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1724652

registered interest
date	30/07/2024
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	Local Government: Devolution
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 her letter of 16 July 2024 to local council leaders, whether devolution settlements are available to district councils.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	2503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2024 answer text <p>English devolution underpins this Government’s national mission to deliver economic growth for everyone, everywhere, raising living standards across the UK. While the previous government hoarded power in Whitehall, this Government will deliver the most ambitious programme of devolution this country has ever seen, pushing power into the hands of cities, towns, and villages across the country to unlock their true potential. Of course, we value the important role districts will play in this mission, and in due course the Government will publish a new devolution framework, which will set out in more detail the role district councils can play.</p> answering member constituency Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton answering member printed Jim McMahon question first answered 04/09/2024 08:18:02 answering member 4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1723242

registered interest
date	24/07/2024
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	Local Government: Remote Meetings
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 she make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward proposals to permit virtual meetings of (a) local authorities, (b) parish councils and (c) other public bodies on a permanent basis.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	1562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>Government wants to ensure that local government is modern, efficient, flexible and diverse, and we are keen to break down barriers that prevent people from seeking to serve their communities. Allowing hybrid meetings could be a helpful step in doing that and we are keen to work with the sector to have an evidence based discussion about its merits.</p> answering member constituency Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton answering member printed Jim McMahon question first answered 01/08/2024 15:21:52 answering member 4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1722280

registered interest
date	19/07/2024
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: Solar Power
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, by what date she intends to make it a requirement that all new homes and buildings should have solar panels as default except in defined cases; and by what date she will issue guidance as to those defined cases.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2024 answer text <p>As set out in our manifesto, the Government will take steps to ensure we are building more high-quality, well-designed and sustainable homes. We will publish our response to the Future Homes and Buildings Standards 2023 consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 29/07/2024 14:10:53 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1721683

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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	General Election 2024: Absent Voting
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 she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the number of electors registered for a postal vote who were unable to vote in the General Election because of postal delays.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>Returning Officers are required at elections to record the number of postal ballot packs received before and after the close of poll and this information is available for public inspection after the election. No separate record is kept by Returning Officers in Great Britain in respect of overseas electors.</p><p>The Electoral Commission will publish a report on the administration of the General Election held on 4 July later this year, and the Government will give careful consideration to any findings or recommendations made in the report in relation to the current arrangements for postal voting.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham North and Kimberley answering member printed Alex Norris grouped question UIN 399 question first answered 26/07/2024 10:37:04 answering member 4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1721684

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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	General Election 2024: Absent Voting
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 postal ballots requested by overseas electors for the General Election were returned by post and received by their local council (a) before and (b) after the deadline to have the vote counted.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>Returning Officers are required at elections to record the number of postal ballot packs received before and after the close of poll and this information is available for public inspection after the election. No separate record is kept by Returning Officers in Great Britain in respect of overseas electors.</p><p>The Electoral Commission will publish a report on the administration of the General Election held on 4 July later this year, and the Government will give careful consideration to any findings or recommendations made in the report in relation to the current arrangements for postal voting.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham North and Kimberley answering member printed Alex Norris grouped question UIN 398 question first answered 26/07/2024 10:37:04 answering member 4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1721696

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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 she will make it her policy to reduce housing targets for local planning authorities in the metropolitan greenbelt where nationally-imposed transport infrastructure is designated and built on land which could otherwise have been used to deliver housing.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2024 answer text <p>Housing targets are an important tool to ensure housing is delivered in the right places – this is critical in tackling the chronic shortage that the country is facing that means owning a home is a distant reality for much of the public.</p><p>We cannot local a generation out of homeownership, we must build the homes the next generation needs.</p><p>As set out in the manifesto, the Government will restore mandatory housing targets. We will reverse the damaging changes introduced in December 2023 that undermine our growth ambitions and commitment to delivering 1.5 million homes. We will set out more detail in the forthcoming National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) update.</p><p>We will take a brownfield first approach, prioritising the development of previously used land wherever possible and fast-tracking approval of urban brownfield sites.</p><p>Brownfield alone will never be enough to build the homes we need– which is why we will look to lower quality ‘grey belt’ land where necessary to meet local housing needs.</p><p>By enabling democratic engagement with how, not if, homes and infrastructure are built – the major brakes on the planning system will be addressed to support sustainable growth.</p><p>We are working at pace on various revisions to the NPPF, with a view to public consultation on a new draft Framework in due course.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook grouped question UIN 53 55 question first answered 26/07/2024 08:08:54 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1349079

registered interest
date	21/07/2021
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	Supermarkets: Delivery Services
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 19 July to Question 30418 and with reference to his written statement of 15 July 2021 on Delivery of Food and Essential Goods, HCWS187, whether local authorities are able to take enforcement action against supermarkets that create a noise nuisance to residents by breaching their delivery conditions.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	37600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>As set out in the statement, the Government recognises that it may be necessary for action to be taken in relation to the effects on neighbours of sustained disturbance due to deliveries outside of conditioned hours, particularly where this affects sleep. In this case a local planning authority should consider any efforts made by retailers to manage and mitigate such disturbance, taking into account the degree and longevity of amenity effects.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 06/09/2021 11:09:41 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1346875

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
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	Hospitality Industry: Licensing
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 his letter to leaders of local authorities on 5 March 2021, what progress he has made in extending the temporary provisions that simplified the route for pubs, restaurants and cafes to obtain a temporary pavement licence for another 12 months from 30 September 2021.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	33336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>On 8 June we laid the Business and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licences) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 which extends the temporary streamlined pavement licence provisions that we introduced last summer for 12 months until September 2022. The regulations have now been approved in Parliament and the legislation has come into effect. Therefore, businesses will now be able to apply for a licence for the extended period.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/07/2021 16:42:45 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 15230 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1346956

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
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	Council Tax and Property Valuations
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) review the council tax banding system and (b) update the associated property valuations of that system.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	33338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to review the council tax banding of properties in England or carry out a council tax revaluation. A revaluation would be expensive to undertake and could result in increases in bills for many households. This happened following the council tax revaluation in Wales when 33% of all homes there were placed in a higher band compared to 8% of homes that were placed in a lower band.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 22/07/2021 15:06:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1342340

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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	Listed Buildings: Land Use
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 his announcement of 20 March 2021 that pubs, restaurants and listed buildings are to be given more flexibility to use their land, including erecting marquees for summer 2021, what steps he has taken to provide guidance on that matter to local authorities, including for listed buildings.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	25166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>To support hospitality businesses and historic visitor attractions to utilise outdoor space, on 16 April legislation came into force which introduced a new temporary permitted development right, until 1 January 2022, to allow for the provision of moveable structures on land within the curtilage of cafes, restaurants and drinking establishments such as pubs including where these are listed buildings, and historic visitor attractions only where they are listed buildings.</p><p>We have set out more information on the measures in the Explanatory Memorandum which accompanies the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2021 at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fuksi%2F2021%2F467%2Fpdfs%2Fuksiem_20210467_en.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7Ce1c19b7f1999451bea6608d93f83578f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637610655600499642%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=u6NUNkifVJrd94W7VIBsvwEn%2BgdUtYL7g4moyW22MRk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/467/pdfs/uksiem_20210467_en.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 05/07/2021 15:57:27 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper