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1141996

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Housing: Fires
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 plans he has to strengthen requirements for residential lifts for use by disabled people during a fire to include prevention of smoke inhalation.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	282178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government published, on 18 December 2018, a call for evidence to form the basis for a technical review of Approved Document B (Fire Safety). Paragraphs 35 and 36 address means of escape for disabled people and paragraphs 38 to 41 address the issue of smoke and toxicity.</p><p>The call for evidence closed on 15 March 2019. The Department is in the process of reviewing the evidence provided. My Department is also committed to reviewing Approved Document M (Access to and use of buildings) and a key objective is to ensure that these two projects deliver consistent and co-ordinated advice on this important matter.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/09/2019 15:20:04 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1142001

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Community Land Trusts and Community Housing: Finance
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 plans to increase funding for (a) community land trusts and (b) co-housing initiatives.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	282410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the community-led housing sector – of which community land trusts and cohousing initiatives are important parts – offers significant potential for helping to meet housing need across England. In addition to helping increase the rate of delivery of new housing, it will help deliver a range of benefits including diversifying the housebuilding sector, improving design and construction quality, developing modern methods of construction, and sustaining local communities and local economies. The support and close involvement of the local community enables the community-led approach to secure planning permission and deliver housing that could not be brought forward through speculative development.</p><p>The Community Housing Fund aims to support an increase in housing supply in England by increasing the number of additional homes delivered by the community-led housing sector; to provide housing that is affordable at local income levels and remains so in perpetuity; and to deliver a lasting legacy for the community-led housing sector in the form of an effective and financially self-sustaining body of expertise within the house building industry in England.</p><p>The Community Housing Fund is currently scheduled to close in March 2020. While the programme was launched relatively recently, there is still time for many community-led schemes to access funding and deliver housing, although we appreciate that this will be more difficult for new schemes. All proposals to extend the scheme beyond March 2020 will be given due consideration but decisions on funding for 2020-21 onwards are a matter for the Spending Review, which is due to take place this year.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/09/2019 12:36:57 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1142097

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Loneliness
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 progress has been made against the commitment set out in the Loneliness Strategy to hold a roundtable with key representatives from the housing sector who are addressing loneliness, to inform the development of Planning Practice Guidance which will be published to support the recently revised National Planning Policy Framework.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	282315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>We appointed an external consultant to work with us to develop the design guide and it was agreed that a more interactive workshop approach would be more effective. Therefore, two workshops have been held in which the content of the illustrated design guide, part of the Planning Practice Guidance, was discussed. The discussion was broader than loneliness, but creating inclusive homes and places, which encourage community cohesion and a sense of identity were covered and will be incorporated within the manual.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/09/2019 12:32:18 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1142098

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Loneliness
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 progress has been made against the commitment set out in the Loneliness Strategy to incorporate tackling loneliness as a theme in regional and national design quality events attended by people from across the sector, including local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	282316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>At our National Design Quality Conference in Birmingham in February, the subject of loneliness was tackled in a session on healthy place-making and a case study specifically on tackling loneliness was presented. We also hosted a community vision session with 40 representatives of the Birmingham community in which they discussed designing neighbourhoods to tackle loneliness. We displayed examples of good practice in housing design, many of which were designed to facilitate community engagement at the National Conference. These were also displayed at the Housing 2019 conference in Manchester.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/09/2019 12:39:07 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1142099

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Loneliness
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 progress has been made against the commitment set out in the Loneliness Strategy to work with local partners, through the Ageing Society Grand Challenge, on how to develop inclusive homes and communities that support people to remain healthy and independent for longer.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	282317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Through the Ageing Society Grand Challenge, a £2.5 million competition has been developed. This will reward new ideas that lead to innovation in design and delivery of age friendly housing, that addresses the needs of an ageing population. A team led by the Building Research Establishment has recently been appointed to work with Government as the competition delivery partner and the competition itself is scheduled to be launched in late 2019.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/09/2019 14:53:52 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1142101

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Loneliness
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 progress has been made against the commitment set out in the Loneliness Strategy to include loneliness in measures of design quality, starting with Homes England and other Government programmes.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	282318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>We are working closely with Homes England to ensure design quality across Government programmes and there is ongoing work to establish how places can be designed to boost people's health and well-being, including tackling loneliness.</p><p>For example, prospective garden communities were required to outline how they would achieve 10 design qualities in their proposals. These qualities help create places that support cohesive communities, and proposals were assessed against these criteria.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/09/2019 14:39:52 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1142102

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Loneliness
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 progress the Minister for Local Government has made in strengthening the Department's consideration of loneliness as a policy concern.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	282319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG is a key member of the Inter-Ministerial Group on Loneliness and is part of the cross-government loneliness team ensuring that loneliness is being embedded into all areas of Departmental policy.</p><p>The new Community Framework: ‘By deeds and their results: how we will strengthen our communities and nation’ <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/by-deeds-and-their-results-strengthening-our-communities-and-nation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/by-deeds-and-their-results-strengthening-our-communities-and-nation</a>, published on 20 July, sets out how the government will work with local and national partners such as businesses, faith institutions, local authorities and volunteer groups to help build stronger, more empowered and integrated communities across England and will address many of the issues highlighted in the Government’s Loneliness strategy.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/09/2019 14:40:55 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

1142186

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Sub-letting
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 18 July 2019 to Question 278966 on Rented Housing, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make the sub-letting of residential property a criminal offence.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	282312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to legislate to make the sub-letting of residential property a criminal offence.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/09/2019 12:42:41 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1142402

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Building Regulations: Water
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 his Department plans to review Part G of the building regulations.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	282263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>The programme to review the suite of Approved Documents to the Building Regulations, including Approved Document G, will be announced later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/09/2019 12:46:48 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1142404

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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	Housing: Construction
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 plans to incorporate the promotion of green infrastructure for (a) newbuilds and (b) estate regeneration into national planning policy guidance.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	282264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>Environmental protection and enhancement is at the heart of the National Planning Policy Framework, which is a material consideration for all new development and regeneration schemes where planning permission is required. The Framework and its accompanying planning practice guidance provide clear expectations on enhancing the natural environment and providing access to open space, whether through safeguarding existing habitats and facilities or by making new provision where appropriate (including net gains for biodiversity).</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/09/2019 12:43:19 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh