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1465780

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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	Building: 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, with reference to the written statement of 12 May 2022 by the Welsh Minister for Climate Change entitled Update on building safety, if he will (a) take steps to amend the pledge letters with developers and (b) include measures in future legal agreements with developers that will facilitate matching and proportionate commitments to leaseholders across the UK.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	9171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>Housing and building safety are devolved matters and the progress of remediation in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a matter for the devolved administrations.</p><p>Ministers from all governments met to discuss building safety and wider issues of mutual interest on 24 May as part of the first meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Group for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities chaired by the Secretary of State and agreed to work together.</p><p>The Department has a close-working relationship with the devolved administrations on building safety. Officials meet with representatives of all three devolved administrations regularly to discuss building safety.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 09/06/2022 14:56:28 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1465830

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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	Housing: Insulation
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 it is his policy that protection for leaseholders from (a) cladding and (b) non-cladding remediation costs cover leaseholders who live in a building that is managed by a resident management company to which they pay a service charge.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	8979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 apply equally to buildings which are managed by a right to manage (RTM) company or resident management company (RMC) as they do to buildings which are not. Buildings are only exempt from the leaseholder protections measures if the building is collectively owned by the residents, such as in a building where the residents have collectively enfranchised to purchase the freehold.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 8980 8981 question first answered 06/06/2022 16:16:58 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1465831

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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	Housing: Insulation
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 his policy is on the protection for leaseholders from (a) cladding and (b) non-cladding remediation costs for leaseholders who live in a building managed by a Right to Manage company.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	8980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 apply equally to buildings which are managed by a right to manage (RTM) company or resident management company (RMC) as they do to buildings which are not. Buildings are only exempt from the leaseholder protections measures if the building is collectively owned by the residents, such as in a building where the residents have collectively enfranchised to purchase the freehold.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 8979 8981 question first answered 06/06/2022 16:16:58 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1465832

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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	Housing: Insulation
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 his policy is on the protection for leaseholders from (a) cladding and (b) non-cladding remediation costs for leaseholders who live in a building managed by the residents and leaseholders themselves.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	8981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 apply equally to buildings which are managed by a right to manage (RTM) company or resident management company (RMC) as they do to buildings which are not. Buildings are only exempt from the leaseholder protections measures if the building is collectively owned by the residents, such as in a building where the residents have collectively enfranchised to purchase the freehold.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 8979 8980 question first answered 06/06/2022 16:16:58 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1465833

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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	Housing: Insulation
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 assessment has been made of the number of leaseholders who do not qualify for government protection from non-cladding costs because they are a buy to let landlord with more than (a) three, (b) five, (c) 10 and (d) 20 properties.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	8982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act apply to people living in their own homes or with up to three UK properties in total. The protections are designed to protect those living in their own homes from unaffordable remediation bills. In recognition of the circumstances of people with small numbers of additional properties, the protections also apply to leaseholders with up to three UK properties in total. The Department does not hold data on leaseholders with more than three properties.</p><p>There are still significant protections in place for leaseholders with more than three properties. Where more than three properties are owned, the principal home always qualifies for the protections. All leaseholders will be protected from all historical building safety remediation costs where their building owner or landlord is – or is connected to – the developer. Where developers have signed up to our developer pledge to fix their own buildings, this will benefit all leaseholders in the building. Leaseholders with more than three properties will also benefit from grant funding for the removal of unsafe cladding. Further, the leaseholder protections measures will drive enhanced proportionality, eliminating unnecessary work and bringing down remediation costs; this will also benefit all leaseholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/06/2022 16:18:03 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1465853

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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	Building Safety Regulator
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 the Department will set out how it intends to scale-up resource within the Health and Safety Executive in order for the Building Safety Regular to have the capacity required to carry out its duties in line with the Building Safety Act 2022.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	9087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>The Building Safety Regulator was established in shadow form in the Health and Safety Executive in January 2020, to assist the Government to develop the reforms that resulted in the Building Safety Act 2022, and to prepare itself, and the sector, for the new regulatory regime. We are providing the funding necessary for the Health and Safety Executive to scale up its resource to carry out its duties. Health and Safety Executive spent over £17 million additional funding on shadow Building Safety Regulator work in 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/06/2022 16:19:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1465863

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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	Building Safety Regulator: Staff
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 estimate he has made of the number of additional staff that will be employed by the Health and Safety Executive to form the Building Safety Regulator in (a) 2022, (b) 2023, and (c) 2024.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	9088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>Section 8 of the impact assessment for the Building Safety Bill contains estimates about the cost and staffing requirements for the new Building Safety Regulator. This analysis is available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.parliament.uk%2Fpa%2Fbills%2Fcbill%2F58-02%2F0139%2FBuildingSafetyBillImpactAssessment.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CBSP_PQ%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C82ef1281c643425b873608da42587b12%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637895245026953595%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=IKwzmCeG1fNJLKJ6y0xh2uEwrbVS6qBfuM6LskH45zc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0139/BuildingSafetyBillImpactAssessment.pdf</a>.</p><p>Estimates for staffing requirements are currently being refined as the HSE operationalise delivery of their functions.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 09/06/2022 14:54:01 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1465864

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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	Building Safety Regulator
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 publish a timeline for the creation of the proposed Building Safety Regulator.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	9089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The Building Safety Regulator was established in shadow form in the Health and Safety Executive in January 2020, to assist the Government to develop the reforms that resulted in the Building Safety Act 2022, and to prepare itself, and the sector, for the new regulatory regime. We published a transition timeline with the Building Safety Bill and will shortly be updating this, following on from the Bill's receipt of Royal Assent on 28 April 2022.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 09/06/2022 14:55:45 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1465870

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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	Buildings: 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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) requirements for checks from the Building Safety Regulator and (b) other requirements contained in provisions of the Building Safety Act on the time taken for construction.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	9090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Through the Building Safety Act, the Government is introducing a more stringent regulatory regime in design and construction for new high-rise residential buildings, care homes and hospitals which are 18 metres or more in height, or at least seven storeys (‘higher-risk’ buildings).</p><p>The intention is to strengthen regulatory oversight of higher-risk building work and provide the home-building industry the clear framework it needs to get things right before work begins and deliver more high-quality, safe homes, with clear responsibilities on those undertaking design and construction work. This approach should reduce additional time and costs at later stages and the need to correct non-compliant or defective work.</p><p>The Government has made an assessment of the potential impact of the requirements of the new building control regime for higher-risk buildings. These can be found in the Impact Assessment that was published when the Act was scrutinised in Parliament: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbills.parliament.uk%2Fbills%2F3021%2Fpublications&amp;data=05%7C01%7CPratul.Pal%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cce65a47a31c94d5f04cf08da3f38f8f4%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637891811166557930%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=D1lfZ9fXhQHE2Ik2x1l%2BR3ig6DKhHasKXcQdz1QsqZA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3021/publications.</a></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/06/2022 16:20:00 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1465246

registered interest
date	24/05/2022
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	Green Belt and Vacant Land: Planning Permission
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 make it his policy to urgently introduce statutory protections to protect green belt and greenfield sites from speculative developments before wider planning reforms are introduced in the Levelling Up Bill.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	8168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2022 answer text <p>The increased weight given to plans and national policy in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will give more assurance that areas of environmental importance - such as National Parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and areas at high risk of flooding - will be respected in decisions on planning applications and appeals. The same is true of the Green Belt, which will continue to be safeguarded. <br> <br> The National Planning Policy Framework already sets out strong protections for Green Belt land, and also expects local authorities to recognise and enhance the importance of biodiversity, valued landscapes and agricultural soils, and the character and beauty of the countryside. Local authorities should give priority to re-use of suitable brownfield land wherever practicable and sustainable. <br> <br> These protections in national planning policy are to remain firmly in place, and by 2023 will be further reinforced by the biodiversity net gain requirements introduced through the Environment Act 2021. We will pursue options to make the Green Belt even greener.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/06/2022 14:11:28 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper