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759197

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
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, how many starter homes have been built in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2017 answer text <p>Our Housing White Paper: Fixing Our Broken Housing Market set out plans for starter homes to help young people into home ownership. We have made clear starter homes should be targeted at first-time buyers who would otherwise be priced out of the market; have consulted on a minimum 10 per cent affordable home ownership national planning policy expectation for major sites; and have made good progress securing suitable sites for starter homes through the starter homes land fund.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/10/2017 15:38:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 11884 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

758966

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
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 assessment has been made of the fire resistance of residential tower blocks that are (a) under construction or (b) due to begin construction soon in light of the Grenfell Tower fire.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	9698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>Tower blocks that are currently under construction or are due to begin construction will be subject to Building Regulations. As such their design will be assessed and then the work will be inspected by independent building control bodies. The Department has commissioned and published the results of a series of BS8414 external wall system fire tests in order to improve the evidence available to developers and building control bodies in determining reasonable compliance with relevant Building Regulations. The test results and commentary from the Expert Panel advising Government can be found at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/building-safety-programme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/building-safety-programme</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643281/Update_and_consolidated_advice_for_building_owners_following_large-scale_testing.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/643281/Update_and_consolidated_advice_for_building_owners_following_large-scale_testing.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/10/2017 14:47:05 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 11501 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

758967

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
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	Social Rented Housing: Fire Alarms
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 plans to publish new advice and regulations on the installation of mandatory fire alarms in communal areas of public housing.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	9671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government will consider these issues in light of the Independent Review on Building Regulations and Fire Safety, the findings of the Public Inquiry and on going work to review building safety.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/10/2017 15:45:05 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 11497 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

758968

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
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, what plans his Department has to require sprinklers to be installed inside all tower blocks, including in privately-owned tower blocks in (a) Wolverhampton and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	9672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government will consider this issue in light of the Independent Review on Building Regulations and Fire Safety, the findings of the Public Inquiry and on going work to review building safety.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/10/2017 14:32:11 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 11499 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

758632

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2017 to Question 4915, whether the Government is still requesting samples of cladding material.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	9597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>Testing facilities remain available to private building owners, free of charge.</p><p>The Secretary of State encourages private building owners to submit samples of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding for screening. The screening tests are identifying what kind of ACM is present to ensure we have a complete picture of the private sector.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 25/09/2017 11:09:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

758633

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2017 to Question 4915, whether the Government sought the advice of the expert panel on fire safety before the original testing of samples of cladding material.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	9598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>The decision to commission the screening tests on Aluminium Cladding Material (ACM) samples was made on the basis of advice from independent experts. The Independent Expert Advisory Panel had not been appointed at that time. <br> <br>At their first meeting, the Independent Expert Advisory Panel concluded the initial ACM screening tests, along with issuing advice on interim fire safety measures, were the right first steps to have taken.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/09/2017 11:13:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

758634

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his oral contribution of 26 July 2017, Official Report, column 347, whether samples of cladding and insulation were tested at a rate of 100 a day.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	9599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>As of 20 September 2017 all 554 samples of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding which the Building Research Establishment have received have been tested, as they came in, and landlords informed of the result.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/09/2017 15:32:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

758635

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of legislation regarding travellers' illegal encampments.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	9449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is concerned about unauthorised traveller encampments and the effect that they can have on communities. Local authorities and the police have a wide range of powers that enable them to take action and the Government wants to see them working together to address this issue. A summary of the powers is published on the Government’s website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dealing-with-illegal-and-unauthorised-encampments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dealing-with-illegal-and-unauthorised-encampments</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/09/2017 15:42:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

758639

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2017 to Question 5176, what advice his Department issued to the local authority and voluntary sector organisations providing support to survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire on working with (a) vulnerable people and (b) children.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	9514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>My Department has been working closely with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council, NHS, Public Health England and the Voluntary and Community Sector, wider government and those providing care to ensure the needs of vulnerable people and children affected by the Grenfell Tower fire and wider community are met.</p><p>Local authorities and voluntary sector organisations who are supporting the survivors are subject to existing safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. This includes, for example, the 1989 and 2004 Children Acts; Department for Education interagency guidance on safeguarding children; and The Care Act 2014.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 13/10/2017 16:27:58 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

758640

registered interest
date	07/09/2017
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	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter to residents following the Grenfell Tower fire of 5 September 2017, if he will set out how the process by which former Grenfell Tower residents bid for new housing ensures that former residents do not bid against each other.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	9541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The selection and matching process allows residents to express a preference for available units of permanent accommodation on the Choice Based Lettings online portal managed by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council (RBKC). A matching process will then take place on the basis of the RBKC allocations policy, which is set out in “The Housing Commitment to Residents who lived in Grenfell Tower and Grenfell Walk” <a href="https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/atoms/files/The%20housing%20commitment%20to%20residents%20%E2%80%93%20FAQ.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/sites/default/files/atoms/files/The%20housing%20commitment%20to%20residents%20%E2%80%93%20FAQ.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/09/2017 13:04:54 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne