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1109357

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
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	Social Rented Housing: Mental Illness
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 he is taking to ensure the social housing system adequately supports people with mental health problems.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	240636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Regulator of Social Housing’s tenancy standard requires registered providers to develop and deliver allocations processes in a way which supports their effective use by the full range of actual and potential tenants, including those with support needs.</p><p>In the Social Housing Green Paper we set out our intention to undertake an evidence collection exercise to help us understand how the allocations system is working and whether it is striking the right balance between fairness, support and aspiration. The Social Housing Green Paper also recognises that many landlords play a role that goes beyond their key responsibilities, which includes providing signposting to vital services such as mental health services. Through the Green Paper, we sought to gather evidence on the impact of the important role that many social landlords are playing. We are considering responses to the Green Paper and will respond in due course</p><p>Within social housing, and more widely, supported housing provides a vital service for vulnerable people, including people with mental health issues. Safeguarding provision and supply of appropriate supported accommodation is a priority for my department. We will continue to provide capital grant funding to promote new supply of supported housing.</p><p>In August 2018 we announced that support for housing costs would remain in housing benefit. We believe this approach gives the sector the confidence and certainty they need to continue to invest in new supply and we are developing a programme of oversight measures that will deliver quality and value for money across the whole supported housing sector.</p><p>As a Government, we are investing record levels in mental health, spending £11.98 billion in 2017/18.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/04/2019 15:06:40 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1109392

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
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	Buildings: 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, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of existing powers for local authorities to ensure combustible ACM cladding is removed from privately owned buildings; and what plans he has to ensure that local housing authorities are able to regulate effectively private buildings to ensure they meet fire safety standards.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	240597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government is determined that local authorities will have all the support they need to ensure that all high-rise buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding are made permanently safe for the people who live in them and that building owners will not evade their responsibilities. We have provided new statutory guidance to local authorities in form of an addendum to the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) operating guidance that provides specific guidance on the assessment of high-rise residential buildings with unsafe cladding. This will help local authorities to make robust hazard assessments, which can then be used as the basis on which to take enforcement action. We are committed to ensuring that residents of high-rise buildings are safe and feel safe and we will consult shortly on how we propose to implement the recommendations made by Dame Judith Hackitt in her Independent review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety. In addition, we are reviewing the HHSRS as whole to assess how well it works in practice and ensure it is fit for purpose.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/04/2019 15:02:11 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1109393

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
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	Buildings: 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, what plans his Department has to support leaseholders who are charged for the removal of ACM cladding on privately owned buildings.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	240598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has consistently set out his strong expectation that leaseholders should be protected from the costs of remediation. My department is actively engaging with all building owners who have not committed to protect leaseholders. We have provided funding to the Leasehold Advisory Service to provide independent and free initial legal advice to affected leaseholders. We are considering all options to ensure that costs are not passed on to leaseholders.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/04/2019 15:04:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1109458

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
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 the Government is taking steps to prevent the development of policies which result in restrictions on playground use similar to the case of Henley Homes in Lambeth.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	240480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that unfair stigmatisation of social residents will not be tolerated, whether that be through restrictions on playground use or otherwise.</p><p>We are looking closely at how we encourage and support genuinely mixed homes and communities. I have asked officials to explore strengthening our existing planning guidance to emphasise the importance of integrated communities and help prevent this kind of thing from ever happening again.</p><p>MHCLG has been consulting widely on the question of stigma including through the Social Housing Green Paper. Many people living in England’s social homes told us they feel ignored and stigmatised and the Green Paper committed to tackling this. Our response to the Green Paper will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/04/2019 15:05:46 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1109003

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	5G
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 adequacy of Permitted Development Rights in allowing installation of infrastructure to develop the (a) existing and (b) proposed 5G mobile phone network.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	239975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>We published the revised National Planning Policy Framework in 2018, setting out national planning policies for supporting high quality communications in England. These include that the planning policies and decisions of local planning authorities should support the expansion of electronic communications networks, such as 5G.</p><p>We have also introduced a range of permitted development rights to support the delivery of mobile infrastructure, including legislating for higher masts in 2016, whilst also protecting local amenity.</p><p>We hope that these measures will be used by industry, alongside proactive engagement with the planning system, to ensure delivery of 5G. However, we will keep planning regulations under review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/04/2019 15:00:06 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1108756

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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	Buildings: 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 28 March 2019 to Question 236427, (a) where and (b) when after the publication of the 2006 Edition of Approved Document Part B Volume 2 his Department communicated to the construction industry that filler material in Paragraph 12.7 of that document included the core of Aluminium Composite Material.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	239242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department will have discussed the Approved Document B guidance in general with the construction industry after it was published but does not hold records of all specific issues which may have been discussed. The Building Control Alliance published its technical guidance note 18 on Use of Combustible Cladding Materials on Buildings Exceeding 18 metres in Height in June 2015 which provided additional clarification.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/04/2019 14:05:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1108762

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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	Buildings: 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 28 March 2019 to Question 236427 on Buildings: Insulation, when the term filler material was added to the 2006 Edition of Approved Document Part B Volume 2.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	239243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The term filler was included in paragraph 12.7 of Volume 2 of the 2006 edition of Approved Document B, first published in 2006.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/04/2019 13:59:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1108807

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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	Buildings: 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, whether he plans to take steps in cases in which freeholders refuse to pay for the replacement of combustible cladding on buildings.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	239236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has consistently set out his strong expectation that leaseholders should be protected from the costs of remediation. My department is actively engaging with all building owners who have not committed to protect leaseholders. We are considering various options to ensure that costs are not passed on to leaseholders.</p><p>The Government is also backing local authorities to take enforcement action where building owners are refusing to remediate high-rise buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material cladding. This will include financial support where this is necessary for the local authority to carry out emergency remedial work.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 239237 question first answered 04/04/2019 14:00:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1108808

registered interest
date	01/04/2019
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	Buildings: 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, how many local authorities his Department has advised on their dealings with freeholders who are refusing to pay for repairs on their buildings with combustible cladding.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	239237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has consistently set out his strong expectation that leaseholders should be protected from the costs of remediation. My department is actively engaging with all building owners who have not committed to protect leaseholders. We are considering various options to ensure that costs are not passed on to leaseholders.</p><p>The Government is also backing local authorities to take enforcement action where building owners are refusing to remediate high-rise buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material cladding. This will include financial support where this is necessary for the local authority to carry out emergency remedial work.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 239236 question first answered 04/04/2019 14:00:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1107787

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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	Hedges and Ditches
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 regulations to prevent developers and landowners putting netting on hedgerows.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	238587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>Wild birds are protected by law and therefore any development project must consider the impact on local wildlife and take precautionary action to protect their habitats. The revised National Planning Policy Framework is clear that planning policies and decisions should contribute to and enhance the natural and local environment by minimising the impacts on and providing net gains for biodiversity. The Government has announced plans to require developers to deliver biodiversity net gain through the forthcoming Environment Bill. This will mean habitats for wildlife must be left in a measurably better state than they were before any development.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/04/2019 14:35:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew