diversity of housing options available to older people, including housing-with-care, and are engaging closely with the sector and a range of other stakeholders on this issue. This includes considering the merits of different engagement and delivery models including proposals from the sector for a cross-government taskforce.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 185316 question first answered 26/04/2021 14:50:37 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1309508

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2021
	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	Housing: 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 on the economy of leaseholders (a) losing their home and (b) declaring bankruptcy as a result of the costs of resolving fire safety issues relating to (i) cladding removal, (ii) balcony remediation, (iii) replacing combustible insulation, (iv) replacing missing fire breaks, (v) increased insurance premiums and (vi) waking watches.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	181209
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>We have not conducted an economic assessment. However, we do recognise the financial pressures being placed on leaseholders as a result of historic remediation costs.</p><p>We have been clear that building owners and industry should make buildings safe without passing on costs to leaseholders – and where they have not stepped up, we have stepped in. The Government is taking the following steps to ease these pressures:</p><ul><li>In relation to removal and replacement of unsafe cladding systems, we are providing over £5 billion of Government grant funding for the removal of unsafe cladding systems from buildings of 18m and above, and a generous finance scheme (under which no leaseholder will need to pay more than £50 per month) for the removal of unsafe cladding systems from buildings of 11-18m in height.</li><li>As part of our Building Safety Fund funding for remediation of unsafe cladding systems, the Government is providing full funding for the replacement of combustible insulation and missing or defective cavity barriers where these form part of the external wall system.</li><li>In relation to insurance premia we recognise that some leaseholders in high rise buildings are facing rises in buildings insurance. Officials, leaseholders, the ABI and British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) have met to discuss buildings insurance. The Government is working with industry and looking at a range of options.</li><li>In relation to waking watch costs, the Government has announced a £30 million Waking Watch Relief Fund, to promote replacement of costly Waking Watch interim safety measures with fire alarms. This is consistent with guidance from the National Fire Chiefs Council published in 2019, which emphasises the need to consider installation of common fire alarms where measures are now, or are likely to be in place for the longer term: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk%2FSimultaneous-evacuation-guidance&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C2b72d385295e403a782d08d903dacbdd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637545060511881979%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=xq1HBEOg4kAzO1CbIuSkUHeCOoprVHozNEA0VrlOEQk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/Simultaneous-evacuation-guidance</a></li></ul> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/04/2021 17:06:51 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 98012 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1306455

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2021
	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	Housing: 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 Answers of 15 March 2021 to Questions 166341 and 166342, what assessment he has made of the ability of his Department to make effective policy on building safety without an estimate of the potential number of leaseholders who may (a) lose their home and (b) declare bankruptcy as a result of the costs of resolving fire safety issues relating to (i) cladding removal, (ii) balcony remediation, (iii) replacing combustible insulation, (iv) replacing missing fire breaks, (v) increased insurance premiums and (vi) waking watches.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	175735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my response to Questions UIN 166341 and UIN 166342 on 15 March 2021.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 13/04/2021 13:05:03 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1301512

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	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	Housing: 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 10 March 2021 to Question 163654 on Housing: Insulation, if his Department will make an estimate of the potential number of leaseholders who may (a) lose their home and (b) declare bankruptcy as a result of the costs of resolving fire safety issues relating to (i) cladding removal, (ii) balcony remediation, (iii) replacing combustible insulation, (iv) replacing missing fire breaks, (v) increased insurance premiums and (vi) waking watches.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	166341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>It is not possible to make such assessments. This is because the degree to which any fire safety issues require remedial action that impose costs on leaseholders, will depend on a professional fire risk assessment of individual buildings and the extent to which costs may be met by or recovered from developers, contractors or building warranties. In addition, we are unable to assess the potentially wide range of individual factors (such as job security, levels of mortgage commitment and personal circumstances) which could lead to people either losing their home or declaring bankruptcy due to additional costs.</p><p>However, we do recognise the financial pressures being placed on leaseholders through no fault of their own as a result of historic remediation costs. We have been clear that building owners and industry should make buildings safe without passing on costs to leaseholders – and where they have not stepped up, we have stepped in.</p><p>The Government is taking the following steps to ease these pressures:</p><ul><li>In relation to the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding, we are providing over £5 billion of Government grant funding for the removal of unsafe cladding from buildings of 18 metres and above, and a low interest finance scheme (under which no leaseholder will need to pay more than £50 per calendar month) for the removal of unsafe cladding from buildings of 11-18 metres in height.</li><li>As part of our funding for remediation of unsafe cladding, the Government is providing full funding for the replacement of combustible insulation and missing or defective cavity barriers where these form part of an unsafe cladding system.</li><li>In relation to insurance premia we recognise that some leaseholders in high rise buildings are facing rises in buildings insurance. Officials, leaseholders, the ABI and British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) have met to discuss buildings insurance. Government is working with industry and looking at a range of options.</li><li>In relation to waking watch costs, the Government has announced a £30 million Waking Watch Relief Fund, to promote replacement of costly Waking Watch interim safety measures with fire alarms, which the National Fire Chiefs Council have confirmed are both safer and cost effective.</li></ul> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 166342 question first answered 15/03/2021 16:25:04 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1301514

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	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	Housing: 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 10 March 2021 to Question 163654 on Housing: Insulation, for what reason his Department has not made an estimate of the potential number of leaseholders who may (a) lose their home and (b) declare bankruptcy as a result of the costs of resolving fire safety issues relating to (i) cladding removal, (ii) balcony remediation, (iii) replacing combustible insulation, (iv) replacing missing fire breaks, (v) increased insurance premiums and (vi) waking watches.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	166342
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>It is not possible to make such assessments. This is because the degree to which any fire safety issues require remedial action that impose costs on leaseholders, will depend on a professional fire risk assessment of individual buildings and the extent to which costs may be met by or recovered from developers, contractors or building warranties. In addition, we are unable to assess the potentially wide range of individual factors (such as job security, levels of mortgage commitment and personal circumstances) which could lead to people either losing their home or declaring bankruptcy due to additional costs.</p><p>However, we do recognise the financial pressures being placed on leaseholders through no fault of their own as a result of historic remediation costs. We have been clear that building owners and industry should make buildings safe without passing on costs to leaseholders – and where they have not stepped up, we have stepped in.</p><p>The Government is taking the following steps to ease these pressures:</p><ul><li>In relation to the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding, we are providing over £5 billion of Government grant funding for the removal of unsafe cladding from buildings of 18 metres and above, and a low interest finance scheme (under which no leaseholder will need to pay more than £50 per calendar month) for the removal of unsafe cladding from buildings of 11-18 metres in height.</li><li>As part of our funding for remediation of unsafe cladding, the Government is providing full funding for the replacement of combustible insulation and missing or defective cavity barriers where these form part of an unsafe cladding system.</li><li>In relation to insurance premia we recognise that some leaseholders in high rise buildings are facing rises in buildings insurance. Officials, leaseholders, the ABI and British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) have met to discuss buildings insurance. Government is working with industry and looking at a range of options.</li><li>In relation to waking watch costs, the Government has announced a £30 million Waking Watch Relief Fund, to promote replacement of costly Waking Watch interim safety measures with fire alarms, which the National Fire Chiefs Council have confirmed are both safer and cost effective.</li></ul> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 166341 question first answered 15/03/2021 16:25:05 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1300912

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2021
	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	UK Community Renewal 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, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2021 to Questions 163173 and 163174, when he plans to publish the methodological note explaining how the 100 priority places were selected for funding from the UK Community Renewal Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	165458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>At Budget 2021, the UK Government published a prospectus for the UK Community Renewal Fund: an additional £220m funding for 2021/22 to help local areas prepare for the launch of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in 2022.</p><p>The UK Community Renewal Fund aims to support people and communities most in need across the UK to pilot programmes and new approaches. It will invest in skills, community and place, local business, and supporting people into employment.</p><p>As set out in the prospectus published on 3 March, we have identified 100 priority places based on an index of economic resilience across Great Britain which measures productivity, household income, unemployment, skills and population density.</p><p>We are committed to transparency and have published a methodological note on the index used for the Fund: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-community-renewal-fund-prospectus" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-community-renewal-fund-prospectus</a>.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 12/03/2021 15:56:44 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes previous answer version 89927 answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1299972

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2021
	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	Housing: 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 4 March 2021 to Question 160570, whether his Department has made an assessment of the number of leaseholders likely to (a) lose their home and (b) declare bankruptcy as a result of the costs of resolving fire safety issues relating to (i) cladding removal, (ii) balcony remediation, (iii) replacing combustible insulation, (iv) replacing missing fire breaks, (v) increased insurance premiums and (vi) waking watches.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	163654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>The information requested is not held.</p><p>The Government has announced over £5 billion in grant funding towards the removal of unsafe cladding on buildings over 18 metres in height. This unprecedented investment in building safety will help hundreds of thousands of leaseholders, who will be protected from the cost of replacing unsafe cladding on their homes. Alongside this a generous finance scheme will also provide for remediation of unsafe cladding on buildings of 11-18 metres in height. Leaseholders will pay no more than £50 a month towards this scheme. We will publish more details on how these schemes will work soon.</p><p>These schemes will also ultimately help to end interim measures and reduce building insurance costs. They build on steps already taken to support leaseholders, including the £30 million Waking Watch Relief Fund to incentivise the purchase of alarm systems in buildings where there is currently a waking watch in place and there is no common alarm system.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 10/03/2021 16:15:23 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1299757

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2021
	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	UK Community Renewal 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 methodology was used to create the index of economic resilience in respect of the UK Community Renewal Fund; and how that methodology was used to identify the 100 priority places which will receive capacity funding via their lead authority from the UK Community Renewal Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	163173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>To ensure the UK Community Renewal Fund funding reaches the most in need, we have identified 100 priority places based on an index of economic resilience across Great Britain which measures productivity, household income, unemployment, skills, and population density. We are committed to transparency and a methodological note will be published explaining how the 100 priority places were selected.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 09/03/2021 11:42:25 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1299759

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2021
	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	Levelling Up 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 methodology he used to create his Levelling Up Fund index; and how that methodology was used to rank local authorities into one of three priority categories for funding from the Levelling Up Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	163174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>As set out in the prospectus published at Budget, the index used for the Levelling Up Fund places areas into category one, two or three based on the local area’s need for economic recovery and growth, improved transport connectivity, and regeneration. We will shortly publish further detail on the methodology used to calculate the index.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 163232 163233 163259 question first answered 09/03/2021 11:49:12 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne