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1339584

registered interest
date	23/06/2021
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: Students
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 students who (a) reach the end of their tenancies and (b) are required to self-isolate as a result of covid-19, what rights those students have to (i) not be evicted after the end of the tenancy and (ii) move to temporary university accommodation if a landlord requires them to vacate their property for new tenants.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	21330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>We strongly urge accommodation providers to be flexible in extending tenancies and delaying moves if tenants are isolating due to Covid-19.</p><p>However, under The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Self-Isolation) (England) if someone is legally obliged to move, they are allowed to do so even if isolating.</p><p>We know that some universities have temporary accommodation available to those if they are required to move. Students should let their accommodation provider know immediately if they are required to isolate and speak to the university accommodation office.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 01/07/2021 16:49:05 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1249961

registered interest
date	05/11/2020
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: Students
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 adequacy of regulation of student accommodation provision in the context of changing Higher Education provision as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	112148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that every student has a safe, decent and secure place to live. The Government supports the student accommodation Codes of Practice run by Universities UK/Guild HE and Accreditation Network UK/Unipol. There are currently no plans to review the mechanism by which the Codes are administered. The Codes of Practice set the standards for the safety of halls of residence and purpose built student accommodation, the management of the property and the relationship between managers and student tenants. The Department for Education has published guidance on <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhigher-education-reopening-buildings-and-campuses%2Fhigher-education-reopening-buildings-and-campuses%23accommodation&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C54e18980c06b403b6b2008d887fae71c%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637408858968654372%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=QUq2s5Znf7RE1Uw1QWFvNQUm59wD4ZYSWk1VXYNw8cI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">reopening buildings and campuses</a> which provides additional advice on student accommodation. The Government is also working with local authorities to raise standards in the private rented sector, including in student accommodation, and local authorities have been given a wide range of powers to tackle criminal landlords.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 16/11/2020 18:12:32 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1219211

registered interest
date	30/06/2020
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: Students
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 guidance his Department has issued to students with housing contracts who plan to move between properties during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	66977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>On 13 May we announced that anyone in England could move home as long as they followed the advice at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fgovernment-advice-on-home-moving-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak&amp;data=02%7C01%7CAlice.Davis-Digges%40communities.gov.uk%7C377a612e8812400293dc08d81e6ea48d%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637292807833584330&amp;sdata=sl%2BOjiQhzSZaAmpdOKTU2zHvrC90XjsKR0NW48MIBHI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/government-advice-on-home-moving-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak</a>.</p><p>This includes students moving into university-run and privately rented accommodation. Everyone involved in the moving process must follow social distancing to minimise the spread of the virus.</p><p>Letting agents and landlords should also consider how best to conduct tenancy check-ins for new tenancies agreed while broader measures remain in place, taking care to follow government advice on social distancing.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 06/07/2020 14:29:23 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1195627

registered interest
date	13/05/2020
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: Students
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 ensure that university accommodation and student accommodation landlords whose properties are not being used during the covid-19 outbreak offer refunds to their tenants.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	46574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2020 answer text <p>The negotiation of early releases from contracts is a matter between the parties concerned. During these unprecedented times, the Government encourages student accommodation providers, landlords, letting agencies and tenants to take a pragmatic, flexible approach and have a frank and open conversation at the earliest opportunity, to allow both parties to agree a sensible way forward.  <br> <br> Students are able to end or surrender their fixed term tenancy early if they reach an agreement with their accommodation provider or landlord. Where students have a joint tenancy agreement, all tenants will need to agree to the surrender.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 21/05/2020 08:40:00 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1174070

registered interest
date	28/01/2020
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: Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what specific steps they are taking to ensure that students living in blocks with aluminium composite material cladding which does not comply with safety regulations are aware of the dangers of such cladding.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>Building owners are responsible for building safety. The Government has worked closely with local authorities and Fire and Rescue Services to ensure that interim safety measures are in place in all high-rise student accommodation buildings with unsafe ACM cladding, until the cladding is replaced. We have regular engagement with a named contact from each building to ensure progress with remediation is being made. Further delay from building owners is unacceptable and their buildings must be made safe as soon as possible . Where building owners are failing to make acceptable progress, those responsible should expect further action to be taken – including naming and shaming and enforcement.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 11/02/2020 17:07:57 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1170142

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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: Students
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 7 January (HL15), whether their 30 November 2019 figure for the 53 student accommodation buildings with Aluminium Composite Material cladding identified as unlikely to meet building regulation requirements is final.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>We have set up a comprehensive programme to oversee Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) remediation. We have pushed building owners and local authorities hard to identify and remediate unsafe buildings. When we are notified about additional buildings these are reflected in the published data.</p><p>We have also worked closely with local authorities and Fire and Rescue Services to ensure that interim measures are in place in all buildings until the cladding is replaced. Working with the Home Office, the Local Government Association and the National Fire Chiefs Council government has established a protection board to provide greater assurance to central government of Fire and Rescue Service protection activity. This work includes ensuring that the interim measures in place in ACM-clad high-rise residential buildings are well-maintained and providing assurance that fire safety risks are being managed effectively.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie grouped question UIN HL290 question first answered 21/01/2020 16:58:58 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1168282

registered interest
date	19/12/2019
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: Students
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 undertake an assessment of fire safety in blocks of student accommodation owned by private providers.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s comprehensive programme to oversee Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding remediation included student accommodation. We have pushed building owners hard to remediate unsafe buildings. We have worked closely with local authorities and Fire and Rescue Services to ensure that interim safety measures are in place in all buildings until the cladding is replaced.</p><p>The Government has made clear that building safety is the responsibility of the building owner. We have issued advice (updated in December 2018) to building owners on non-ACM external wall systems and managing the safety of buildings of all heights. The Secretary of State for Education also wrote to all university vice chancellors on 18 November 2019, asking that they – and their commercial partners – review fire safety across all university buildings used by students, including student accommodation, to ensure compliance with building regulations.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 07/01/2020 14:02:25 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1136583

registered interest
date	03/07/2019
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: Students
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 made an estimate of the number of student accommodation blocks (a) below and (b) above 18 metres in height in each local authority areas that have high pressure laminate cladding.
tabling member constituency	Penistone and Stocksbridge
tabling member printed	Angela Smith
uin	272795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department has commenced a data collection exercise which will enable us to build a picture of external wall systems in use on high rise residential buildings. This exercise will collect data on residential buildings 18 metres and over covering private and social buildings, student accommodation and hotels.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 272794 272796 272797 question first answered 24/07/2019 10:36:49 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1564 label Biography information for Angela Smith