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732574

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Fire Prevention
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 made any private assurances to the Chair of the Local Government Association on action and funding from the Government to ensure fire safety in the wake of the fire at Grenfell Tower; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	1205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>My Department has held a number of meetings following the Grenfell Tower fire. Where work is necessary to ensure the fire safety of social housing, we will ensure that lack of financial resources will not prevent it going ahead.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/07/2017 09:39:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

732590

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	Affordable 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 his Department is taking to ensure that rent-to-buy products are within the definition of affordable housing for the purposes of local authority section 106 agreements.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	1073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Our White paper <em>Fixing the Broken Housing Market</em>, published in February, made clear that Rent to Buy products can help to meet affordable housing needs. We intend to reflect this in an updated definition of affordable housing for planning purposes when the National Planning Policy Framework is reviewed. We are also investing £7.1 billion in the Affordable Homes Programme to deliver 225,000 affordable housing starts by March 2021, including Rent to Buy homes.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/07/2017 16:45:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

732670

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with (a) the Mayor of London, (b) the Leader of London Councils, (c) Greater London Authority members and (d) local authority leaders on fire safety standards in tower blocks.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	1122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Records of everyone that the Secretary of State has met and the purpose of those meetings are made publicly available on gov.uk every quarter.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2017 15:06:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732671

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	High Rise Flats: Fire Extinguishers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department intends to offer additional funding to local authorities to enable them to fit sprinkler systems retroactively in housing blocks.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	1131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Written Question 1132.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/07/2017 09:36:41 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732674

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
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	High Rise Flats: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department intends to offer additional funding to local authorities to enable them to remove cladding that is deemed unsafe from housing blocks.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	1132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Where work is necessary to ensure the fire safety of social housing, we will ensure that lack of financial resources will not prevent it going ahead.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/07/2017 09:37:32 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

732317

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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	Council Tax: Empty Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities in England charge an empty homes premium; what the percentage premium charged for each council tax band is in each authority area; what the number of empty properties is in each such band in each such area; how many empty properties there are in each such area; and what revenue has been raised in each such area in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>Statistics for 2016 showing:</p><ol><li>which local authorities in England charge an empty homes premium;</li><li>The percentage premium charged for each council tax band is in each authority area;</li><li>what the number of empty properties is in each such band in each such area;</li><li>how many empty properties there are in each such area; are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/council-taxbase-2016-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/council-taxbase-2016-in-England</a></li></ol><p>The Government does not collect statistics on what revenue has been raised through the Empty Homes Premium in each such area.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/07/2017 15:40:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

732319

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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, if he will introduce a lower minimum threshold for unit delivery to increase the number of small builders eligible to apply for the Home Building Fund.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The £3 billion Home Building Fund is open to projects that will provide a minimum of 5 new homes to ensure that we drive up housing supply by encouraging house builders to grow their businesses, delivering maximum value for money for the tax payer. We have no plans to change these criteria.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/07/2017 15:31:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

732320

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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 discussions his Department has had with the Homes and Communities Agency on the use of intermediaries such as banks and alternative lenders to increase finance available for small builders.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>My Department and the Homes and Communities Agency speak regularly to banks and lenders about increasing development finance to small and medium sized builders. We have contributed £50 million to the Housing Growth Partnership, with Lloyds Banking Group also putting in £50 million to increase overall lending to get homes built. We will continue to explore opportunities to ensure maximum impact of funding is delivered across the sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 04/07/2017 15:30:26 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

732321

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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 proportion of the Home Building Fund has been allocated to property developers since October 2016.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The £3 billion Home Building Fund provides long and short term loan finance to build the homes this country needs. To date the fund has allocated £1.177 billon (40 per cent).</p><p>Of the £1 billion short term fund £0.411 billion (41 per cent) has been allocated. The proportion of schemes which will be delivered by small and medium sized builders is 70 per cent. Of which, nearly 90 per cent of these sites have fewer than 100 homes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 980 question first answered 04/07/2017 15:24:58 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

732322

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
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 proportion of successful applications to the Home Building Fund are from small builders providing fewer than 100 units per year.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The £3 billion Home Building Fund provides long and short term loan finance to build the homes this country needs. To date the fund has allocated £1.177 billon (40 per cent).</p><p>Of the £1 billion short term fund £0.411 billion (41 per cent) has been allocated. The proportion of schemes which will be delivered by small and medium sized builders is 70 per cent. Of which, nearly 90 per cent of these sites have fewer than 100 homes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 979 question first answered 04/07/2017 15:24:58 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight