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date	16/11/2021
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	Affordable 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, if he will commit to reforming public sector land policy to ensure that affordable housing can be delivered more quickly.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	75960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2021 answer text <p>Work has begun on a new, ambitious cross-Government Estates strategy to look at how public sector land can be managed and released so it can be put to better use. This will include home building, improving the environment, contributing to net-zero goals and injecting growth opportunities into communities across the country.</p><p>National Planning Policy Framework sets out that it is for local authorities to assess the housing needs of different groups, including those who require affordable housing, and to reflect this in their planning policies</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/11/2021 16:27:41 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1332392

registered interest
date	14/06/2021
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	Planning: Nature Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	Whether it is his policy that Local Nature Recovery Strategies should be given consideration by local authorities in all planning decisions.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	901110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The Environment Bill currently before Parliament provides for a strengthened biodiversity duty on public authorities to have regard to the conservation of biodiversity. This strengthened duty includes a requirement to have regard to relevant Local Nature Recovery Strategies.</p><p>Our planning reforms will reinforce the implementation of these measures, to capitalise on the potential of Local Nature Recovery Strategies and biodiversity net gain as we seek to make the system clearer and more positive.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 901093 question first answered 14/06/2021 16:11:11 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1224586

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Private Rented Housing: Standards
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 his Department has made of trends in the level of enforcement of standards in the private rented sector by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	73937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not currently collect data from local authorities on enforcement of standards.</p><p>MHCLG publishes the English Housing Survey annually which collects information about people’s housing circumstances and housing conditions in England. The Department has seen the proportion of private rented homes failing to meet the Decent Homes Standard fall from 37 per cent in 2010 to 25 per cent in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 22/07/2020 16:30:40 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1224588

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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	Private Rented Housing: Energy
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 he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a national registration scheme for privately rented properties in England to enable a better enforcement of energy efficiency minimum standards.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	73938
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2020 answer text <p>Minimum energy efficiency standards in the private rented sector are backed up by strong enforcement powers for local authorities, including heavy fines. Recognising the importance of these standards, the Government is considering a range of measures to improve enforcement, striking the right balance between focusing on supporting good landlords and tackling those who wilfully flout their obligations.</p><p>In April 2018, using powers under the Housing and Planning Act 2016, we introduced a national database of rogue landlords and letting agents. We are committed to broadening access to this database when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 22/07/2020 16:31:10 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse