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1126923

registered interest
date	15/05/2019
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	Local Government: Flags
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 local authorities on flying and promoting county flags on Historic County Flags Day on 23 July.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	254756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>I regularly have discussions with local authorities covering a wide range of issues which can include the celebration of historic counties. To help county council leaders develop local activities to celebrate their historic counties, I issued on 10 April guidance which included a section referring to the County Flags Day on 23 July and provided advice about the flying of Historic County Flags.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 20/05/2019 14:34:42 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1126461

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
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	Business Premises: Change of Use
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 he has estimated the (a) number and (b) proportion of homes created under permitted development rights enabling change of use from offices to housing which do not meet national standards on floor space; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	254216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>New homes in England, whether granted permission on an application or through a permitted development right, are required to meet Building Regulations.</p><p>We announced in Written Ministerial Statement HCWS1408 on 13 March 2019, our intention to review permitted development rights for conversion of buildings to residential use in respect of the quality standard of homes delivered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/05/2019 14:39:20 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1126497

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
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	Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019
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 he plans to undertake a public consultation on a Code of Practice under the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	254191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 will get the fairest deal for motorists, landowners and parking operators. The Act requires that the Code of Practice be developed in consultation with stakeholders, and we are also committed to carrying out a public consultation on the draft Code of Practice in due course.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 20/05/2019 14:33:35 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1126498

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
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	Community Land Trusts: Rural Areas
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 he has plans to extend the role of Community Land Trusts in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	254103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the community-led housing sector – of which Community Land Trusts are an important part – offers significant potential for helping to meet housing need across England, especially in rural areas. In addition to helping increase the rate of delivery of new housing, the sector will help deliver a range of benefits including diversifying the housebuilding sector, improving design and construction quality, developing modern methods of construction, and sustaining local communities and local economies. The support and close involvement of the local community enables the community-led approach to secure planning permission and deliver housing that could not be brought forward through speculative development.</p><p>The principal means by which my Department supports Community Land Trusts is through the annual £60 million Community Housing Fund. This fund makes revenue and capital grant available to support community-led housebuilding schemes, and supports a programme of training and development for organisations providing technical advice and guidance to community-led housebuilding groups. The Fund is currently scheduled to close in March 2020 and decisions on funding for 2020-21 onwards are a matter for the Spending Review, which will take place this year.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/05/2019 14:38:50 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1126526

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
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	High Rise Flats: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's press release of 9 May 2019, Government to fund and speed up vital cladding replacement, whether his Department has made an estimate of how many blocks with aluminium composite cladding will have their cladding remediation funded by that fund.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	254194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>On 9 May 2019, Government announced its commitment to fully fund the remediation of private sector high-rise residential blocks with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding, except where a warranty claim has been accepted. As of the end of April 2019, there are 175 high-rise private sector residential buildings identified with ACM. Several developers who had committed to fund remediation have agreed to maintain this commitment, and not draw on the fund. This includes Taylor Wimpey, Legal &amp; General, Mace Group, Lendlease, Barratt Developments and Aberdeen Standard Investments.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/05/2019 14:34:11 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1126533

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
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	High Rise Flats: Insulation
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 taken enforcement action where owners of private sector high-rise residential buildings with unsafe aluminium composite material have refused to remediate those buildings.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	254197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The private sector remediation fund, announced on 9 May, will cover remediation costs of all private sector high-rise (over 18 metres) residential buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding, except where a warranty claim has been accepted. To support the fund, local authorities have a range of enforcement powers, including serving improvement notices or undertaking emergency remedial work themselves. We are backing local authorities taking enforcement action where building owners are refusing to remediate high-rise buildings with unsafe cladding.  <br> <br> We are engaging with local authorities who are taking, or are considering taking, enforcement action for buildings with unsafe ACM. It is for each local authority to decide if enforcement action is appropriate on their buildings.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/05/2019 14:36:46 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1126534

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
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	High Rise Flats: Insulation
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 make an estimate of the number of high-rise buildings with different forms of non-aluminium composite material cladding.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	254198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Government continues to work with stakeholders to gain a fuller understanding of the makeup and safety of high rise residential buildings and publishes monthly data. We will be consulting soon on proposed reforms to the building safety regime for high rise residential buildings. This will set out how we propose to take forward the recommendations from Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review, which included recommendations on the future collection and availability of building safety information.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/05/2019 14:36:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1126666

registered interest
date	14/05/2019
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	Owner Occupation
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 13 May 2019 to Question 251918, what assessment he has made of the decline in home ownership rates among NS-SEC classification routine occupations.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	254158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The annual English Housing Survey collects home ownership data (including, since 2015-16, NS-SEC data) and the most recent report showed that the rate of home ownership for 35-44 years olds has increased for the first time in over a decade. The changes in home ownership rate between 2015-16 and 2016-17 for each NS-SEC classification, including the decline for routine occupations, is not statistically significant. We will continue to monitor this closely as further data is collected.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/05/2019 14:39:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1126025

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Green Belt
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 analysis his Department has undertaken to identify green belt land close to train stations and within an hour's travel time of London.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	253472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Analysis of green belt land within half a mile of train stations, not including national parks, Areas Of Natural Beauty and Sites of Special Scientific Interest, was produced using publicly available datasets; it showed that there were just over 57,100 hectares of such land in England. However, the analysis does not indicate how much of this land is suitable for housing developments, or how much of that land is currently in use.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 253471 question first answered 20/05/2019 14:45:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1126092

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
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	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
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 recent assessment he has made of the trends in the level of vacancy rates in town centre business properties.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	253694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Town centres and high streets are a crucial part of our communities and the Government is determined to see these areas thriving, both now and in the future.</p><p>The Department receives vacancy rate data on retail units from the Local Data Company which has enabled the Department to monitor the change in these vacancy rates over time at a national level. The data demonstrates that retail vacancy rates peaked at 14.6 per cent in August 2012. Although there have been fluctuations in the rate, it has not reached this high point since and current figures show this rate is at 12.9 per cent in May 2019.</p><p>At Autumn budget we set out ‘Our Plan for the High Street’ to support the sustainable transformation of high streets, including a £675 million Future High Streets Fund, a High Streets Task Force and measures on business rates and planning. We also launched a pilot of our Open Doors project in November 2018, which brings empty properties back into use by linking landlords of vacant units with community groups looking for space.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 20/05/2019 14:35:33 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney