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1045940

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date	22/01/2019
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: Construction
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 provides support for new house buyers with snagging issues; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	211342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>This Government is committed to making the housing market work. By the mid-2020s, we aim to have increased house building to an average of 300,000 net new homes a year. And as we move towards achieving this target, we will not sacrifice higher quality and standards.</p><p>We have already made commitments to provide better protection for purchasers of new build homes who experience snagging issues and we know more needs to be done. On 1 October 2018, we announced our intention for there to be a New Homes Ombudsman to protect the rights of homebuyers and hold developers to account. We also announced our intention to bring forward legislation to require all developers to belong to a New Homes Ombudsman.</p><p>On 24 January, following a wide-ranging consultation with consumers and industry, we set out our plans to strengthen consumer redress for the whole housing market. I want to help plug the gaps in available redress services so that more people can get their housing disputes resolved without going through the courts. We have also made great strides to create greater fairness in the rental market by banning unfair letting fees, capping tenancy deposits and cracking down on rogue landlords.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/01/2019 17:47:51 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

1045971

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser
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 took to ensure that there was no conflict of interest between Sir Ken Knight's role as (a) Chief Fire Officer and (b) a trustee of the Building Research Establishment's charitable parent company, the BRE Trust.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	211241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department carried out all appropriate due diligence when it appointed Sir Ken Knight as Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser in 2007. Sir Ken took up an unpaid role as a Trustee with the Building Research Establishment (a charitable trust) in 2011 and would have been required to notify the Department of any such appointment. Due to the passage of time there are no extant records that confirm this action was undertaken.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/02/2019 16:53:54 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1046127

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Labour Turnover
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 reduce the turnover of staff in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	211127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>In July 2018 the Department introduced its new People Plan which covers the period 2018-20. The aim of the People Plan is to build a flexible and resilient workforce that will help us deliver our priorities. The Department is committed to supporting our people to maximise their potential and to experience varied and challenging career opportunities, including the opportunity to work in other parts of Government.</p><p>Last year’s People Survey saw a further rise in staff engagement, identifying MHCLG as a ‘high performing’ organisation for the first time.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 31/01/2019 14:01:33 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey