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1175915

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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 Assets
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 effectiveness of regulations used by local authorities in relation to changing the classification of assets of community value.
tabling member constituency	Hitchin and Harpenden
tabling member printed	Bim Afolami
uin	12315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to improving the assets of community value scheme which was introduced through the Localism Act 2011. As part of this, we will assess the overall the effectiveness of the regulations for local authorities, asset owners and voluntary and community groups to ensure that any legislation the Government introduces will meet our objective of supporting communities to protect those assets that are under threat.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 12/02/2020 17:34:43 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami

1175967

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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: 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, which types of non-ACM cladding systems have failed the combustibility test.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	12210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>This is part of an ongoing, systematic investigation into the fire risks from non-ACM cladding systems and there are no success or failure criteria.</p><p>BRE Report Number P111324-1006 (M5D6V1), sets out in detail the methodology, a copy was placed in the House library on 11 February 2019 in response to question UIN217589 and can be found here: <a href="http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2019-0225/Cladding_Research_Interim_Report_M5D6_redacted.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2019-0225/Cladding_Research_Interim_Report_M5D6_redacted.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Independent Expert Advisory Panel (IEAP) has issued Advice on the measures building owners should take to ensure their buildings are safe. <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fbuilding-safety-advice-for-building-owners-including-fire-doors&amp;data=02%7C01%7CBrian.Martin%40communities.gov.uk%7C28d262c37b894baa76db08d7abb66cc3%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637166672298148169&amp;sdata=ESm%2BQlxWbPthBCZAt3mpzLlUK91bMR%2BAHfGGO%2FylFhM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-advice-for-building-owners-including-fire-doors.</a></p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/02/2020 14:08:27 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 6006 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1175968

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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: 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 it remains his policy that the cost of removing unsafe cladding on buildings should be borne by the freehold owners of those properties and not by leaseholders.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	12211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to fully fund the removal and replacement of unsafe ACM cladding on private sector residential high-rise buildings. Government intervention is wholly exceptional due to the unparalleled fire risk ACM poses.</p><p>Building safety is the responsibility of the building owner, and they must remedy any safety risks uncovered. Building owners should consider all routes to meet costs, and protect leaseholders – for example through warranties and recovering costs from contractors for incorrect or poor work.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/02/2020 14:09:19 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 6007 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1175986

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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	Troubled Families Programme
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 he plans to extend the Troubled Families programme beyond 2021.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	12258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Troubled Families Programme (England only) is working to achieve significant and sustained progress with families struggling with multiple complex needs such as worklessness and debt, health problems, including drug and alcohol addiction, and involvement in crime and anti-social behaviour. The additional funding of up to £165 million that has been made available to extend the programme for an extra year means that it is now backed by up to £1.085 billion of government investment. This will mean more people in need get access to the programme's early, practical and coordinated support to transform their lives for the better. We want to build on the success of the programme in the coming year, delivering on the manifesto commitment to ensure the programme reaches all those who could benefit – from the early years and throughout their lives. We are currently considering options and next steps.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 11/02/2020 15:54:20 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1176050

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2020 to Question 8382 on Buildings: Fire Prevention, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of mortgage lenders' responses to its Advice for Building Owners of Multi-storey, Multi-occupied residential buildings document.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	12384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p><em>'Building safety advice for building owners, including fire doors', </em> published in January 2020, provides the latest advice for building owners concerned about the fire safety of their building/s. It is not a compliance document for mortgage lenders. Government is continuing to engage with the mortgage industry to understand its approach to risk.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/02/2020 12:28:33 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1176053

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2020 to Question 8384 on Buildings: Fire Prevention, whether the Independent Expert Advisory Panel plans to provide any advice to leaseholders in buildings with (a) ACM cladding and (b) exterior cladding systems not yet tested by the owner of those buildings.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	12385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The role of the Independent Expert Advisory Panel (IEAP) is to advise the Secretary of State on measures that should be taken relating to fire and building safety in existing buildings. Following the IEAP’s advice, updated advice has been issued to building owners on measures they should take to ensure building safety. Leaseholders can access free initial specialist advice to understand their rights through the Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE): <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lease-advice.org%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CBalraj.Phull%40communities.gov.uk%7C75284dc746fe4c56825c08d7aae3271e%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637165764899725767&amp;sdata=4lmpPAjsnwjGo6D9nQIRaDBjiiSevqvDApcnA3rVtLY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.lease-advice.org/</a></p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/02/2020 12:30:21 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1176055

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2020 to Question 8382 on Buildings: Fire Prevention, how many high-rise private sector residential building owners have submitted applications to the Government's ACM remediation fund as at 4 February 2020.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	12386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>This information is published in the Building Safety Programme Data Release, with latest data as at 31 December 2019 published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-monthly-data-release-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-monthly-data-release-december-2019</a> . The next update, referring to the situation at the end of January, will be included in the next Data Release, which will be published on 13 February.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/02/2020 12:29:00 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1176095

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2020 to Question 9039 on Buildings: Insulation, whether (a) he and (b) his Ministers have met any groups of affected leaseholders.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	12404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department has had regular correspondence and engagement with leaseholders living in buildings with unsafe cladding, and we are aware of the concerns they have. The Government’s priority is to ensure that unsafe ACM cladding is removed and replaced so that residents feel safe in their homes. The Department has engaged with a named contact for each building to ensure progress is being made.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/02/2020 18:18:25 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 6009 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1176096

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2020 to Question 8382 on Buildings: Fire Prevention, for what reasons it took the Government more than two years to open the ACM remediation fund after the Grenfell Tower fire.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	12405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>In May 2018, the Government made £400 million available to social sector landlords to fund the removal and replacement of unsafe ACM cladding on high-rise residential social housing buildings.</p><p>It became clear that too many private sector building owners were failing to take responsibility to ensure their buildings were made permanently safe, and at no cost to leaseholders. Therefore, the Government committed £200 million for the removal and replacement of unsafe ACM cladding on private sector residential high-rise buildings.</p><p>This funding will remove that barrier. Government intervention to provide funding for the removal of unsafe ACM cladding is wholly exceptional. It is based on the unparalleled fire risk ACM poses, the very real public safety concerns and the abject failure of many building owners to do the right thing by their residents.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/02/2020 12:30:57 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1176097

registered interest
date	04/02/2020
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: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2020 to Question 8382 on Buildings: Fire Prevention, whether an additional fund will be made available to leaseholders in buildings whose homes are currently unmortgageable as a result of the presence of (a) ACM cladding and (b) exterior cladding systems not yet tested by the owner of those buildings.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	12406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>Government has committed £600 million to remediate high-rise residential buildings with unsafe ACM cladding. This Government intervention is wholly exceptional. It is based on the unparalleled fire risk ACM poses at this height. <br> <br> Building safety is the responsibility of the building owner, and they must remedy any safety risks. Building owners should consider all routes to meet costs, protecting leaseholders where they can – for example through warranties and recovering costs from contractors for poor work. <br> <br> However, we do not want the cost to be a barrier to remediation, so the Department is considering options to support leaseholders with Her Majesty’s Treasury. Building Owners should be transparent about any remediation plans with lenders and managing agents.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/02/2020 12:31:33 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft