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353863

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme: Southwark
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the total number of housing association properties in the London Borough of Southwark that would become available to buy under the Government's current proposal to extend the right to buy policy to housing association tenants.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	2292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>The development of the policy is ongoing, and details will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/06/2015 14:57:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

353878

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Care Leavers: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will put in place support to assist care leavers with the payment of council tax.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	2353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>Care leavers on low incomes will be entitled to support under local council tax support schemes. They may also be entitled to existing council tax discounts or exemptions, for example by virtue of being students or single occupiers. Local authorities have broad discretion to grant discounts to individuals or groups in other circumstances, and they may wish to consider providing support specifically to care leavers.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 17/06/2015 14:58:52 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

353884

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average cost of properties sold to first-time buyers under the Help to Buy scheme in (a) England, (b) East Midlands and (c) Ashfield.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	2345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>Information on the average cost of homes sold to first time buyers under Help to Buy is not currently published. However figures are available on the average cost of all homes sold under the Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee scheme for England (£163,921). Available figures for the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme show the average cost of all homes was £212,932 in England.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/06/2015 14:56:54 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

353885

registered interest
date	12/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme: Ashfield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties were bought in Ashfield under the Right-to-Buy Scheme in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	2348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on annual Right to Buy sales for each local authority district in England are published in the Department’s Live Table 685 which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales</a><br><br>Quarterly data for 2014/15 for each local authority district in England will be published in Live Table 691 on 25 June 2015.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/06/2015 15:00:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

349894

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Regulations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether independent oversight is in place to assure the day-to-day standard of work undertaken by approved inspectors of the compliance of new homes with building regulations.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	2160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>CICAIR Limited, the body designated to carry out the Secretary of State's executive and administrative functions in respect of approved inspectors, assesses the qualifications and experience of bodies applying to be approved inspectors and when re-approvals are made. It also carries out periodic audits of the general performance of approved inspectors. CICAIR also has processes in place to deal with complaints made against approved inspectors relating to performance on a particular job.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 16/06/2015 15:57:18 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

349895

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Regulations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many cases have been brought under section 35 of the Building Act 1984 in cases where new build homes contravene building regulations in the last 10 years; and how many such cases have resulted in the imposition of fines.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	2208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 16/06/2015 15:54:02 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

349896

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Regulations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities delegate in full the function of ensuring building regulation compliance to approved inspectors who are approved and monitored by the Construction Industry Council.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	2209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities are required under section 91 of the Building Act 1984 to provide a building control service in their own name. It is permissible for a local authority to sub-contract some aspects of provision of the service to outside bodies but not to delegate responsibility to provide a full service.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 16/06/2015 15:55:02 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

349897

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Regulations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps are in place to enable new home purchasers to see the detailed records made by approved inspectors responsible for ensuring technical building regulation standards are met during the construction of a new home.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	2217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Where an approved inspector is the building control body it is required to send certain notices to the relant local authority. The local authority must keep these on a public reguister so they will be available to new home purchasers. However, there are no requirements for approved inspectors to make publicly available all the records of their checking activities.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 16/06/2015 15:56:10 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

349898

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Inspectors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policy of the Consumer Industry Council's response to the recommendations made by the Ankers Report published in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Basingstoke
tabling member printed	Mrs Maria Miller
uin	2212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department is not aware of a response to the Ankers Report by the Consumer Industry Council.</p><p> </p><p>The Department welcomed the Ankers report and is pleased to note that CICAIR has carried out some of the recommendations already and is making good progress with others.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 16/06/2015 16:01:35 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	1480 label Biography information for Dame Maria Miller

349922

registered interest
date	11/06/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help local authorities meet the statutory duties imposed on them by the Counter Terrorism Act 2015.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	2207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>My Department and the Home Office have worked with the Local Government Association to raise awareness of the responsibilities local authorities will have under the duty. These are detailed in the statutory guidance published in March setting out the types of activity we expect specified authorities to consider when complying with the duty, which includes a chapter aimed specifically at local authorities: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/417943/Prevent_Duty_Guidance_England_Wales.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/417943/Prevent_Duty_Guidance_England_Wales.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>A training package called the Workshop to Raise Awareness of Prevent (WRAP) has been provided to public sector workers and others in the community since 2007, including local authorities. It is designed to help identify when people may be vulnerable to radicalisation, how to raise concerns and what proportionate responses should be taken. It is regularly updated and refreshed to deal with any emerging issues.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 17/06/2015 15:02:16 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 5573 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson