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758965

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	Buildings: 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 recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) building regulations concerning fire safety and (b) fire safety guidance for commercial and domestic planning applications used by fire services and local authorities' planning departments.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	9696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 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 ongoing work to review building safety.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 13/09/2017 16:14:48 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

758638

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, whether those from voluntary sector organisations and those working at the Westway Assistance Centre who are working with children affected by the Grenfell Tower fire are required to undertake Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	9517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>It is the responsibility and statutory duty of an employer to check that an individual has been cleared to work in direct contact with children or vulnerable adults. The Westway Assistance Centre has now closed, with many of the services transferred to the Community Assistance Centre at Bard Road. Disclosure and Barring checks are unlikely to apply to the majority of those working at the Community Assistance Centre. However, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council, as part of its volunteer strategy and future plans for the Community Assistance Centre, is encouraging all staff and volunteers to sign up to a voluntary code of conduct including Disclosure and Barring, and suitability, checks.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/09/2017 14:45:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

758646

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	Buildings: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2017 to Question 5213, on buildings: fire prevention, whether replacement of cladding with cladding of a similar appearance but of a different material composition requires planning permission.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	9520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member for Denton and Reddish to the answer I gave on 4 September 2017 to Question UIN 5213. Section 55 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 sets out that where work does not materially alter the appearance of a building, planning permission may not be required. Planning permission is ultimately a matter for each Local Planning Authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/09/2017 14:06:32 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

758079

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of tower blocks over 30 metres high which are (a) fire safe and (b) unsafe.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We have asked owners of buildings over 18 metres (which is the height at which Building Regulations for tall buildings apply) with Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding to submit samples to the Building Research Establishment for screening to establish whether the materials submitted are of limited combustibility. Where samples do not meet the limited combustibility test we are also collecting information on what insulation materials have been used.</p><p>Summary advice published on 5 September (available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-update-and-consolidated-advice-for-building-owners-following-large-scale-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-update-and-consolidated-advice-for-building-owners-following-large-scale-testing</a>) sets out the results of screening tests and the seven large-scale system tests conducted over the summer, including the number of buildings tested.</p><p>Local authorities have been asked to ensure that all residential blocks in their areas with ACM have been identified, interim measures put in place and any necessary remedial work undertaken, and to provide the department with data on this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/09/2017 14:56:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

758080

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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 total amount of funding has been requested from central government by local authorities, housing associations and other organisations responsible for the management of high-rise residential accommodation for remedial work since the Grenfell Tower fire.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We are working with social landlords on a case by case basis to explore whether there is the possibility of the removal of financial restrictions to support essential fire safety work being undertaken. As most authorities have not finalised the likely costs, it is not possible to give an overall figure at this stage.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/09/2017 15:02:54 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

758081

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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, how many councils have made inquiries to the Government about financial assistance for remedial work on high-rise residential buildings in their area since the Grenfell Tower fire.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>To date we have been contacted by 28 local authority areas, either directly or via Members of the House on behalf of authorities. We are dealing with each local authority on a case by case basis in order to establish whether there is a need for assistance<em>. </em></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/09/2017 14:52:30 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

758082

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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 residential units were granted planning permission in each financial year since 2000-01.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The time series in the attached table details the number of units granted full residential planning permissions between Q2 2007 and Q2 2017.</p><p>Units granted residential planning permission are recorded when a residential development site receives:</p><ul><li><p>detailed residential planning permission; or</p></li><li><p>approval of reserved matters.</p><p>The figures exclude elderly people’s homes, hostels and student accommodation. They include mixed use developments (commercial and residential) involving more than ten residential units. They are for England only.</p><p>Other details:</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Units from different phases of a single residential development site are included in these figures only when planning permission is obtained for that phase.</p></li><li><p>To avoid double counting units on residential development sites with planning permission are excluded where the residential development site has already received a planning permission within the previous twelve months. Only the units from the most recent planning permission are included.</p></li><li><p>Where multiple planning permissions are given to a residential development site in the same quarter, only the most recent planning permission is included for the purpose of counting units with permission.</p></li></ul><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data on the number of units granted full residential planning permission prior to Q2 2007.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/09/2017 15:31:53 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma attachment 1 file name Planning Permission Time Series as of Q1 2017.xlsx title Planning permission time series as of Q1 2017
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

758100

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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, what recent progress has been made on rehousing survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	9297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Our priority is to get everyone from Grenfell Tower and Grenfell Walk whose homes were lost in the fire permanently rehoused as soon as possible. But it's important to get this right and ensure residents have choice over their housing options.</p><p>My Rt Hon Friend, the Secretary of State, reported on recent progress in his statement to the House on 5 September.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/09/2017 14:54:41 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

758111

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
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, how much funding his Department has set aside for remedial work in response to the Grenfell Tower fire; and whether such funding is additional to existing departmental allocations.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	9295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>As we confirmed in our letter to local authorities on 31 July, the Government is willing to consider the removal of financial restrictions to enable local authorities to fund essential fire safety works.</p><p>If a housing association has concerns about its ability to meet the cost of essential works, it must contact the Social Housing Regulator. The Regulator has written to housing associations to reiterate this message.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/09/2017 14:50:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

757399

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
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	Construction Products Regulations 2013
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what penalties his Department has imposed on businesses not complying with the Construction Products Regulations 2013 since those regulations were introduced.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	8584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Compliance monitoring and enforcement of the Construction Products Regulation is carried out by local authorities’ Weights and Measures (Trading Standards) in England, Scotland and Wales and District Councils in Northern Ireland, not the Department for Communities and Local Government.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/09/2017 13:07:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Lord Sharma
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake