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1314429

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
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	Levelling Up 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 his Department is taking to support local councils with adequate staffing resources to formulate bids to the Levelling Up Fund.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Sarah Owen
uin	1203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund will invest in infrastructure that improves everyday life across the UK, including regenerating town centres and high streets, upgrading local transport, and investing in cultural and heritage assets.</p><p>The Fund will operate UK-wide, extending the benefits of funding for priority local infrastructure across all regions and nations.</p><p>The prospectus published at Budget provides guidance for local areas on how to submit bids for the first round of funding for projects starting in 2021-22. This includes guidance on the process for submitting bids, the types of projects eligible for funding, and how bids will be assessed.</p><p>Capacity funding will also be allocated to the local authorities measured as highest need in England, and all local authorities in Scotland and Wales to build a new relationship with the UK Government. This will support the relevant local authorities develop bids and ensure that investment is targeted where it is needed most.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 18/05/2021 15:51:21 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4777 label Biography information for Sarah Owen

1314505

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
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	Property Development
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 estimate his Department has made of the level of (a) section 106 payments and (b) community infrastructure levy that would have been paid to local authorities as a result of new developments in their areas, if those developments had gone through the full planning process rather than being built via permitted development rights, in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	1078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>We have not made such an assessment.</p><p>In the planning White Paper, <em>‘Planning for the Future’</em>, we proposed a new infrastructure levy which would be partially charged on permitted development rights. The new Infrastructure Levy would be extended to better capture changes of use which require planning permission, even where there is no additional floorspace, and for some permitted development rights including office to residential conversions and new demolition and rebuild permitted development rights. This approach would increase the levy base, and would allow these developments to better contribute to infrastructure delivery and making development acceptable to the community.</p><p>The consultation on <em>‘Planning for the Future’</em> closed on 29 October. We are analysing the consultation feedback thoroughly and holding meetings with industry and local authority representatives to understand the implications of our proposals. We will respond formally as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 18/05/2021 15:37:11 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1314512

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
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	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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of an exclusion for conservation areas from the proposed permitted development right to enable change of use from the new Class E to residential.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	1079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The permitted development right for the change of use from the Commercial, Business and Service use class (E) to residential will support our ailing town centres and highstreets to become thriving, vibrant hubs where people live, shop, use services, and spend their leisure time. The right provides for local consideration of the implications of a change of use of the ground floor on the sustainability and character of conservation areas.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 1080 1081 question first answered 18/05/2021 15:36:11 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1314513

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
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	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 he has made of the compatibility of the proposed new permitted development right to enable change of use from the new Class E to residential and the focus of the White Paper Planning for the Future on design and placemaking in the planning system.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	1080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The permitted development right for the change of use from the Commercial, Business and Service use class (E) to residential will support our ailing town centres and highstreets to become thriving, vibrant hubs where people live, shop, use services, and spend their leisure time. The right provides for local consideration of the implications of a change of use of the ground floor on the sustainability and character of conservation areas.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 1079 1081 question first answered 18/05/2021 15:36:11 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1314519

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
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	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 he has made of the potential effect of the proposed new permitted development right to enable the change of use from the new Class E to residential on the effectiveness of the Future High Streets Fund and Heritage High Streets Fund.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	1081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The permitted development right for the change of use from the Commercial, Business and Service use class (E) to residential will support our ailing town centres and highstreets to become thriving, vibrant hubs where people live, shop, use services, and spend their leisure time. The right provides for local consideration of the implications of a change of use of the ground floor on the sustainability and character of conservation areas.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 1079 1080 question first answered 18/05/2021 15:36:12 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1314532

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
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	English Language: Education
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 the Government plans to reimburse local authorities that have agreed to extend the Expanded Retail Discount to English Language Colleges in their locality on the basis that those businesses have been unable to open their premises during the covid-19 lockdown national restrictions.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>In response to the pandemic, the Government has provided business rates relief for eligible retail, hospitality, and leisure properties worth £16 billion across 2020/21 and 2021/22. As with other business rates reliefs, local authorities will be fully reimbursed for the costs of providing this relief to ratepayers who meet the eligibility criteria as set out in the guidance published by the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 18/05/2021 15:51:59 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1314539

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
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	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, when the Government plans to provide (a) local authorities and (b) businesses with further details on the £1.5 billion additional business rates support package as announced on 25 March 2021.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>Ratepayers will be able to access the additional £1.5 billion business rates relief package once the relevant primary legislation is passed and councils have set up their own schemes. Ahead of this, officials will work closely with local government on the development of the relief and the Department will publish guidance in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 18/05/2021 15:52:40 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1314576

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
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
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 plans to conduct further consultations with (a) regional mayors and (b) local authority leaders on the design of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	1082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government has been engaging with key stakeholders on the design and priorities of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund since 2016, including holding a series of engagement events.</p><p>Over 500 stakeholders attended these events across a variety of sectors, including businesses, public bodies (such as Local Enterprise Partnerships, Mayoral Combined Authorities, local governments), higher education institutions, voluntary and charity sector and rural partnership groups.</p><p>Our engagement events have taken place across the UK including in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. <br> <br>Government officials will continue to work closely with interested parties as we develop the fund.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 18/05/2021 15:50:09 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1313796

registered interest
date	12/05/2021
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	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
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 additional steps he plans to take to protect leaseholders from costs arising from (a) the misuse of flammable cladding and (b) other unsafe structural design features used in the (i) construction and (ii) modification of the apartment blocks containing their flats.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>Longstanding independent safety advice has been clear that unsafe cladding poses the greatest risk to buildings, because it can act as a fuel to a fire. Our approach prioritises action on the risks of unsafe cladding – the costs for remediating this are high, and the risks posed by it are also high. The Government has announced a globally unprecedented investment in building safety and hundreds of thousands of leaseholders will be protected from the cost of remediating unsafe cladding on their homes. On 10 February the Government announced it will provide an additional £3.5 billion grant funding for remediation of unsafe cladding on buildings over 18 metres, which brings the total investment in building safety to an unprecedented £5.1 billion.</p><p>Lower-rise buildings between 11 and 18 metres, with a lower risk to safety, will gain protection from the costs of cladding remediation through a generous financing scheme. As part of this financing scheme, no leaseholder will pay more than £50 per month towards the cost of cladding remediation. This builds on steps already taken to support leaseholders, including the £30 million waking watch fund to help end excessive costs and new legislation in the Building Safety Bill which will ensure homes are made and kept safer in future. We will publish more details on how the schemes will work as soon as we are in a position to do so.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 17/05/2021 16:29:08 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1313824

registered interest
date	12/05/2021
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
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 Government plans to publish its response to the Planning for the future consultation.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>The consultation on the Planning for the Future White Paper closed in October 2020, and received around 44,000 responses – demonstrating just how important this is to people.</p><p>Given the number of responses, we are taking time to carefully consider the valuable feedback we received. We will publish the Government response to the White Paper ahead of introducing the Planning Bill to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 17/05/2021 16:34:40 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana