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1017258

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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, with reference to the statistical data set, Affordable housing starts and completions funded by Homes England and the GLA, published by his Department, what steps he is taking to identify the units labelled as unknown tenure type.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	197329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The affordable housing starts and completions of unknown tenure are all reported to the department by the Greater London Authority (GLA) as part of their affordable housing statistics <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/housing-and-land/increasing-housing-supply/affordable-housing-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/housing-andland/increasing-housing-supply/affordable-housing-statistics</a>.</p><p>The GLA has reported that due to transitional changes in implementing the GLA's new project management system the tenure information for some schemes within GLA programmes will be updated in the quarterly publications until transitional system changes are complete.</p><p>The Department will continue to work with the GLA and when they finalise the information on tenure type of these units it will be updated and included in our statistics.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/12/2018 14:20:23 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1017284

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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	Community Housing 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 hold discussions with the Chancellor on (a) extending the Community Housing Fund for the whole of the next five-year Spending Review period and (b) allowing unspent money from the current Fund to rollover; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	197410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The Community Housing Fund is currently scheduled to close in March 2020. The question as to whether the Fund should be extended, or the annual funding profile carried forward, will be given due consideration during the preparations for the next Spending Review, which will take place next year.</p><p>The Government recognises that the community-led housing sector offers significant potential for helping to meet housing need across England. In addition to helping increase the rate of delivery of new housing, it will help deliver a range of benefits including diversifying the housebuilding sector, improving design and construction quality, developing modern methods of construction, and sustaining local communities and local economies. The support and close involvement of the local community enables the community-led approach to secure planning permission and deliver housing that could not be brought forward through speculative development.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/12/2018 17:07:51 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1017288

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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	Right to Buy Scheme
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 it his policy to fully exempt Community Land Trusts and cohousing tenants from the Voluntary Right to Buy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	197414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>Residents of co-operatives are exempt from the Voluntary Right to Buy, and housing associations – including those partnering in community-led schemes – will have discretion not to sell certain homes. This can include homes built through a community land trust.</p><p>Where a housing association exercises this discretion, the tenant will be offered an alternative property so that they have the same opportunity for home ownership as other tenants.</p><p>Housing associations are professional organisations that operate according to sound commercial and social principles, and we would expect them to work with their local community on the operation of the voluntary agreement.</p><p>We are currently running a large-scale pilot of the Voluntary Right to Buy in the Midlands, one aim of which is to test out the exemptions and portability policies.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/12/2018 14:41:52 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1017296

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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 Regulations and Fire Safety Independent Review
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 the Written Statement of 19 July 2018 on Grenfell Update, HCWS890, what progress he has made on (a) establishing a more effective regulatory regime for fire and building safety and (b) producing an implementation plan for that regime.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	197421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government will set out how it intends to take forward the recommendations of the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety in due course. This will include an outline of the progress it has made to establish a more effective regulatory regime for fire and building safety.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/12/2018 16:55:13 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1017307

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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	Social Services: Children
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 he has made of the resources required for local authority children's services, care services and care leaver services effectively to implement the national protocol on reducing the unnecessary criminalisation of looked-after children and care leavers.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	197431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The national protocol on reducing criminalisation of looked after children and care leavers sets out best practice. Implementing the protocol is voluntary; it does not place any new statutory burdens on local authorities.</p><p>The protocol has been developed with leaders from across the children’s social care, health and criminal justice sectors and endorsed as a positive step forward for children and young people and the relevant professionals working with them.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 06/12/2018 15:42:28 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

1017342

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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 Enterprise Partnerships: West Midlands
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 he plans to reply to the letter from Andy Street, Metro Mayor of the West Midlands, on proposed changes to the geography of the Greater Birmingham and Solihull local enterprise partnership; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	197323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>The letter from Andy Street, Metro Mayor of the West Midlands, has been received. A response will be sent shortly.</p><p>Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) have been integral to economic growth across England since their establishment in 2010. This Government remains committed to strengthening LEPs to deliver ambitious strategies for growth and build an economy which is fit for the future.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 07/12/2018 14:56:22 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1017373

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
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: Non-payment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to bring England into line with the rest of the UK by removing the sanction of imprisonment for non-payment of council tax.
tabling member printed	Lord Ramsbotham
uin	HL11933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Imprisonment should only ever be the last resort for non-payment of council tax. Before a magistrates’ court commits someone to prison for failure to pay their council tax, it must inquire as to the debtor’s means, and satisfy itself that failure to pay is due to “wilful refusal or culpable neglect”. This is to prevent persons who are genuinely unable to pay their council tax from being committed to prison. The Government does not have any plans to change the current arrangements.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 10/12/2018 15:38:21 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3744 label Biography information for Lord Ramsbotham