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902129

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
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	Building Regulations: Fire Prevention
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 comparative assessment his Department has made of standards for fire safety and building regulations in other countries.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	143212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to learning from the terrible tragedy of Grenfell Tower so that nothing like this can ever happen again.</p><p>As such, officials in my Department have considered fire safety and regulations in other countries as part of the wilder policy response and advice for the Hackitt Review, which forms part of the Government response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 16/05/2018 15:23:34 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

902167

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
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	Local Government: Devolution
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 publish the framework for bids for further devolution from areas that do not have a devolution agreement.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	143240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s manifesto committed to &quot;providing clarity across England on what devolution means for different administrations so all authorities operate in a common framework&quot;. We aim to be able to provide local areas with this clarity on how best to take forward their devolution and local growth ambitions over the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 16/05/2018 15:09:06 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

902194

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
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	Coastal Communities Fund: Fisheries
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 estimate he has made of the proportion of the coastal communities fund that has been awarded to the fishing sector over the four funding rounds completed to date.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	143207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The Coastal Communities Fund is a competitive bid-led UK-wide programme which does not pre-allocate a specific proportion of funds for any category of project. There are no plans to change this.</p><p>In the first four rounds of the Coastal Communities Fund a total of 18 grants worth £9.73 million were awarded to fisheries related projects across the UK. These accounted for approximately 6 per cent of the Fund's total allocated expenditure.</p><p>Each application is considered on its individual merits against the Fund’s main outcome to support growth and jobs in coastal communities.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 143208 question first answered 16/05/2018 15:13:39 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

902195

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
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	Coastal Communities Fund: Fisheries
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 his Department plans to increase the proportion of the coastal communities fund which is awarded to the fishing sector.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	143208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The Coastal Communities Fund is a competitive bid-led UK-wide programme which does not pre-allocate a specific proportion of funds for any category of project. There are no plans to change this.</p><p>In the first four rounds of the Coastal Communities Fund a total of 18 grants worth £9.73 million were awarded to fisheries related projects across the UK. These accounted for approximately 6 per cent of the Fund's total allocated expenditure.</p><p>Each application is considered on its individual merits against the Fund’s main outcome to support growth and jobs in coastal communities.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 143207 question first answered 16/05/2018 15:13:39 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

902097

registered interest
date	10/05/2018
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	Government Departments: Land
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 his Department is taking to ensure that Government departments and their agencies release land for the provision of new homes.
tabling member constituency	Henley
tabling member printed	John Howell
uin	905326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>All land-owning departments and arms-length bodies are required to take steps to regularly review their estates and delivery plans to identify land suitable for disposal, including for housing use, via the Public Land for Housing programme.</p><p>Release of land contributes to the Government's target of building 300,000 homes annually by the mid 2020s. Not all central government land is suitable for housing, but may be suitable for other operational purposes, such as new health facilities or schools.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 16/05/2018 15:04:33 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1606 label Biography information for John Howell

900522

registered interest
date	09/05/2018
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2018 to Question 135932, if he will publish in full the performance reviews of each Local Enterprise Partnership.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	142478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The Public Accounts Committee published its report into governance and departmental oversight of the Greater Cambridge Greater Peterborough Local Enterprise Partnership on 16 March 2018. The report made five recommendations, one of which was for the Department to write to the Committee setting out the results of its compliance checks and Annual Conversations and for these results to be published. The Treasury Minute setting out the Department’s response to the Committee’s recommendations will be published by the end of May and will include information on the Department’s plans to publish the findings of its annual assurance process.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 16/05/2018 15:16:33 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

900072

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	Solar Power
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 the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing rights to light for solar generation.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	141851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not assessed the potential merits of introducing rights to light for solar generation technology. The planning system can already take into account whether a proposed development would have an unreasonable impact on the light enjoyed by neighbouring properties, in terms of its impact on living conditions.</p><p>The Government believes that sufficient protection is already afforded to existing solar arrays by the planning system which can take into account whether a proposed development would have an unreasonable impact on the light enjoyed by neighbouring properties, in terms of its impact on living conditions.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 16/05/2018 15:05:19 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

900145

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	Non-domestic Rates: East Midlands
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 make an estimate of the number of businesses which have benefited from small business rate relief in (a) Mansfield, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) the East Midlands in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	141896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The number of properties, which the VOA terms 'hereditaments' in the Mansfield District Council area who have benefitted from small business rate relief as at the 31 December in each of the last 5 years can be found at the following links. The data are as reported by the local authority on their NNDR1 return. Comparisons between 2015 and 2016 should not be made as the qualifying thresholds for the relief changed.</p><p>31 December 2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/684809/1819_NNDR1_Supplementary_table_web.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/684809/1819_NNDR1_Supplementary_table_web.xlsx</a></p><p>31 December 2016: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/625980/1718_NNDR1_Supplementary_table.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/625980/1718_NNDR1_Supplementary_table.xlsx</a></p><p>31 December 2015: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/574277/NNDR1_Supplementary_tables_web.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/574277/NNDR1_Supplementary_tables_web.xlsx</a></p><p>31 December 2014: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418000/Final_Published_Supplementary_tables_1516_v2.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418000/Final_Published_Supplementary_tables_1516_v2.xlsx</a></p><p>31 December 2013: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/381055/Supplementary_tables_1415.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/381055/Supplementary_tables_1415.xlsx</a></p><p>Figures are not published for Nottinghamshire and East Midlands, but data for authorities in these areas are published in these supplementary tables.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 16/05/2018 15:08:29 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

900166

registered interest
date	08/05/2018
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	Construction: Regulations
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 his Department has issued guidance to planning authorities on the specification of illegal glass units into windows in historic buildings and Conservation Areas in breach of construction products regulations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
uin	141845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>Buildings that are listed or in a conservation area may be subject to specific local policies in relation to replacement windows, and enquiries should be made to the local planning authority in each case. General guidance on planning considerations for conservation areas can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/conserving-and-enhancing-the-historic-environment" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/conserving-and-enhancing-the-historic-environment</a>. Replacement windows also need to comply with relevant Building Regulations’ requirements. Guidance on complying with relevant Building Regulations’ requirements can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/approved-documents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/approved-documents</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 16/05/2018 15:17:30 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

894967

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
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 Associations: Affordable Housing
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 estimate his Department has made of the number of housing association properties that are rented at a level above the Government's definition of affordable.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	139520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The Affordable Homes Programme is only available to fund properties that will be available for affordable housing, either for rent or for sale.</p><p>The Statistical Data Return for 2016-17 published by the Regulator of Social Housing shows that there were 52,379 non-social rented homes owned by private registered providers of social housing (many of which are housing associations). This category encompasses all rented properties belonging to private registered providers that do not meet the definition of social housing. This figure does not include properties that are owned by housing associations' unregistered subsidiaries. The Statistical Data Return is available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistical-data-return-statistical-releases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistical-data-return-statistical-releases</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 16/05/2018 15:06:27 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders