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1216337

registered interest
date	22/06/2020
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	Private Rented 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 the Government has issued to students who are due to return to their university towns to commence tenancies in July 2020.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	62284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2020 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%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Cb6d3f8c9317b43af2ae308d819b54b39%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637287613720105940&amp;sdata=i%2BGvHdBDCkjjCCggJR4sY%2BInNHWlYUQiIhXiicVZ3JA%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 30/06/2020 15:50:41 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1182007

registered interest
date	02/03/2020
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	Parking: Private Sector
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 tackle private parking companies operating car parks with unclear signage.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	23565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has supported a Private Members Bill to improve the situation for motorists in relation to private parking companies. The Parking (Code of Practice) Act received Royal Assent in 2019. This Act will lead to the creation of an independent Code of Practice for private parking companies and a “one-stop-shop” for parking appeals.</p><p>The Government has already proposed that the new Code should require clear signage and surface markings, and clear and accessible displays of terms and conditions. This proposal was made in the advisory Code of Practice which has been laid in the House of Commons Library.</p><p>On 3 November 2019, the Government announced that the British Standards Institution (BSI) will write the Code in consultation with consumer and industry groups. The Government has committed to developing the final code this year, and will carry out a full public consultation, to give the parking industry, the public and other interested parties the opportunity to have a say.</p><p>Until such time as the Act is implemented, private parking companies must be a member of a trade association if they wish to access DVLA data to issue parking charges to vehicle owners. The two parking trade associations have their own codes of practice and appeal procedures to which they expect their members to adhere, including setting minimum standards such as the clarity of signage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 10/03/2020 17:13:51 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1176876

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Leasehold: Reform
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 timeframe is for bringing forward legislation on leasehold reform.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	13416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is taking forward a comprehensive programme of reform to end unfair practices in the leasehold market. This includes working with the Law Commission to make buying a freehold or extending a lease easier, quicker and more cost effective – and to reinvigorate Commonhold and Right to Manage. We are moving forward with legislation, particularly on measures to ban the sale of new leasehold houses, restrict ground rents to zero for future leases, give freehold homeowners equivalent rights to challenge unfair charges, and close loopholes to prevent unfair evictions and will introduce a bill when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 14/02/2020 14:37:17 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1176493

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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	Freehold: Fees and Charges
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 report entitled Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market: Summary of consultation responses and Government response, published in December 2017, what plans he has has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend section 121 of the Law of Property Act 1925.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	12836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for homeowners and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service. The Government is aware that homeowners could be subject to a possession order or the granting of a lease of their home by the rentcharge owner over rentcharge arrears. As part of our leasehold reform work we have committed to repeal Section 121 of the Law of Property Act 1925 to ensure homeowners are not subjected to unfair possession orders.</p><p>Furthermore, where people pay estate rentcharges, it is not right that these homeowners have limited rights to challenge these costs. That is why the Government intends to legislate to give freeholders on private and mixed tenure estates equivalent rights to leaseholders to challenge the reasonableness of estate rentcharges as well as a right to apply to the First-tier Tribunal to appoint a new manager to manage the provision of services covered by estate rentcharges.</p><p>We are moving forward with legislation with these measures.</p><p>Furthermore, the Government asked the Regulation of Property Agents working group, chaired by Lord Best, to look at how service charges for leaseholders - and estate rentcharges for resident freehold homeowners - could be made more transparent. The group also considered in what circumstances other fees and charges, such as administration charges or permission fees which affect both leaseholders and freeholders, are justified or whether they should be capped or banned. The working group published its final report to Government (see: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulation-of-property-agents-working-group-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulation-of-property-agents-working-group-report</a>). We are considering the report’s recommendations and will announce next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 12855 question first answered 12/02/2020 18:21:10 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 6011 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1176494

registered interest
date	05/02/2020
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	Freehold: Fees and Charges
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 report entitled Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market: Summary of consultation responses and Government response, published in December 2017, what plans he has has to bring forward legislative proposals to regulate rent charges paid by freeholders.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	12855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for homeowners and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service. The Government is aware that homeowners could be subject to a possession order or the granting of a lease of their home by the rentcharge owner over rentcharge arrears. As part of our leasehold reform work we have committed to repeal Section 121 of the Law of Property Act 1925 to ensure homeowners are not subjected to unfair possession orders.</p><p>Furthermore, where people pay estate rentcharges, it is not right that these homeowners have limited rights to challenge these costs. That is why the Government intends to legislate to give freeholders on private and mixed tenure estates equivalent rights to leaseholders to challenge the reasonableness of estate rentcharges as well as a right to apply to the First-tier Tribunal to appoint a new manager to manage the provision of services covered by estate rentcharges.</p><p>We are moving forward with legislation with these measures.</p><p>Furthermore, the Government asked the Regulation of Property Agents working group, chaired by Lord Best, to look at how service charges for leaseholders - and estate rentcharges for resident freehold homeowners - could be made more transparent. The group also considered in what circumstances other fees and charges, such as administration charges or permission fees which affect both leaseholders and freeholders, are justified or whether they should be capped or banned. The working group published its final report to Government (see: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulation-of-property-agents-working-group-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulation-of-property-agents-working-group-report</a>). We are considering the report’s recommendations and will announce next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 12836 question first answered 12/02/2020 18:21:10 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 6014 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1170415

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	Freehold
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 Written Statement of 31 October 2019, Leasehold update, HCWS55, what steps his Department is taking to give freehold homeowners the same rights as leaseholders to challenge the reasonableness of estate maintenance fees on new build properties.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	2418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for homeowners and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service. We are moving forward with legislation to ensure freehold homeowners can access equivalent rights to leaseholders to challenge the reasonableness of estate rent charges and go to the Tribunal to change their managing agent if necessary.</p><p>Last year, the Government asked the Regulation of Property Agents working group, chaired by Lord Best, to also look at how service charges for leaseholders - and estate rent charges for resident freehold homeowners - could be made more transparent. The group also considered in what circumstances other fees and charges, such as administration charges or permission fees (which affect both leaseholders and freeholders) are justified or whether they should be capped or banned. The working group’s final report was published on 18 July and we are considering the recommendations set out in the report. We will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 16/01/2020 17:06:51 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1151936

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
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	High Rise Flats: 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, how much funding from the affordable homes budget has been allocated to tower block safety measures since the Grenfell fire.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	4253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>The government have committed £600 million for the remediation of buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding. Of this, £400 million has been allocated from the current Affordable Housing Programme to fund Social Sector Cladding Remediation, and will be returned to the Affordable Housing Programme in 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 04/11/2019 11:13:26 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 2251 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1151937

registered interest
date	23/10/2019
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: 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, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) tower blocks and (b) other residential dwellings with dangerous cladding; and how many of those properties have completed remedial work on that cladding.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	4254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 05/11/2019 16:09:06 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1150200

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes: Revenue Support Grant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what he took the decision to roll local welfare assistance funding into revenue support grant; and what assessment his Department has made of the level of funding required to provide financial assistance to people in financial crisis.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 05/11/2019 16:18:34 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1147923

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
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 information his Department holds on the amount of money people have received out of local welfare assistance schemes in each local authority area since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	293441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/10/2019 answer text <p>Since 2015-16 Local Welfare Provision funding has been rolled into Revenue Support Grant. This decision was made to further simplify and decentralise funding, because local authorities know better how to make good local decisions to help vulnerable people</p><p><br>The Ministry does not give local authorities specific direction about what to spend revenue support grant on. Local authorities are open to spend non ringfenced funding as they see fit to meet local priorities, and are accountable to their local electorate for their spending. However, we do publish data on total expenditure on Local Welfare Assistance Schemes by each local authority, which is available through the link below in each year to 2017/18.</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Flocal-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing&amp;data=02%7C01%7CGrace.Death%40communities.gov.uk%7C0e469d514fa9467e19e508d74b23f91b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637060490179823743&amp;sdata=lw3mOsC8Z2Ro1TAckvqPAzfS1JYs5yINbJ3UMUquAYg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing.</a></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 07/10/2019 16:13:25 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe