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1338455

registered interest
date	21/06/2021
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	Collective Worship: Coronavirus
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 covid-19 guidance for places of worship will be updated to allow congregations to sing with masks on, similar to those provisions made in the Welsh Government's new covid-19 guidance, from 21 June 2021 as covid-19 restrictions are eased.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	19561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>Places of worship play an important role in providing spiritual leadership and bringing communities together, however their communal nature makes them particularly vulnerable to the spread of coronavirus.</p><p>Congregational singing is under restrictions due to the increased risk of transmission through small droplets and aerosols. This means that those partaking in these activities are at higher risk of transmitting the virus and thus, spreading infection even if the individual is vaccinated.</p><p>On 17 May we entered step 3 on the Prime Minister’s roadmap, reintroducing indoor singing in a place of worship for a performance or rehearsal, for a group up to 6 amateur signers. This is in line with all amateur choirs and singing groups. Outdoors, the congregation may join in with singing in multiple groups of up to 30. Congregation members should continue to follow social distancing rules.</p><p>Public health is a devolved matter in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and so many of the health measures implemented across the UK in response to Covid-19 fall within the competence of the devolved administrations. There are currently no plans to allow congregational singing with masks on to resume before Step 4 of the roadmap in England, which would be no earlier than 19 July.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 24/06/2021 13:56:46 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1338534

registered interest
date	21/06/2021
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Freedom of Information
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 17 June 2021, to Question 15251, on Freedom of Information, how many freedom of information requests received by his Department have been referred to the central Cabinet Office Clearing House on Freedom of Information requests for advice on handling in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	19598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>FOI requests are referred to the Clearing House in line with the published criteria available on Gov.uk. The Clearing House, which has been in existence since 2004, provides advice to ensure a consistent approach across government to requests for information.</p><p>To find the exact number of requests referred would involve a disproportionate cost to the department.</p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government consistently receives around 1,000 Freedom of Information each year and has sustained performance well above the Information Commissioner’s timeliness target of 90% for the last two years.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 24/06/2021 13:53:40 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1338558

registered interest
date	21/06/2021
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	Building Safety Fund
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 make the Building Safety Fund available to leaseholders in buildings less than 18 metres in height.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	19713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government is focusing the Building Safety Fund on remediating high-rise buildings. This reflects the exceptional fire risk that certain cladding products pose at that height, as previously noted by Dame Judith Hackitt. Under 18 metres, the risk profile of buildings is different and will not always require the same level of remediation when risks are identified. We will provide leaseholders in lower-rise residential buildings between 11 and 18 metres (four to six storeys), with a generous new scheme to provide access to finance for cladding remediation. No leaseholder in residential buildings of 11-18 metres will need to pay more than £50 a month to remediate unsafe cladding.</p><p>Government support does not absolve building owners of their responsibility to ensure their buildings are safe, and they should consider all routes to meet costs, protecting leaseholders where they can - for example through warranties and recovering costs from contractors for incorrect or poor work. We have provided expert advice on the measures building owners should take to ensure their buildings are safe.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/06/2021 16:08:06 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1338107

registered interest
date	18/06/2021
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	Members: Correspondence
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 reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne East of 20 April 2021 on unsafe cladding at St Ann’s Quay in Newcastle upon Tyne East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	18474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>A reply to the Rt Hon Member was issued on 21 June.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 23/06/2021 16:43:55 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

1338109

registered interest
date	18/06/2021
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	Building Safety Fund
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 the email from the Building Safety Fund’ of 14 June 2021, if he will provide details of the technical assessment stage of the Building Safety Fund’s application process.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	18475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>Detailed information on the different stages of the Building Safety Fund application process and estimated timelines, can be found in the Building Safety Fund application guidance and application process guidance available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBSP_PQ%40communities.gov.uk%7Ca4af686f80064299c41208d9356da4f5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637599567291097951%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=HE7VU7pUTOczdXYkyFS6HhTaVak%2FwuHyLugK5unlPK8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings.</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 18476 question first answered 23/06/2021 16:44:26 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

1338110

registered interest
date	18/06/2021
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	Building Safety Fund
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 planned timescale of an application to the Building Safety Fund from the technical assessment stage to a decision being made.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	18476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>Detailed information on the different stages of the Building Safety Fund application process and estimated timelines, can be found in the Building Safety Fund application guidance and application process guidance available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBSP_PQ%40communities.gov.uk%7Ca4af686f80064299c41208d9356da4f5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637599567291097951%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=HE7VU7pUTOczdXYkyFS6HhTaVak%2FwuHyLugK5unlPK8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings.</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 18475 question first answered 23/06/2021 16:44:26 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

1338134

registered interest
date	18/06/2021
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	Planning Permission: Carbon Emissions
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 the Answer of 9 March 2021 to Question 163164, what steps his Department plans to take to prevent applications being granted for coal mines which would affect goals of achieving net zero carbon by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	18497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to clean growth and we are taking action to reduce our reliance on coal. We have set out our aim to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025 and we are also taking action to reduce coal use in industry and heating.</p><p>In terms of planning policy, the National Planning Policy Framework is already clear that planning permission should not be granted for the extraction of coal unless the proposal is environmentally acceptable or the national, local or community benefits outweigh its likely effects. The National Planning Policy Framework is capable of being a material consideration in the determination of all applications for coal extraction in England. Given the Secretary of State's role in the planning system, it would not be appropriate to comment on the merits or relevant considerations of current or future applications for coal extraction.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 23/06/2021 16:45:09 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1338146

registered interest
date	18/06/2021
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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Business Wales
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 take steps with the Welsh Government to ensure that the Shared Prosperity Fund allocates adequate funding to resource Business Wales to at least current levels from 1 April 2022 onwards.
tabling member constituency	Aberavon
tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
uin	18531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund will help to level up and create opportunity across the UK in places most in need, such as ex-industrial areas, deprived towns and rural and coastal communities, and for people who face labour market barriers. We are working to ensure that there is a seamless transition from current EU structural funds to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.</p><p>The November 2020 Spending Review set out the main strategic elements of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in the Heads of Terms. We will ramp up funding so that total domestic UK-wide funding will at least match EU receipts reaching around £1.5 billion a year. In addition, the UK Government is providing additional funding in 2021/22 through the UK Community Renewal Fund to help local areas prepare for the launch of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 23/06/2021 15:17:31 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

1338201

registered interest
date	18/06/2021
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	Future High Streets Fund
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 publish the amounts allocated under the Future High Streets Fund by (a) region and (b) nation of the UK to date.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	18459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>In total, 72 places across England will share over £830 million from the Future High Streets Fund. Final funding awards for all places can be found on <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Ffuture-high-streets-fund&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Ce39a739803314e91ee5408d9364742b8%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637600501946002495%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=%2FqWmah36SeIeM%2B02zsD0xh5tmW8g6AagdnbEg2rCaaE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/future-high-streets-fund</a> .</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 23/06/2021 15:19:52 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1338202

registered interest
date	18/06/2021
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	Towns Fund
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 publish the amounts allocated under the Towns Fund by (a) region and (b) nation of the UK to date.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	18460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2021 answer text <p>So far over £2 billion has been announced over 86 Town Deals as part of the Government's flagship Towns Fund, delivering on our commitment to Levelling Up communities who have long felt left behind.</p><p>Final funding awards for these towns can be found on gov.uk here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Ftowns-fund&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Ce39a739803314e91ee5408d9364742b8%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637600501946002495%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=SzexDANWSb20LUB2VZrwQu8E6mFZldjLtayeUcq8lbk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/towns-fund</a></p><p>The Towns Fund is England only. The £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund is a UK-wide fund.</p><p>Further Town Deals are set to be announced in due course. In addition, the initial bids of the £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund and £220 million Community Renewal Fund are now being assessed, meaning even more funding is on the way to help communities build back better from the effects of the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 23/06/2021 15:20:32 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck