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1351028

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	Building Safety 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, if he will publish the total number of properties in the (a) LS1, (b) LS2, (c) LS10, (d) LS6, (e) LS7 and (f) LS9 postcodes that have (i) applied to the Building Safety Fund and (ii) been approved for funding.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	40601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>As of 25 August, there have been 60 registrations to the Building Safety Fund in the areas covered by the LS1, LS2, LS10, LS6, LS7 and LS9 postcodes. Of which, 29 have been notified as eligible for funding and have either proceeded with or are starting a full costs application. One registration could cover multiple buildings managed by the same agent or owned by the same building owner.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 06/09/2021 11:02:32 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1351037

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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: 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, if will he make it his policy to give priority to buyers in the property market who intend to live in the property over investors and buy-to-let landlords.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	41345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>We recognise the adverse effect that large numbers of second homes can have on some areas, and that is why we have introduced a series of measures to help mitigate those effects, including introducing higher rates of stamp duty for purchases of additional properties, such as second homes.</p><p>We are committed to supporting first time buyers, and ensuring that enough homes are built in the places where people and communities need them. Our new First Homes scheme will provide new homes at a discount of at least 30 percent, prioritised for local first-time buyers. <br> <br>Over 734,000 households have been helped to purchase a home since Spring 2010 through Government-backed schemes such as Help to Buy: Equity Loan and Right to Buy. New initiatives including First Homes, the new model of Shared Ownership and the £11.5 billion affordable homes programme will bring more affordable housing to those who need it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 06/09/2021 11:42:03 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1351114

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	Leasehold and Freehold: Service 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, what his timeframe is for bringing forward legislative proposals to grant freeholders equivalent rights to leaseholders to challenge the reasonableness of service charges for communal areas.
tabling member constituency	Grantham and Stamford
tabling member printed	Gareth Davies
uin	41390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 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. Where owners of freehold properties pay estate rentcharges it is not appropriate that these homeowners have limited rights to challenge these costs.</p><p>That is why the Government will give freeholders on private and mixed tenure estates equivalent rights to leaseholders to challenge the reasonableness of estate rentcharges. We will also consider the option of introducing a Right to Manage for residential freeholders once we have considered the Law Commission’s report and recommendations on changes to the Right to Manage for leaseholders.</p><p>In addition, when parliamentary time allows, we will remove the statutory right for owners of rentcharges to take possession or grant a lease of the property in the event of non-payment by the homeowner.</p><p>We have introduced legislation to set ground rents on newly created leases to zero in the current session. This will be the first part of major two-part legislation to implement leasehold and Commonhold reforms in this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 06/09/2021 08:33:34 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4850 label Biography information for Gareth Davies

1351136

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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, what plans he has to (a) address the planning skills shortage and (b) ensure that councils have adequate resources for effective implementation of planning policy.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	41362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Planning White Paper commits to developing a comprehensive resources and skills strategy for the planning sector to support the implementation of our reforms - so that, as we implement our reforms, local planning authorities are equipped to create great communities through effective civic engagement and proactive plan-making.</p><p>Through our proposed reforms, local planning authorities will be able to focus on what they do best; plan for the long term development of their area, improve the quality of new development, and focus more on those large and special sites that need the most consideration. We want to reduce the amount of resource-consuming bureaucracy and streamline or abolish assessments and other requirements that are burdensome and slow-down planning departments. Part of achieving this will be through modernising the planning process, so that routine tasks are automated and decision-making is improved by better access to data and digital services. This will allow local authorities to focus attention on plan making and place shaping.</p><p>We will continue to work with local planning authorities as we develop our proposals.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 06/09/2021 11:42:59 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1351137

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	Affordable Housing: Owner Occupation
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of revising the Government’s housing targets to take into account social rent, intermediate and affordable homeownership housing-types.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	41363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Our standard method is only the starting point in the process of planning for new homes. It is not a target. For local authorities, planning to meet that need will require consideration of land availability, relevant constraints, such as the Green Belt, and whether the need is more appropriately met in neighbouring areas, when setting out targets in their local plan. In relation to the mix of specific housing types, our National Planning Policy Framework sets out that it is for local authorities to assess the housing needs of different groups, including those who require affordable housing, and to reflect this in their planning policies.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 06/09/2021 11:45:32 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1351138

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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, what plans he has to use existing powers to support local authorities to strengthen their planning enforcement powers.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	41364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is clear that effective enforcement is important to tackle breaches of planning control. We committed to a strengthening of enforcement powers in the planning white paper, Planning for the Future. Further details of our proposals will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 06/09/2021 11:45:55 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1351258

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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	Anti-social Behaviour: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 help local authorities tackle noise complaints and antisocial behaviour in Yorkshire and the Humber.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	41195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Social Housing White Paper sets out proposals to tackle anti-social behaviour by highlighting the responsibilities that police, local authorities and social landlords have in tackling anti-social behaviour. We have published guidance on Gov.uk clarifying the role local authorities and landlords have in tackling anti-social behaviour, including noise complaints and have disseminated this through bodies such as the Local Government Association.</p><p>We are preparing further work on anti-social behaviour to consider the evidence around the most common causes of anti-social behaviour affecting social housing residents, and to identify and raise awareness of the most effective interventions available to landlords - including their local authority partners - to address these issues.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 06/09/2021 11:40:28 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1351286

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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 plans his Department has to improve water efficiency in new-build houses in order to protect the long-term viability of rare and important chalk stream habitats, such as the Ver, Lea and Hiz in Hitchin and Harpenden.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	41160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Currently, the Building Regulations require that new homes are built to a standard of 125 litres of water used per person per day, or 110 litres per person per day if required by the local authority</p><p><br>In 2019 DEFRA launched a consultation and call for evidence on further measures to reduce personal water use. The consultation sought views on labelling water-using products, building regulations for water efficiency, metering and behaviour change.</p><p>In July of this year, Government published its summary of responses to the consultation, and a Written Ministerial Statement, which set out a number of measures that Government is taking to support water efficiency in homes.</p><p>The summary of responses to the consultation can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Fwater-conservation-measures-to-reduce-personal-water-use&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C40e16d32e8ec4894241a08d96d4acc53%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637660990286030378%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=jDgVRdv5ND9FiWtGF6RReT45dV5GVZ1np%2Bjg6OZebLU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/water-conservation-measures-to-reduce-personal-water-use</a></p><p>The Written Ministerial Statement can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-statements%2Fdetail%2F2021-07-01%2Fhcws140&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C40e16d32e8ec4894241a08d96d4acc53%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637660990286040334%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=g7pIZGYgDHtHWo9AMzX2DNVnIPWJ6AAWO2tvayTeRKc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2021-07-01/hcws140</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 06/09/2021 11:39:25 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

1351328

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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: 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 mortgage providers and buildings insurers have provided undertakings not to penalise leaseholders in apartment blocks under 18 metres with (a) higher mortgage costs, (b) higher fire insurance premiums or (c) refusals to provide fire cover.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Laura Trott
uin	41312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Ministers and policy officials have met senior representatives from the largest insurance companies, major lenders and industry bodies, and have encouraged the insurance and lending industries to take a proportionate approach to risk. We are continuing to work with insurers and lenders to restore confidence in building safety and return to proportionate premiums and products.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 06/09/2021 11:01:15 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott

1351341

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
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: 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 lenders and insurers will be able to require leaseholders and building owners to seek cladding remediation in the event that a B1 or B2 rating has been given to a building under 18 metres.
tabling member constituency	Sevenoaks
tabling member printed	Laura Trott
uin	41314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>On 21 July, the Government issued a recommendation that EWS1 forms should not be required for buildings under 18 metres.</p><p>The announcement followed the new advice from fire safety experts which found that there is no evidence of systemic risk of fire in all blocks of flats.</p><p>The expert advice also stated that where EWS1 forms and assessments have already been completed for buildings below 18 metres, it is strongly recommended that these assessments are reviewed by competent professionals to ensure that the proposed solution is cost effective and proportionate.</p><p>The Government is continuing to engage with insurers and lenders to encourage them to take a proportionate approach to risk.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 06/09/2021 11:01:54 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott