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983360

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 July 2018 to Question 159621 Universal Credit: Housing, how many and what proportion of universal credit claimants with a rent liability received their first payment of housing costs within two months of their date of claim for each month since March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	176321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2018 answer text <p>For claims to UC Full Service that were due a first payment in July 2018 (the most recent month for which data is available), and that were entitled to support for housing costs, 95% of claims received support for housing within 2 months of the date of claim.</p><p> </p><p>Results for March 2018 to July 2018 are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Month in which first UC payment due</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of claims that were entitled to support for housing costs, which receive support for housing within 2 months of the date of claim</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2018</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2018</p></td><td><p>90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2018</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2018</p></td><td><p>93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2018</p></td><td><p>95%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>These results can change retrospectively as further information is received.</p><p> </p><p>There are a number of reasons payments may be delayed including failure by claimants to provide information or attend initial appointments.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/10/2018 16:34:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

747609

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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 have been submitted by builders delivering less than 100 units per year since the introduction of that fund.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	2558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 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 £1.181 billion (40 per cent) to successful applicants.</p><p>Of the £1 billion short term fund £0.445 billion (44 per cent) has been allocated to successful applicants. 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 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:23:48 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

747611

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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 in each region since October 2016.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	2557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>In October 2016, the Government launched the £3 billion Home Building Fund, a fund which will provide loans for SME builders, custom builders and offsite construction, and which will unlock large sites throughout England. The £3 billion Home Building Fund is broken down into two funds:</p><p>The £1 billion short term fund (STF) is available to small builders, custom builders and innovators and the £2 billion long term fund (LTF) is to deliver infrastructure and site preparation for large sites, including brown field.</p><p>The below table presents, the proportion of the Home Building Fund (in terms of projects supported) in each region, as recorded by the Homes and Communities Agency, and broken down into long term funding and short term funding. Percentages may not total 100 per cent, as they are rounded to the nearest per cent.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HCA Region</p></td><td><p>LTF</p></td><td><p>STF</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East &amp; South East</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East, Yorkshire &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South &amp; South West</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>National projects are projects where sites are being delivered over multiple areas. This category also includes the £50 million which has been committed to the Housing Growth Partnership.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/07/2017 12:01:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

747139

registered interest
date	30/06/2017
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: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding is being put in place to support local authorities and social housing landlords repairing high-rise blocks as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	2259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Where Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding is present on residential buildings over 18 metres in height, the Government is providing testing for local authorities and housing associations free of charge. If the screening tests indicate that such cladding would not meet the limited combustibility requirements of the current Building Regulations guidance, it is for landlords in consultation with the fire and rescue service and other experts to determine, and take, the best course of action, communicating closely with residents. My Department has issued advice on the interim mitigating measures landlords should implement. Cost considerations must not get in the way of making sure that residents are safe. Where work is necessary to ensure the fire safety of a building, we will ensure that lack of financial resources will not prevent them going ahead.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/07/2017 16:25:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

747140

registered interest
date	30/06/2017
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, when the Government plans to decide whether sprinkler systems should be a mandatory requirement for high-rise buildings.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	2260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department wrote to all social housing providers in 2013, encouraging them to act on the recommendations in a Coroner’s report into firefighter deaths which occurred at Shirley Towers in Southampton in April 2010. That letter encouraged providers to consider the retrofitting of sprinklers in older residential tower blocks. The Department then reinforced the content of that letter in it’s response to the Coroner’s report into the Lakanal House Fire – a copy of which can be found at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/205567/Annex_B_-_SoS_DCLG_Rule_43_response.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/205567/Annex_B_-_SoS_DCLG_Rule_43_response.pdf</a></p><p>We are committed to looking at wider issues following the Grenfell Tower fire and this work will now need to be informed by any recommendations that the independent inquiry makes.</p><p>We have appointed an expert panel to advise us on immediate steps to be taken following the Grenfell Tower fire, and will act on those recommendations where necessary. The role of the expert panel and the advice already given is set out in a note published last week at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2017 15:07:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

747142

registered interest
date	30/06/2017
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, if he will issue urgent guidance on what are acceptable replacement materials for the multi-storey blocks that have had cladding removed.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	2261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Building Regulations and supporting guidance set out the requirements for external walls in relation to fire safety. Advice to all building control bodies was published on 14 July, which highlighted the key Building Regulations' guidance requirements when cladding work on high rise buildings over 18 metres tall is undertaken. That note can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ensure-that-recladding-work-meets-building-regulations-advises-expert-panel" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/ensure-that-recladding-work-meets-building-regulations-advises-expert-panel</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 15:16:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

746802

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Grenfell Tower: 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 the material used to clad Grenfell Tower was approved under British standards and has subsequently failed British Research Establishment tests.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	2112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government cannot release information specific to the Grenfell Tower, as this would currently cut across the police investigation underway. A Government note was published last week at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a> , which explains the requirements in Building Regulations for external walls not to allow fire spread.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2017 15:08:27 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

746803

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Building Regulations
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 he has taken to reassure the public about the adequacy of building standards.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	2139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>We are committed to looking at wider issues following the Grenfell Tower fire and this work will now need to be informed by any recommendations that the independent inquiry make.</p><p>We have appointed an expert panel to advise us on immediate steps to be taken following the Grenfell Tower fire, and will act on those recommendations. The role of the expert panel and the advice already given is set out in a note published last week at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2017 15:09:04 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

746804

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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, what assessment he has made of the potential increase in heating costs for residents living in high-rise blocks from which cladding has been removed.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	2140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>No assessment has been made at this stage. The priority is on testing samples of cladding, as set out in a note published last week at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2017 15:07:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

746805

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
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	Grenfell Tower: 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 the cladding used at Grenfell Tower was approved for use when the tower was refurbished; and whether standards changed after that refurbishment.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	2141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government cannot release information specific to the Grenfell Tower, as this would cut across the police investigation currently underway.</p><p>The Department wrote to local authority and housing association landlords on 18 June, setting out immediate actions that should be taken to identify residential tower blocks over 18 metres in height with aluminium type external cladding. The Department wrote again on 19 June to set out the process they should follow to submit samples of aluminium composite material cladding for testing.</p><p>On 30 June, we published a note at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a>. This note confirms the advice in those letters to local authorities, with further specific information about the tests being carried out.</p><p>On 6 July we published details of further tests to be carried out as the next step in helping landlords to ensure the safety of their buildings. These large scale tests will help establish how different types of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) panels in combination with different types of insulation behave in a fire. Further detail about the next testing stage can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expert-panel-recommends-further-tests-on-cladding-and-insulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expert-panel-recommends-further-tests-on-cladding-and-insulation</a>.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/07/2017 11:00:00 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane