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1700145

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department has issued on a building’s status as a relevant building under section 117(3)(c) of the Building Safety Act 2022 in the event that a freeholder purchased a leasehold property in a building after 14 February 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	21203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of the specific concerns raised by the Hon Member, and the specific case in his constituency. As the Member will know, Departmental Officials are due to meet him and his constituents to discuss the issue in more detail.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 17/04/2024 13:51:51 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1694940

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department has issued on the minimum (a) number and (b) proportion of leasehold flats that a freeholder must own in a building in order to render all other leaseholders of the building ineligible for leaseholder protections under Section 117(3)(c) of the Building Safety Act 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	17917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>Current leaseholder protection guidance published 21 July 2022 on gov.uk sets out that leaseholder-owned buildings includes:</p><p>(a) collectively enfranchised buildings – where some, or all, of the qualifying leaseholders have bought the building’s freehold;</p><p>(b) any building where leaseholders directly own the freehold, including through a company, where there is no separate freeholder; and,</p><p>(c) other circumstances where the freehold is owned 100% by one or more leaseholders.</p><p>The effective date in relation to the leaseholder protections under the Building Safety Act 2022 is 14 February 2022.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 17918 17919 question first answered 14/03/2024 15:58:45 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1694941

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing regulations to specify the minimum number of leasehold flats that a freeholder must own in a building in order to render all other leaseholders of the building ineligible for leaseholder protections under Section 117(3)(c) of the Building Safety Act 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	17918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>Current leaseholder protection guidance published 21 July 2022 on gov.uk sets out that leaseholder-owned buildings includes:</p><p>(a) collectively enfranchised buildings – where some, or all, of the qualifying leaseholders have bought the building’s freehold;</p><p>(b) any building where leaseholders directly own the freehold, including through a company, where there is no separate freeholder; and,</p><p>(c) other circumstances where the freehold is owned 100% by one or more leaseholders.</p><p>The effective date in relation to the leaseholder protections under the Building Safety Act 2022 is 14 February 2022.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 17917 17919 question first answered 14/03/2024 15:58:45 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1694942

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether an effective date applies to the definition of a relevant building in relation to the leaseholder protections under the Building Safety Act 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	17919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>Current leaseholder protection guidance published 21 July 2022 on gov.uk sets out that leaseholder-owned buildings includes:</p><p>(a) collectively enfranchised buildings – where some, or all, of the qualifying leaseholders have bought the building’s freehold;</p><p>(b) any building where leaseholders directly own the freehold, including through a company, where there is no separate freeholder; and,</p><p>(c) other circumstances where the freehold is owned 100% by one or more leaseholders.</p><p>The effective date in relation to the leaseholder protections under the Building Safety Act 2022 is 14 February 2022.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 17917 17918 question first answered 14/03/2024 15:58:45 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1684936

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of leaseholders are not eligible for financial support under Section 117(3)(c) of the Building Safety Act 2022 because other leaseholders own part of the freehold.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	11433
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on the number of collective enfranchisements, including on the number of leaseholders who own and do not own parts of a freehold of a building.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 01/02/2024 16:11:12 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1666066

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of Afghan refugees who were relocated by his Department from bridging hotels have (a) been placed into temporary accommodation and (b) presented to a local authority as homeless in the last three months.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	203594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-10-18%2F203404&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cb2683b2d70524ef528ba08dbd601afda%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638339074951026082%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=t1x1TTmw8QBbIC31elcOdOqsRRuDkP4e%2F8rjG9H9zDE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">203404</a> on 24 October 2023.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 26/10/2023 09:06:13 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1665856

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the oral statement made by the Minister for Veterans' Affairs on 19 September 2023, how many Afghans and their families remain in Government-approved temporary accommodation as of 18 October 2023; and when he plans to have moved all Afghans and their families out of that accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	203404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>The majority of Afghan families have been moved out of bridging accommodation into longer-term accommodation. Time spent in temporary accommodation means people are getting help and it ensures no family is without a roof over their head.</p><p>Since 1 July 2023, the Department has been monitoring homelessness duties owed by English local authorities following the closure of Home Office provided bridging accommodation and this data is available on gov.uk at the following <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhomelessness-management-information-afghan-nationals-england&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cb2d60c0255ca4146d61e08dbd499347c%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638337526713651613%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=N6mvdOR%2FIuUcV8GVatgKU3idUjSaCjz%2BwRmIQ%2BlkD10%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">link</a>.</p><p>There is a generous package of support available including £35 million of funding for councils to support Afghan households to move into settled accommodation, and the £750 million Local Authority Housing Fund for English councils to obtain housing for those on the Afghan and Ukrainian schemes who are at risk of homelessness. The fund is expected to provide over 4,000 homes by 2024.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 202899 202900 203407 question first answered 24/10/2023 14:56:47 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1665863

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Refugees: Afghanistan
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his oral contribution of 19 September 2023, Official Report, column 1253, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of moving Afghan people out of bridging hotels on the number of those people facing homelessness.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	203407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>The majority of Afghan families have been moved out of bridging accommodation into longer-term accommodation. Time spent in temporary accommodation means people are getting help and it ensures no family is without a roof over their head.</p><p>Since 1 July 2023, the Department has been monitoring homelessness duties owed by English local authorities following the closure of Home Office provided bridging accommodation and this data is available on gov.uk at the following <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhomelessness-management-information-afghan-nationals-england&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cb2d60c0255ca4146d61e08dbd499347c%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638337526713651613%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=N6mvdOR%2FIuUcV8GVatgKU3idUjSaCjz%2BwRmIQ%2BlkD10%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">link</a>.</p><p>There is a generous package of support available including £35 million of funding for councils to support Afghan households to move into settled accommodation, and the £750 million Local Authority Housing Fund for English councils to obtain housing for those on the Afghan and Ukrainian schemes who are at risk of homelessness. The fund is expected to provide over 4,000 homes by 2024.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 202899 202900 203404 question first answered 24/10/2023 14:56:47 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1628803

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether personnel living in Service Family Accommodation will have the same rights and benefits under Social Housing (Regulation) Bill as social housing tenants.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	185788
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>Under the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, passed by the last Labour Government, Service Family Accommodation is run by the Ministry of Defence and <ins class="ministerial">is not</ins> defined as social housing.</p><p>It is not regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing, and will not be impacted by the changes being made by this Bill.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 23/05/2023 15:01:45 question first ministerially corrected 24/05/2023 16:11:29 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison previous answer version 76361 answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1628804

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether service family accommodation is covered by the definition of social housing in the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill,
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	185789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>Under the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008, passed by the last Labour Government, Service Family Accommodation is run by the Ministry of Defence and <ins class="ministerial">is not</ins> defined as social housing.</p><p>It is not regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing, and will not be impacted by the changes being made by this Bill.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 23/05/2023 15:01:45 question first ministerially corrected 24/05/2023 16:11:22 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison previous answer version 76371 answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard