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1236323

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
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
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 16 September 2020 to Question 88934 on Mortgages, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of alternatives to the EWS1 form with the mortgage sector; what suitable equivalent evidence he has encouraged mortgage lenders to accept; and if he will publish those lenders that have given assurances to the Minister for Building Safety that leaseholders should face no barriers to renewing their mortgage with their existing lender.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	91725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>A building owner might have other evidence that may provide the necessary assurance to lenders, such as a recent fire risk assessment which includes the external walls. The Department is continuing to meet with lenders to explore such alternative evidence. No lender has said they would request an EWS1 when an existing mortgage holder is renewing their mortgage on the same terms and is not seeking to borrow more.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 22/09/2020 16:16:12 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1235000

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
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	Rough Sleeping Advisory Panel
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 the Rough Sleeping Advisory Panel last met; and how many meetings that Panel has held in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	91059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ending rough sleeping. The Advisory Panel met in June, and ministers and officials have had numerous meetings with panel members over the last 12 months. We are committed to continuing regular conversations and following through on actions taken.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 21/09/2020 16:57:30 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1235033

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
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: 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, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the proposed National Infrastructure Levy for increasing the delivery of on-site (a) social and (b) affordable housing.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	90991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>We intend to reform the current approach to developer contributions by creating a new, single system, the Infrastructure Levy. This new Levy would be a flat rate, value based charge, set nationally, at either a single rate, or at area specific rates, and charged on the final value of a development. The new Levy would be able to fund both affordable housing and supporting infrastructure. We will aim for the new Levy to raise more revenue than under the current system of developer contributions, and deliver at least as much – if not more – on-site affordable housing as at present. Our proposals are set out in our White Paper ‘Planning for the Future’ which was published on 6 August and is out to consultation until 29th October. The consultation responses will support the assessment of the proposals, and detailed design.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 90992 90993 question first answered 21/09/2020 13:03:43 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1235034

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
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	Affordable 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, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the proposed National Infrastructure Levy on the flexibility of affordable housing policies in high-value areas.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	90992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>We intend to reform the current approach to developer contributions by creating a new, single system, the Infrastructure Levy. This new Levy would be a flat rate, value based charge, set nationally, at either a single rate, or at area specific rates, and charged on the final value of a development. The new Levy would be able to fund both affordable housing and supporting infrastructure. We will aim for the new Levy to raise more revenue than under the current system of developer contributions, and deliver at least as much – if not more – on-site affordable housing as at present. Our proposals are set out in our White Paper ‘Planning for the Future’ which was published on 6 August and is out to consultation until 29th October. The consultation responses will support the assessment of the proposals, and detailed design.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 90991 90993 question first answered 21/09/2020 13:03:44 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1235035

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
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: 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, what assessment his Department has made of potential effect of the proposed National Infrastructure Levy on local authorities' prioritisation of the delivery of social and affordable housing.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	90993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>We intend to reform the current approach to developer contributions by creating a new, single system, the Infrastructure Levy. This new Levy would be a flat rate, value based charge, set nationally, at either a single rate, or at area specific rates, and charged on the final value of a development. The new Levy would be able to fund both affordable housing and supporting infrastructure. We will aim for the new Levy to raise more revenue than under the current system of developer contributions, and deliver at least as much – if not more – on-site affordable housing as at present. Our proposals are set out in our White Paper ‘Planning for the Future’ which was published on 6 August and is out to consultation until 29th October. The consultation responses will support the assessment of the proposals, and detailed design.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 90991 90992 question first answered 21/09/2020 13:03:43 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1235037

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
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	Land: Sales
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 his Department is taking to analyse the extent of the use of options agreements in the English land market in order to understand how a shift to a zonal planning system will increase the amounts of land being made available to small and medium sized developers.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	90994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>My Department is currently consulting on options for increasing the transparency of contractual controls, including options agreements, used to exercise control over land. The consultation can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmcas-proxyweb.eu.cas.ms%2Fcertificate-checker%3Flogin%3Dfalse%26originalUrl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fgbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com.eu.cas.ms%252F%253Furl%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%25252Fgovernment%25252Fuploads%25252Fsystem%25252Fuploads%25252Fattachment_data%25252Ffile%25252F907213%25252FCall_for_evidence_on_Contractual_Controls.pdf%2526data%253D02%25257C01%25257CJames.Elder%252540communities.gov.uk%25257C37008520a9fc475cfc9a08d85af5717b%25257Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%25257C0%25257C0%25257C637359357496216434%2526sdata%253DEivCCR9sw%25252FQjj8yJDOnp0fFb2joy1nPzna6dBpGHP04%25253D%2526reserved%253D0&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C59d1a9a771e44f09a77708d85dfbfa79%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637362684099469292&amp;sdata=sbW%2BZJ%2BoPUOc0Gh56yFb1ZcRzq83UoBHp0nPFvEpiR0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/907213/Call_for_evidence_on_Contractual_Controls.pdf</a>. It closes on 30 October 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 21/09/2020 13:04:16 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1235038

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
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: 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, if he will publish modelling undertaken by his Department on the potential effect of the proposed expansion of the Small Sites Exemption Policy on (a) the number of sites likely to be exempted and (b) the delivery of social and affordable housing.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	90995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government is currently consulting on this matter. Details of the impact are set out in the consultation document: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fchanges-to-the-current-planning-system&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C59d1a9a771e44f09a77708d85dfbfa79%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637362684099479253&amp;sdata=gcY9VJdS0aK1Xw%2F9pHdwNk1mUO8u9blO5b60%2BsNBW10%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changes-to-the-current-planning-system.</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 21/09/2020 13:04:54 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1235046

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: 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, what his Department's average reply time has been for ministerial letters in each of the last five months.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	91114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The department aims to respond to all correspondence promptly and ahead of the 20 working days target. The average time taken for MHCLG to respond to letters from MPs and Peers in the last 5 months is as follows: <br> <br>April: 13.4 working days <br>May: 18.0 working days <br>June: 18.9 working days <br>July: 18.7 working days <br>Aug: 18.0 working days</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 21/09/2020 15:29:53 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1235107

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
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: 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, how much has been allocated from the £200 million fund for the removal of ACM cladding to date.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	91141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>Current data on the allocation of ACM remediation funding is included in the monthly Building Safety Data Release, which can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Faluminium-composite-material-cladding%23acm-remediation-data&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C59d1a9a771e44f09a77708d85dfbfa79%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637362684099469292&amp;sdata=1OMFPL%2FPMCStcpHKE7%2FNjcrahfs6JhGqMi9nVWb%2Fr%2B8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/aluminium-composite-material-cladding#acm-remediation-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 21/09/2020 13:02:15 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1235242

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
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: 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, what steps he is taking to support renters served a Section 21 between 21 and 29 August who did not qualify for the additional three month extension of the notice period.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	91123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has established an unprecedented package of support to protect renters throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. This includes legislating through the Coronavirus Act 2020 to delay when landlords can evict tenants, a 6 month stay on possession proceedings in court and a range of financial support to enable renters to continue paying their living costs, including rental payments. This financial support includes increasing Local Housing Allowance rates so that they are set at the 30th percentile of local market rents in each area, which will remain in place throughout the winter period until at least the end of March 2021.</p><p>Under the Coronavirus Act 2020, landlords serving notice of their intention to seek possession between 21 and 29 August would have been required to give their tenants at least three months notice. Where possession cases do go to court, new court rules mean that landlords are now required to set out any information they are aware of in relation to how their tenant, or any dependant of their tenant has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Where this information is not provided, judges have the ability to adjourn proceedings until such information is provided. Courts will carefully prioritise the most egregious cases, including anti-social behaviour, fraud, and domestic abuse, ensuring landlords are able to progress the most serious cases, such as those involving anti-social behaviour and other crimes. In addition, guidance will also be issued to bailiffs highlighting that they should not enforce possession orders in places where local public health restrictions have been introduced by government through legislation or in England and Wales across 11 December 2020 to 11 January 2021.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 21/09/2020 16:15:37 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney