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	registered interest
	date	30/03/2017
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what support the Church of England provides for people affected by domestic violence and abuse.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	909697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>On 15th March 2017 the Church of England’s House of Bishops published “Responding Well to Domestic Abuse: Policy and Practice Guidance”, which urges church communities to address the issue of domestic abuse and raise awareness of its impact on adults and children. The document can be seen at: <a href="https://www.churchofengland.org/media/3896806/responding-well-to-domestic-abuse-2017.pdf%20" target="_blank">https://www.churchofengland.org/media/3896806/responding-well-to-domestic-abuse-2017.pdf </a></p><p>The updated practice guidance and policy encourages churches to become places of safety where domestic abuse is taken seriously, survivors are believed and respected, and alleged or known perpetrators challenged. The updated document reflects legislative and other changes since guidance was last issued in 2006.</p><p>Under the policy Church leaders and Officers working with children, young people and vulnerable adults will be expected to undergo domestic abuse training, with the issue being raised in appropriate contexts within church life including youth groups, marriage preparation and ordinand training. They will also be expected to work closely with statutory and other specialist organisations.</p><p>In the House of Lords this session bishops supported the passage of the Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (Ratification of Convention) Bill.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 20/04/2017 15:45:09 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

1082677

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	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	Stronger Towns Fund: Plymouth
	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 much money Plymouth is planned to receive from the Stronger Towns Fund in each of the next four years.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	229247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The Stronger Towns Fund has been provisionally allocated according to a needs-based formula calculated according to metrics of: income, productivity, deprivation, skills, and the number of people living in towns. The Stronger Towns Fund prospectus will be published before Summer recess. This will outline the process for how towns can come forward and will set out the process of the £600 million competitive component of the fund. It will also detail the role of local partners, relevant definitions and eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 12/03/2019 15:02:41 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry previous answer version 106675 answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1082678

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	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	Stronger Towns 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 criteria was used to assess deprivation in communities as part of allocating funding via the Stronger Towns Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	229248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The formula for allocating the £1 billion of the Stronger Towns Fund assesses need according to metrics of: income, productivity, deprivation, skills, and the number of people living in towns. In this formula, deprivation is assessed based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 11/03/2019 16:46:32 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

456059

	registered interest
	date	29/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Tenure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on which local authorities hold information on the tenure of a property from completed council tax registration forms.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	28790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department does hold information on which local authorities hold information on the tenure of a property from completed council tax registration forms.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/03/2016 16:49:05 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

637010

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2016
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made on ensuring that all registered social housing association tenants have the right to buy their own homes since the conclusion of the pilot scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	53037
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2016 answer text <p>We remain committed to the Voluntary Right to Buy for housing association tenants and the pilot scheme is informing the design of the main scheme. The Government is continuing to work closely with the National Housing Federation and the housing association sector on the implementation of the main scheme and will announce more details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 18/11/2016 13:28:05 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

693178

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to build and develop more homes.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	908913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to building the homes our country needs.</p><p>Measures in the recent White Paper will ensure more homes are planned for where they are needed most, that homes are built more quickly once they have planning permission, and will diversify the housing market so it works for everyone.</p> answering member constituency Bromsgrove answering member printed Sajid Javid question first answered 27/02/2017 16:42:15 answering member 3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

712376

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Letting Agents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will publish a definition of the term social lettings agencies as used in the white paper, Fixing our broken housing market, published in February 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	68432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Social letting agencies can support vulnerable people and people on low incomes to access and sustain tenancies in the private rented sector. We want to prevent people reaching crisis point, and for those who are already homeless to be able to move out of temporary accommodation or hostels to a settled home as quickly as possible. There are a number of different models of social letting agencies and in the Housing White Paper we set out our interest in exploring the relative effectiveness of these different models with the aim of securing more housing for households who would otherwise struggle – providing security for landlords and support for tenants.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 23/03/2017 11:03:51 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

720266

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Building Regulations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what use is made of Clerks of Works in evaluating building projects.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	70929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>It is for those commissioning building work to decide whether to employ a clerk of works to evaluate or supervise the building work they wish to carry out. In many cases architects, structural and civil engineers and other professionals are used as an alternative to a clerk of works.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 24/04/2017 14:28:48 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

720275

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to strengthen provisions in building regulations on ensuring that materials and methods used in housing construction are more resilient to the risk of flooding and damage caused by water leaks.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
	uin	70791
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2017 answer text <p>The statutory guidance in Approved Document C (Site preparation and resistance to contaminants and moisture) which supports the Building Regulations promotes the use of flood resilience and resistance measures in flood prone areas. The document references guidance produced jointly by the Department for Communities and Local Government, Defra and the Environment Agency – <em>Improving the flood performance of new buildings – Flood resilient construction</em>. Much of the information is applicable to resilient repair as well as new build.</p><p>The Building Regulations also require that floors, roof and walls of buildings should be adequately protected from harmful effects caused by spillage of water from or associated with sanitary fittings or fixed appliance. Guidance on how to meet this requirement is set out in Approved Document C.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 24/04/2017 14:47:09 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
	tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

825759

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2018
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Former Members
	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 former Conservative Members of Parliament who were defeated at the 2017 general election and who now work in his Department were appointed after a publicly advertised and open recruitment process.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	123826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>No former Conservative Members of Parliament have been appointed to the Department since the 2017 General Election.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 29/01/2018 11:31:19 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard