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1435174

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	Housing: Pensioners
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 to ensure that everyone of pensionable age is in secure housing and not exposed to the risks of the private rented sector.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	129175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>Ensuring older people have access to the right homes that suit their needs can help them to live independently for longer and feel more connected to their communities. We are committed to improving the diversity of accommodation available for older people, so that they can choose the best housing option for them, in the places they want to live.</p><p>Boosting the supply of a range of specialist housing across the country will be key to achieving this aim. We are investing £11.5 billion in the new Affordable Homes Programme, which includes the delivery of specialist or supported housing, including retirement housing.</p><p>A new government taskforce, as announced in the Levelling Up White Paper, will look at ways we can provide greater choice, quality and security of housing for older people. Further details on the scope of the taskforce work will be confirmed in due course.</p><p>We are committed to driving up standards in private rented accommodation for all tenants and we will be consulting on introducing a legally binding Decent Homes Standard in the Private Rented Sector and a landlord register. We will publish a White Paper in Spring this year that will set out our proposals for reform of the private rented sector.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 129176 question first answered 01/03/2022 17:43:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1435175

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	Housing: Pensioners
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 priority he is giving to ensure that people of pensionable age are not living in damp or cold homes.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	129176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>Ensuring older people have access to the right homes that suit their needs can help them to live independently for longer and feel more connected to their communities. We are committed to improving the diversity of accommodation available for older people, so that they can choose the best housing option for them, in the places they want to live.</p><p>Boosting the supply of a range of specialist housing across the country will be key to achieving this aim. We are investing £11.5 billion in the new Affordable Homes Programme, which includes the delivery of specialist or supported housing, including retirement housing.</p><p>A new government taskforce, as announced in the Levelling Up White Paper, will look at ways we can provide greater choice, quality and security of housing for older people. Further details on the scope of the taskforce work will be confirmed in due course.</p><p>We are committed to driving up standards in private rented accommodation for all tenants and we will be consulting on introducing a legally binding Decent Homes Standard in the Private Rented Sector and a landlord register. We will publish a White Paper in Spring this year that will set out our proposals for reform of the private rented sector.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 129175 question first answered 01/03/2022 17:43:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1435302

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	First Homes Scheme: Tees Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to launch the First Homes Scheme in the Tees Valley.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	129129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>Homes England are currently awarding contracts for our First Homes pilot, which should see a small number of First Homes delivered in the Tees Valley area by the end of March 2023.</p><p>In addition, since 28 June 2021, national planning policy sets an expectation that new local plans should ensure 25% of all affordable homes delivered through developer contributions should be First Homes.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/03/2022 17:43:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

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

1434172

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	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 steps his Department has taken to ensure there is a supply of qualified builders and engineers to undertake cladding remediation works.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	127507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>Remediation of buildings with unsafe cladding must be carried out by professionals with appropriate competence and experience, and anyone applying for public funds is required to demonstrate that their remediation plan meets those requirements. Demand for those professionals is high and the Government is working with industry to increase the supply of trained professionals</p><p><br> We are supporting industry-led work to raise competence standards for safety-critical roles, including fire engineers, structural engineers, installers and fire risk assessors and provisions in the Building Safety Bill will increase competence requirements. We are supporting industry-led work to upskill professionals in those roles, including investing nearly £700k to train assessors to carry out valuations where EWS1 forms are required (over 1,000 people now enrolled in a Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors course).</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/02/2022 14:30:25 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

1434306

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	Buildings: Standards
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 his Department is taking to support leaseholders to ensure that buildings conform with new building standards.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	127354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>Through the Building Safety Bill, we will be ensuring that building owners of higher-risk buildings have clear accountabilities for managing building safety as Accountable Persons. Residents will have a clear voice under the new regime and will be empowered to hold their Accountable Person to account, with the ability to raise complaints for breach of accountable person duties, and escalate such complaints to the regulator.</p><p>The new Building Safety Regulator will enforce the more stringent regulatory regime for higher-risk buildings and oversee the safety and performance of all buildings.</p><p>The Government funds the Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) to provide free and independent advice to leaseholders, including those affected by building safety issues. This aims to help them make informed decisions on next steps and engage confidently with freeholders, developers and managing agents. Advice is open to all and there is no limit on the amount of advice an individual can seek to support their chances of achieving the best possible outcome in their case.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/02/2022 14:29:40 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1433580

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
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	Building Safety Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 17 May 2021 to Question 2449, on Building Safety Fund, on what date he plans to publish the standard template documents for the (a) Short Form Funding Agreement for Pre-Tender Support and (b) Grant Funding Agreement that must be signed by (i) building owners and (ii) property management companies to access the Building Safety Fund.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	126827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The revised Grant Funding Agreement for the Building Safety Fund has been made available to Applicants. There should now be no obstacle to the remediation of unsafe cladding being carried out without further delay.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/03/2022 17:42:02 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1433583

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
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	Property Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his letter to the Residential Property Developer Industry dated 10 January 2022, if he will issue a circular to planning authorities that would enable them to refuse planning permission on grounds that an applicant had not (a) agreed to make appropriate financial contributions to a fund that would cover the full outstanding cost to remediate outstanding fire safety issues or (b) undertaken all necessary remediation of buildings that they had been involved in developing.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	126828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>We have tabled amendments to the Building Safety Bill to give the Secretary of State the power to stop new planning permissions being developed by major residential developers who have not committed to act responsibly to resolve the building safety crisis. <br> <br> If a qualifying developer does undertake development, this would be a breach of planning control and subject to enforcement action. <br> <br> Any planning permission that is granted for land owned by these developers would remain valid; this would enable this land to be sold to responsible developers to be developed by them instead.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/03/2022 17:42:25 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1433594

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
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: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to make Clinical Commissioning Groups statutory consultees for development applications for 500 or more dwellings.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	126832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>The list of statutory consultees is under constant review. Whilst particular organisations or bodies might not be statutory consultees on planning applications, they can work proactively with local councils to identify developments where they might have an interest and can comment on proposals within the statutory public consultation period. The decision to grant or refuse a planning application ultimately rests with the local planning authority, who will take into account all relevant planning considerations and not just the advice from one consultee.</p><p>It is important that local planning authorities prepare, and keep up to date, a local plan as the primary basis for identifying what development is needed in an area. Local Plans provide certainty for communities, businesses and developers and ensure development is supported by the right infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/03/2022 17:42:49 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1433827

registered interest
date	21/02/2022
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	Flood Control: Property Development
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits giving flood risk authorities a statutory right of veto on a development until such time as a suitable technical solution to that flood risk is advanced.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	126778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2022 answer text <p>Planning law requires that applications for planning permission be determined in accordance with the local development plan, subject to other material considerations. These considerations include advice received from statutory consultees, as well as the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). The local planning authority must take into account and weigh up all the material planning considerations in reaching its decision.</p><p>The NPPF is clear that inappropriate development in areas at risk of flooding should be avoided. Where development is necessary, it should be made safe for its lifetime without increasing flood risk elsewhere.</p><p>As part of the planning determination process, we expect local planning authorities to take flood risk advice from the Environment Agency and lead local flood authority seriously. Statutory consultees do not have a veto on new development. It is for the local planning authority, which is democratically accountable to the local electorate, to take planning decisions on development in its area. As an added safeguard, where a local planning authority is minded to approve a planning application for major development in a flood risk area against an outstanding Environment Agency objection on flood risk grounds, that application must first be referred to the Secretary of State to consider whether it should be called-in.</p><p>Furthermore, as part of our wider ambitions for an improved planning system we intend to review the National Planning Policy Framework to ensure that it contributes to climate change mitigation and adaption as fully as possible.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 24/02/2022 17:04:30 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy