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780403

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates: West Sussex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to announce which local authority areas will be piloted for 100 per cent business rates retention; what representations he has received from councils in West Sussex on that pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	110238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The local authorities selected to pilot 100 per cent business rates retention for 2018/19 will be announced at or in advance of the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement. Councils in West Sussex have made an application.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/11/2017 17:47:37 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

780404

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans for the Transition Grant to be allocated as part of the 2018-19 local government finance settlement.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	110234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Local Government Finance Settlement technical consultation 2018-19 closed on 26th October and we are currently analysing responses. Proposals for the 2018-19 settlement will be issued in the form of the provisional settlement for consultation in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/11/2017 17:40:45 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

780405

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Compulsory Purchase: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to make a decision on the compulsory purchase orders required for the delivery of the new housing and retail facilities planned for the Brent Cross and Cricklewood development.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	110229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>My Department is actively considering the report of the Inspector into the London Borough of Barnet Compulsory Purchase Order (No 1 &amp; 2) 2015. Once the Secretary of State has received advice and made a decision on whether or not to confirm Compulsory Purchase Orders 1 &amp; 2, a formal, reasoned decision letter will be issued.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 02/11/2017 15:31:13 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

780406

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the consultation on Fixing Our Broken Housing Market, published in February 2017, what progress has been made in reviewing home energy efficiency standards; and what plans there are for new standards to (a) require all homes to have an energy performance certificate, (b) improve energy efficiency standards for private rented homes and (c) ensure that all new homes from 2020 are low emission homes.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	110194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>As set out in our paper <em>Fixing Our Broken Housing Market,</em> we have started work on a review of the cost effectiveness of current energy performance standards in the Building Regulations. However, following the devastating events at Grenfell Tower on 14 June, the Government has commissioned an Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, led by Dame Judith Hackitt. The independent review will report in Spring 2018. Any future changes to Building Regulations – including those to energy performance standards - will need to be considered following the outcome of the independent review, and subject to its conclusions.</p><p>Energy performance certificates (EPCs) are already required whenever a home is built, sold or rented. Since 2008, 16,889,000 EPCs covering domestic properties (including new properties) in England and Wales have been lodged on the EPC register. The latest quarterly statistics on EPCs for England and Wales were published on 31 October 2017 and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655789/EPB_Statistics_Release_-_Qtr_3_2017__final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/655789/EPB_Statistics_Release_-_Qtr_3_2017__final.pdf</a></p><p>For privately rented homes, we have legislated so that from April 2018, landlords of the worst performing properties will need to improve those properties to a minimum of EPC Band E before they can be let, lowering bills for some of the most vulnerable private tenants while ensuring costs of improvements are reasonable and affordable. As stated in the Government’s <em>Clean Growth Strategy</em> published on 12 October 2017 we will consult shortly on steps to make these regulations more effective. The Government will also look at a long term trajectory for energy performance standards across the private rented sector, with the aim of as many private rented homes as possible being upgraded to EPC Band C by 2030, where practical, cost-effective and affordable.</p><p>Homes built to the latest building regulations requirements are already very energy efficient. Since 2010, we have increased the energy standard for new homes by over 30 per cent, reducing energy bills by £200 on average and saving carbon. However, as set out in the Clean Growth Strategy, subject to the conclusions of the independent review of Building Regulations and fire safety, we will consult on further improving energy requirements for new homes where this is cost-effective and affordable to do so.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/11/2017 17:50:17 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

780407

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which tickets relating to which journeys set out in the transparency release, entitled DCLG ministerial travel, April to June 2017, published on 13 October 2017, were (a) first, (b) business, (c) economy and (d) any other class.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	110169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>Tickets to Finland Between 5-7 April 2017 were Business Class. There were no other Ministerial journeys in this period.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 09/11/2017 13:53:40 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

780408

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Park Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if the Government will publish the recommendations made by the Park Homes Working Group set up in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	110161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>I plan to publish the Park Homes Working Group’s report and Part 2 of the review of the effectiveness of the Mobile Homes Act 2013 later this year.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/11/2017 15:17:36 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

780409

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of resources available to local authorities to fulfil the additional duties placed on them under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	110376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Homelessness Reduction Act requires local authorities to carry out additional duties to prevent and relieve homelessness and to intervene earlier to prevent homelessness.</p><p>The Government committed to fund the Act in line with the longstanding ‘new burdens’ doctrine. We announced funding of £61 million in January 2017 and, following further discussions with local authorities on the new duties, have provided an additional £11.7 million. This takes the total amount of new burdens funding to £72.7 million.</p><p>A new burdens assessment has been completed and can be found at the following link: <br> <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-reduction-act-new-burdens-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-reduction-act-new-burdens-funding</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 07/11/2017 13:47:21 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

780410

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place a copy of any government impact assessment on the effect of leaving the EU on the construction sector in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	110397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>Parliament has voted repeatedly not to disclose material that could damage the United Kingdom’s position in its negotiations with the European Union. My Department has been involved in ongoing cross-government analysis of the potential impacts of EU exit. Until advised further by Government, disclosing further information would risk undermining our negotiating position with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 02/11/2017 16:29:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

780411

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	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 Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2017 to Question 750, on building regulations: fires, when the Government plans to publish the outcome of the review of fire safety guidance as a result of the fire at Lakanal House in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	110353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Coroner’s report into the Lakanal House fire recommended that the fire safety guidance in Approved Document B be reviewed to provide clearer guidance. In February of this year, the Department published a report into the usability of the guidance. The Department has been working on a revision of the guidance in Approved Document B in line with the Plain English principles.</p><p>The Government has subsequently asked Dame Judith Hackitt to lead an independent review of the Building Regulations and fire safety, and will determine what further action is needed in light of her recommendations, which was recommended by the Coroner, following the Lakanal House fire.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/11/2017 16:44:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

780412

registered interest
date	30/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	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 Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2017 to Question 750, on building regulations: fires, what the evidential basis is for progress having been made on the review of fire safety guidance since the fire at Lakanal House in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	110371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The Coroner’s report into the Lakanal House fire recommended that the fire safety guidance in Approved Document B be reviewed to provide clearer guidance. In February of this year, the Department published a report into the usability of the guidance. The Department has also been working on a revision of the guidance in Approved Document B in line with Plain English principles.</p><p>The Government has asked Dame Judith Hackitt to lead an independent review of the Building Regulations and fire safety, and will determine what further action is needed in light of her recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 02/11/2017 16:13:44 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson