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1124910

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have detailed planning guidance in place for the provision of specialist housing for older people.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	251313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>In the revised National Planning Policy Framework, we strengthened policy to create a clear expectation that all local authorities have policies in place for addressing the housing needs of older people. All plans submitted to the Planning Inspectorate after 24 January 2019 will need to comply with the revised Framework. We will publish new planning guidance shortly that will provide advice to authorities about implementing this policy. The number of authorities with their own detailed planning guidance on the provision of specialist housing for older people is not recorded.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/05/2019 14:56:50 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123835

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to issue guidance to local authorities on the provision of specialist housing for older people in relation to the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	249298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The revised National Planning Policy Framework, published in July 2018, strengthened policy to set a clear expectation that authorities identify the size, type and tenure of homes needed for different groups, including older people. It also expects them to assess the types of specialist housing needed for older people, and reflect this in their planning policies. The specific types of housing that this can include is not prescribed.</p><p>We will publish new planning guidance shortly that will provide advice to authorities about implementing this policy, in accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning Act commitment. We have undertaken extensive engagement on this, including discussions with a range of local authorities, charities and house builder representatives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 249299 249300 249303 question first answered 09/05/2019 13:20:38 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123836

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with providers of specialist housing for older people on the provision of that housing in relation to the provisions of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	249299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The revised National Planning Policy Framework, published in July 2018, strengthened policy to set a clear expectation that authorities identify the size, type and tenure of homes needed for different groups, including older people. It also expects them to assess the types of specialist housing needed for older people, and reflect this in their planning policies. The specific types of housing that this can include is not prescribed.</p><p>We will publish new planning guidance shortly that will provide advice to authorities about implementing this policy, in accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning Act commitment. We have undertaken extensive engagement on this, including discussions with a range of local authorities, charities and house builder representatives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 249298 249300 249303 question first answered 09/05/2019 13:20:38 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123837

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which forms of housing are within the scope of the definition of specialist housing for older people under the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	249300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The revised National Planning Policy Framework, published in July 2018, strengthened policy to set a clear expectation that authorities identify the size, type and tenure of homes needed for different groups, including older people. It also expects them to assess the types of specialist housing needed for older people, and reflect this in their planning policies. The specific types of housing that this can include is not prescribed.</p><p>We will publish new planning guidance shortly that will provide advice to authorities about implementing this policy, in accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning Act commitment. We have undertaken extensive engagement on this, including discussions with a range of local authorities, charities and house builder representatives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 249298 249299 249303 question first answered 09/05/2019 13:20:38 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123838

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to promote (a) information and (b) choice in relation to specialist housing for older people.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	249301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the provision of high quality,impartial, information and advice in England is an important service which older people, and their relatives and carers should have access to in order to make informed choices. The Department of Health and Social Care has set out that one of the key principles that will guide thinking ahead of the Social Care Green Paper is control. This involves ensuring that individuals and families have the ability to direct the support they receive, the autonomy to lead the lives they want, and access to reliable information.</p><p>On 28 March, we announced our plans to implement the majority of the Law Commission’s recommendations to reform event fees in leasehold retirement properties. One of the key requirements of these recommendations is a statutorily backed requirement to ensure consumers have the necessary information to make an informed choice when purchasing their retirement property.( <a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-03-28/HCWS1466" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2019-03-28/HCWS1466</a>)</p><p>My Department published the revised National Planning Policy Framework in July 2018 and this specifies that local planning authorities are expected to have planning policies which identify the size, type and tenure of homes needed for different groups in the community including older people. We will shortly be publishing further guidance to help councils put these policies in place. My Department, together with Department of Health and Social Care, also grant funds new supply of supported housing (with 34,000 new units delivered since 2011) including for older vulnerable people. With our announcement last year that funding for housing costs for supported accommodation would continue to be paid through Housing Benefit, we are putting in place the right funding and oversight environment which will give confidence to investors and to the sector, to continue to develop new supply of supported housing.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/05/2019 13:24:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123839

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a housing strategy for older people.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	249302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has set out a strategy to make the housing market work in England and make sure it works for all parts of our community, including older people. In our Housing White Paper, ’Fixing our Broken Housing Market, we recognised that there is a fundamental need to do more to ensure that more homes suitable for older people are being built as part of our overall ambition to increase housing supply. (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fixing-our-broken-housing-market" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fixing-our-broken-housing-market</a>).</p><p>The revised National Planning Policy Framework, published in July 2018, specifies that local planning authorities are expected to have planning policies which identify the size, type and tenure of homes needed for different groups in the community including older people. We will, in due course, publish further guidance to help councils put these policies in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/05/2019 13:19:54 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1123840

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities are required to publish planning guidance for the provision of specialist housing for older people.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	249303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The revised National Planning Policy Framework, published in July 2018, strengthened policy to set a clear expectation that authorities identify the size, type and tenure of homes needed for different groups, including older people. It also expects them to assess the types of specialist housing needed for older people, and reflect this in their planning policies. The specific types of housing that this can include is not prescribed.</p><p>We will publish new planning guidance shortly that will provide advice to authorities about implementing this policy, in accordance with the Neighbourhood Planning Act commitment. We have undertaken extensive engagement on this, including discussions with a range of local authorities, charities and house builder representatives.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 249298 249299 249300 question first answered 09/05/2019 13:20:38 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

997547

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Healthy Homes and Buildings all party parliament group green paper Building our Future: Laying the Foundations for Healthy Homes and Buildings; and what steps the Government is taking to improve the overall standard of new and existing homes to ensure that people live in comfortable, warm, dry, well-lit and well designed homes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	185598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government will consider the Healthy Homes and Buildings all party parliament group green paper, &quot;Building our Future: Laying the Foundations for Healthy Homes and Buildings&quot;, in taking forward its work on reviewing the guidance in relevant Building Regulations’ Approved Documents. This follows recommendations by Dame Judith Hackitt in her independent review of building regulations and fire safety, and in the review announced on 26 October to assess how well the Housing Health and Safety Rating System works in practice, whether it needs to be updated and, if so, to what extent.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 184964 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:47:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

997548

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will hold discussions with the all-party group on Healthy Homes and Buildings on the (a) extent of the problems caused by poor quality homes and buildings and (b) steps that are being taken to incentivise home providers and builders to build and retrofit homes to the highest standards.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	185599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my previous answer to Question UIN 177311 on 15 October 2018.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/11/2018 17:46:20 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

997123

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on peoples health of the quality of (a) ventilation, (b) lighting and (c) acoustics in house building; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	184964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government will consider the Healthy Homes and Buildings all party parliament group green paper, &quot;Building our Future: Laying the Foundations for Healthy Homes and Buildings&quot;, in taking forward its work on reviewing the guidance in relevant Building Regulations’ Approved Documents. This follows recommendations by Dame Judith Hackitt in her independent review of building regulations and fire safety, and in the review announced on 26 October to assess how well the Housing Health and Safety Rating System works in practice, whether it needs to be updated and, if so, to what extent.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 185598 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:47:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon