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1278316

registered interest
date	19/01/2021
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
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 he plans to extend unimplemented planning permissions with time limits for implementation which were due to lapse between 19 August 2020 and 31 March 2021 beyond 1 May 2021 with no requirement to obtain Additional Environmental Approval.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	140217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2021 answer text <p>The Business and Planning Act 2020 introduced measures to enable certain planning permissions and listed building consents in England which had lapsed or were due to lapse during 2020 to be extended to 1 May 2021.</p><p>These measures provide for the power to extend the eligibility date for permissions and the time period for implementation. This is being kept under review at this time.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 25/01/2021 17:55:03 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1258720

registered interest
date	07/12/2020
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	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 respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich of 12 October 2020 on the approach of property insurers to mature trees in close proximity to homes that require underpinning to prevent or correct subsidence.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	126087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>This correspondence has been transferred, <ins class="ministerial">as Her Majesty’s Treasury is best placed to respond.</ins><del class="ministerial">as the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is best placed to respond.</del></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 15/12/2020 17:36:29 question first ministerially corrected 01/03/2021 14:50:41 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 69492 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1251908

registered interest
date	13/11/2020
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	Flats: Greenwich and Woolwich
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 number of blocks of flats in the Greenwich and Woolwich constituency that did not meet the required building regulations at the time of their completion; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	91990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>Information on high rise residential buildings with Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations can be found in the monthly Building Safety Programme data release, available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Faluminium-composite-material-cladding%23acm-remediation-data&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Cc88211b05deb4da93dcd08d88bd3548d%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637413087050494769%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=ICIojf5Q5l9dIlBhV9UVfEnPgHx8AJtxDwh4j851%2Bm0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/aluminium-composite-material-cladding#acm-remediation-data</a>. Data is not published at parliamentary constituency level but local authority level data is available in Web Table 3.</p><p>For high rise residential buildings with non-ACM cladding systems, local authorities and housing associations are undergoing a data collection exercise as part of an ongoing programme to build a more complete picture of high-rise residential buildings and the variety of external wall systems in use.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 18/11/2020 15:30:57 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1251909

registered interest
date	13/11/2020
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: 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 commitments have been made to fund the remediation of unsafe (a) aluminium composite material (ACM) and (b) non-ACM external wall systems at no cost to leaseholders by (i) Ballymore, (ii) Barratt, (iii) Bellway, (iv) Berkeley, (v) Bovis, (vi) Countryside, (vii) Crest Nicholson, (viii) Galliard, (ix) Persimmon, (x) Redrow, (xi) Taylor Wimpey and (xii) Durkan for those developments in which each retains a legal interest; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	91991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2020 answer text <p>Protection for leaseholders from the costs of remediation is available from a number of sources, including Government funding, warranties and building owners and developers. The remediation of over half of privately owned high-rise residential buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding will be paid for by building owners and developers, or through warranty or insurance claims - without passing the cost to residents and leaseholders. Details of this can be found in Figure 6 of the Building Safety Programme: Monthly Data Release at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F934661%2FBuilding_Safety_Data_Release_October_2020.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Cc88211b05deb4da93dcd08d88bd3548d%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637413087050484808%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=tViW%2BsGvorNLOmn5qMlotrMOQo4GCo%2Bxl9ET1muSy%2BU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/934661/Building_Safety_Data_Release_October_2020.pdf</a> . We expect building owners and developers to step up in a similar way for other kinds of unsafe cladding.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 18/11/2020 15:29:34 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1191149

registered interest
date	28/04/2020
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, whether it remains his policy to publish the prospectus for the Building Safety Fund in May 2020.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	41128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2020 answer text <p>The prospectus for the Building Safety Fund will be published in May and we will open for registrations soon after.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 04/05/2020 15:06:15 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1179974

registered interest
date	24/02/2020
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	High Rise Flats: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 27 Janaury 2020 to Question 6180 on High Rise Flats: Insulation, whether it is the responsibility of the designated responsible person to issue an EWS1 form to leaseholders in privately-owned residential buildings in cases where that form is required as part of the valuation process.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	19981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The EWS1 form was produced by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) on behalf of industry. Government expects building owners to share all relevant information and reports about their building with leaseholders.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/02/2020 17:22:32 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1172328

registered interest
date	21/01/2020
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	High Rise Flats: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2020 to Question 3274 on High Rise Flats: Insulation, whether it his policy to recommend the use of the new EWS1: External Wall Fire Review industry-wide valuation process.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	6180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2020 answer text <p>We are supportive of the approach designed by industry to assist in the valuation of high rise residential properties. The Department will continue to work closely with industry as EWS1 is used within the mortgage market.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 27/01/2020 17:55:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 3086 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1170716

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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	High Rise Flats: 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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the EWS1: External Wall Fire Review industry-wide valuation process on the ability of individuals to (a) buy and sell homes and (b) re-mortgage in buildings above 18 metres with actual or potential combustible materials to external wall systems and balconies.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	3274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The EWS1 form, recently developed by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and published on 16 December, should enable industry to manage valuations for both the selling and re-mortgaging of properties in multi-occupancy buildings 18 metres and over. Government is aware that the form is now being used across industry as part of the valuation process.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2020 16:20:42 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1151010

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Living Wage
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 staff of his Department are paid less than the London Living Wage; and what requirements his Department places on contractors to pay the London Living Wage to London-based staff.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	2838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>None of the Department’s directly employed staff are paid less than the hourly rate of pay determined by the London Living Wage.</p><p>Information on rates of pay for people working for the Department’s third-party contractors is not held centrally. Rates of pay for people working for third-party contractors are determined by their respective employers and not held by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 29/10/2019 16:22:48 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1141275

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	Buildings: 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, with reference to the Written Statement of 18 July 2019, Building safety update, HCWS 1757, what his Department's definition is of the exceptional circumstances that would provide justification for private sector building owners not completing remediation of buildings with unsafe ACM cladding by June 2020.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	281026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/08/2019 answer text <p>Our expectation is that remediation should be completed within six months of agreeing a plan – by June 2020. Exceptional circumstances that may prevent this deadline being met will be considered on a case by case basis once full applications are received.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 08/08/2019 10:28:03 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook