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registered interest
date	24/02/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how he plans to assess the impact of the provisions in the Building Safety Bill and associated Building Safety Funding proposals on the delivery of new social housing and improvements to existing social homes.
tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
uin	129072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) continues to have regular conversations with social landlords and their representative bodies about the implications of the Building Safety Bill and the Building Safety Fund for their residents and their work to build and improve social housing. DLUHC continue to work to ensure that residents live in safe buildings.</p><p>The Building Safety Bill provides that the effectiveness of key elements of the new legislation, including the Building Safety Regulator and the regulatory system for building safety, will be examined at least once every five years through an independent review. 123 applications are currently progressing through the Building Safety Fund with £128 million committed.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/03/2022 17:36:27 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1434880

registered interest
date	23/02/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking through the Help to Buy scheme to ensure that more new-build properties within the maximum threshold for London properties have three or more bedrooms.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	128386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>In 2021 the new Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme introduced regional property price caps which set the maximum purchase price in each region. They are all set at 1.5 times the forecast regional average first-time buyer price, in line with the Office of Budget Responsibility's house price inflation forecast for 2021/22, up to a maximum of £600,000 in London.</p><p>The caps were designed to support the purchase of properties that are more consistent with the wider first-time buyer market. The Government has reviewed the caps and continue to be satisfied they allow good availability of first-time buyer type properties in each region. For customers who are not able to utilise the Help to Buy scheme, the Government has a range of other housing products. For more information see: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ownyourhome.gov.uk%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5a44cc9af294460bc6c908d9fc5e76f1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637818304911921846%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=Kcv6Zfmuv%2BbKoaQFzx90XXYoyy3FlkAAhknI75zA1t0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ownyourhome.gov.uk/</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/03/2022 17:45:59 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1434140

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Derelict Land: Regeneration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support his Department provides to local authorities to help regenerate derelict land.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	127364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>At Spending Review 2021, the Government announced £1.5 billion to regenerate underused land and deliver transport links and community facilities. This funding will help to unlock sites across the country that the private sector alone will not deliver, alongside a further £300 million locally led grant funding that will be distributed to Mayoral Combined Authorities and local authorities to help unlock smaller brownfield sites</p><p><br>These announcements build on our existing, extensive support for growth and regeneration, including the £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund that has funded town and city centre regeneration schemes in places across the UK. Future rounds of the Levelling Up Fund and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will build on this investment and the billions of pounds of investment made through the Towns Fund, Future High Streets Fund, Getting Building Fund and Brownfield Housing Fund.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/03/2022 17:45:33 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1434144

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing Estates: Regeneration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support his Department provides to local authorities for the regeneration of existing housing estates.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	127365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>£100 million for the Brownfield Land Release Fund includes support for local authorities for estate Regeneration. In 2021 / 2022 £14.2 million of capital grants has been allocated to 14 existing social housing estates across England.</p><p>The Levelling Up White Paper sets out the importance of regeneration on the economic and social missions of Levelling Up and we will be exploring with local leaders how we can support places further.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/03/2022 17:34:56 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1434150

registered interest
date	22/02/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Derelict Land: Regeneration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what powers local authorities posses to purchase derelict buildings and land for regeneration purposes.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	127367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>Local authorities have various compulsory purchase powers which they can use to acquire and develop derelict buildings and land, including for regeneration purposes. These include powers under Part 9 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to compulsorily purchase land for development and other planning purposes. As announced in the recent Levelling Up White Paper, we intend to bring forward improvements to compulsory purchase powers to enable more effective land assembly and support regeneration. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/03/2022 17:36:49 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

1422896

registered interest
date	18/02/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance has been issued to mortgage lenders on the requirement for an external wall survey for blocks of flats under 18 metres.
tabling member constituency	Romsey and Southampton North
tabling member printed	Caroline Nokes
uin	125124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2022 answer text <p>An EWS1 form is not a statutory or regulatory requirement nor ​a​ safety ‘test’. The measures in the January Statement, <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fgovernment-sets-out-new-plan-to-protect-leaseholders-and-make-industry-pay-for-the-cladding-crisis&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ce31f63d073504e6f829f08d9fc4a191f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637818217435807658%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=qcwUQ9Lcs1T9cXzbtAxhqPYcWb7R8blh9VhP0O8BrJk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-sets-out-new-plan-to-protect-leaseholders-and-make-industry-pay-for-the-cladding-crisis</a>, provide a clear framework for proportionate risk assessments whilst encouraging lenders to base their risk management on the presumption that medium risk buildings are safe, unless there is evidence to the contrary.</p><p>Government also supports the independent expert statement from July 2021 which was clear that there is no systemic risk of fire in residential buildings under 18 metres and that EWS1s should not be required by lenders on buildings under 18 metres.</p><p>We will continue to challenge industry on the use of the EWS1 process, as well as pressing for more data so that we can have greater assurance that EWS1 requests are proportionate, including in buildings under 18 metres.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 02/03/2022 15:10:17 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes