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1169724

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
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	Street Cleaning
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 effect of changes in the level of funding allocated to local government on the ability of local authorities to maintain street cleaning services.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	1706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>Street cleaning is delivered through the Local Governance Finance Settlement, however responsibility for the policy is owned by DEFRA. Funding is delivered on a non-ringfenced basis through the Settlement, which gives local authorities maximum flexibility to deliver services as they see fit according to local needs. We recognise the vital role Local Government plays and this is why they will receive an additional £2.9 billion next year, the largest increase in spending power in almost a decade.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 14/01/2020 17:42:29 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall previous answer version 976 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Baroness Keeley

1169758

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
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	Holiday Accommodation
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 to assist councils that plan to impose and enforce a 90 day cap on properties let out on (a) Airbnb and (b) other online sharing economy platforms providing listings for short-term lettings to implement that cap; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	1710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The 90-night cap on short-term lettings only applies within Greater London under the Deregulation Act 2015. However, using residential property for short lets over extended periods without planning permission outside London may constitute an offence. Whether inside or outside London, councils already have powers to issue planning enforcement notices against properties breaching planning regulations, and may impose fines against homeowners of up to £20,000.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/01/2020 17:53:02 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1169763

registered interest
date	09/01/2020
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: Infrastructure
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 establish the Single Housing Infrastructure Fund; and to what timescale planning rules and regulations will be amended to reflect that policy.
tabling member constituency	Loughborough
tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
uin	1807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>As set out in the Queen’s Speech, this Government will introduce Single Housing Infrastructure Fund to provide the roads, schools and GP surgeries needed to support new homes. We will set out further details shortly.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/01/2020 17:19:03 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1169423

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	Business Rates
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 the Government's timescale is for completion of the review of business rates; and what effect undertaking that review will have on the delivery of the Government’s review of needs and resources and the implementation of 75 per cent business rates retention by local government, due in April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	1319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to conducting a fundamental review of business rates. Further details on the review will be announced in due course. The Government recognises the role of business rates as a source of local authority income and will consider input from the sector as part of the review of business rates.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 13/01/2020 16:33:21 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1169466

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	Roads: Lighting
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 issues on reducing the level of light pollution from local authority street lighting.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	1374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that local planning policies and decisions should limit the impact of light pollution from artificial light. The Framework is supported by our planning guidance, revised in November last year, which sets out how light pollution should be considered in the planning system.</p><p>Local planning authorities must take the Framework into account when preparing their plans, and their policies - including those on light pollution - also need to be taken into account in making individual planning decisions.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 17/01/2020 14:58:06 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1169481

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	Buildings: Safety
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 his Department has made of the role of professional freeholders in managing building (a) safety, (b) fire and (c) structural risk.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	1387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The government has consistently made clear that building safety is the responsibility of the building owner.</p><p>In October 2018, the government announced an independent working group of housing experts, chaired by Lord Best, to advise government on the regulation of property agents. The working group presented its final report to government on 18 July 2019. We are considering the recommendations in the report carefully.</p><p>In line with usual practice, the government’s intention would be to publish an impact assessment on our leasehold reforms as part of taking primary legislation through Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/01/2020 17:53:30 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1169509

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	Care Homes: 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 is making an assessment of the potential merits of adding care homes to the list of buildings to which the ban on combustible building materials applies.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	1399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Relevant buildings for the purpose of the ban of combustible materials are defined in regulation 7(4) of the Building Regulations, these include buildings containing flats, hospitals, residential care premises, dormitories in boarding schools and student accommodation with a top occupied storey above 18 metres. This includes care homes. <br> The Building (Amendment) Regulations 2018 are available at the following: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1230/made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1230/made</a></p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/01/2020 17:52:29 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 723 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1169529

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	Homelessness
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 steps the Government has taken to (a) eradicate rough sleeping and (b) prevent homelessness.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	1410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2020 answer text <p>This Government is clear that no one should be without a roof over their head. That is why we have committed to end rough sleeping by the end of this Parliament and to enforce the Homelessness Reduction Act.</p><p>The Government has already taken important steps to prevent and reduce homelessness and rough sleeping. This includes implementing the most ambitious legislative reform in this area in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act, which is transforming the culture of homelessness service delivery and actively prevents homelessness, meaning people will get the help they need quicker.</p><p>The Government has already committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period to April 2020. In 2020/2021 we are providing a further £422 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. This marks a £54 million increase on what Government provided in 2019/20. On 23 December 2019, we announced that £263 million of this will be allocated to local authorities in the form of the Flexible Homelessness Support Grant and the Homelessness Reduction Grant in order to support local authorities reduce homelessness.</p><p>In September 2019, this Government launched a second year of the Cold Weather Fund, making up to £10 million available. On 23 December 2019, we committed an extra £3 million to the fund to support as many people as possible this winter. This fund is available to all local authorities to provide a robust, local response to support rough sleepers off the streets prior to the winter period. The funding will be available until the end of March 2020 and will build on the success of last year’s Cold Weather Fund.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 17/01/2020 14:55:52 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1169536

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	Social Rented 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, how many and what proportion of houses have been built in (a) Huddersfield constituency, (b) Yorkshire and (c) England in each year of the last ten years were (i) social and (ii) council houses.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	1283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The department holds data on the number of new social rent properties provided (both new build and acquisitions), split by local authority and region in live table 1006C which can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a>.</p><p>The number of new affordable homes provided by local authorities and region is available in live table 1011C which can also be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a></p><p><br>The department doesn't hold any of this data at constituency level as it is collected on a local authority basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/01/2020 17:26:33 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1169537

registered interest
date	08/01/2020
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	Empty Property
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 houses in (a) Huddersfield constituency, (b) Yorkshire and (c) England were unoccupied in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	1284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>Statistics on vacant dwellings in England and in each local authority district are published in the Department’s live table 615 which is available at the following link. This table shows the annual total numbers of empty homes and those vacant longer than six months and also vacants in the local authority, housing association and other public sector tenures.</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants&amp;data=02%7C01%7CNeil.Higgins%40communities.gov.uk%7C287bee7717f74973465408d7426cd735%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637050907535585592&amp;sdata=oZMnKFoOBnlW3avD00eataqrp0MQ5biah5ENfEuYEro%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a></p><p>Statistics on vacant dwellings at parliamentary constituency level are not centrally collected. Statistics for 2019 are scheduled to be published in Spring 2020.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/01/2020 17:23:50 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman