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1226136

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Government funding for local authorities in England.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	904966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>We have now made £4.3 billion available to local authorities to address expenditure pressures caused by COVID-19, including £3.7 billion of unringfenced grants and the £600 million Infection Control Fund.</p><p>We are using monthly data collections and conversations with councils and the LGA to refine our assessment of costs and develop a good understanding of the pressures local authorities are currently facing.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 20/07/2020 16:28:24 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1226138

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	Local Government Finance: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps the Government is taking to tackle the risk of local authorities becoming insolvent as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	904970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>We recognise the additional costs and pressures councils are facing as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak. We have made £3.7 billion available to councils through an un-ringfenced grant so they can address these pressures. We will continue to work with local government to ensure they are managing as the pandemic progresses.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 20/07/2020 16:28:45 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1226141

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	Derelict Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to support housebuilding on brownfield land.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Jo Gideon
uin	904976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>I’m delighted that the Prime Minister recently announced that seven Mayoral Combined Authorities, including the West Midlands Combined Authority, are each receiving a share of the £400 million Brownfield Housing Fund. This will help unlock 26,000 homes by bringing under-utilised brownfield land back into use and contribute to the levelling-up our country.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 904977 question first answered 20/07/2020 16:39:40 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4817 label Biography information for Jo Gideon

1226142

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	Derelict Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to support housebuilding on brownfield land.
tabling member constituency	Stourbridge
tabling member printed	Suzanne Webb
uin	904977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>I’m delighted that the Prime Minister recently announced that seven Mayoral Combined Authorities, including the West Midlands Combined Authority, are each receiving a share of the £400 million Brownfield Housing Fund. This will help unlock 26,000 homes by bringing under-utilised brownfield land back into use and contribute to the levelling-up our country.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 904976 question first answered 20/07/2020 16:39:40 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4802 label Biography information for Suzanne Webb

1226144

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	Local Enterprise Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What guidance his Department issues to local authorities on their membership of local enterprise partnerships; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lichfield
tabling member printed	Michael Fabricant
uin	904980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Department has provided clear guidance on the membership of Local Enterprise Partnerships through our National Local Growth Assurance Framework.</p><p>Each Local Enterprise Partnership is required to set out the membership requirements of their Board and Sub-Boards in a Local Assurance Framework which should be published on their website.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 20/07/2020 16:30:09 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	280 label Biography information for Michael Fabricant

1226145

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	Sleeping Rough: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress he has made on finding accommodation for rough sleepers during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	904981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>On 26<sup>th</sup> March I wrote to local authority leaders, asking them to bring ‘Everybody In’.</p><p>We saw a phenomenal response; due to the hard work of councils, charities and volunteers, 15,000 rough sleepers and vulnerable people have been housed in hotels and other forms of emergency accommodation, since the start of the pandemic.</p><p>We are also providing £105 million for interim accommodation and £160 million for long term accommodation, which includes funding to make 3,300 new supported homes available in the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 20/07/2020 16:27:21 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1226164

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	Roma Holocaust Memorial Day
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to mark Roma Holocaust Memorial Day on 2 August.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL6994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2020 answer text <p>Every year we honour the memory of the Roma and Sinti population murdered by the Nazi's at the annual Holocaust Memorial Day commemorations on 27 January. The 2nd of August marks the liquidation of the Gypsy Family camp' at Auschwitz-Birkenau and this year due to the restrictions on gatherings brought about by the Covid -19 pandemic we will be honouring the memory of the Roma and Sinti men, women and children murdered by the Nazi's on social media.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 31/07/2020 13:42:00 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1226174

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	Change of Use
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on affordable housing provision of permitted development rules on the conversion of buildings into homes; and what plans they have to review these rules in response to any emerging evidence indicating a detrimental impact on affordable housing.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thornhill
uin	HL7004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2020 answer text <p>Permitted development rights for change of use to residential are making an important contribution to housing delivery, largely providing windfall housing that may otherwise not have been delivered through the planning system. The rights make effective use of existing buildings and help boost housing density, as part of our broader housing ambitions, without the need to build on greenfield sites.</p><p>In response to concerns raised in respect of the quality of some of the homes delivered through permitted development rights we now require adequate natural light to be provided in habitable rooms. The independent research informing our review has been published and is available at the following (attached) link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fquality-standard-of-homes-delivered-through-change-of-use-permitted-development-rights&amp;data=02%7C01%7CPaulG.Martin%40communities.gov.uk%7C81821add79c04cf440ea08d82d83832b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637309390140818244&amp;sdata=Iq4eaEyxyLm38%2FWQVDhkLjlO6UFs0kq0AQFaeJVawv4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/quality-standard-of-homes-delivered-through-change-of-use-permitted-development-rights</a></p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL7005 HL7006 HL7008 HL7009 question first answered 31/07/2020 13:44:06 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh attachment 1 file name 200731 Research_report_quality_PDR_homes - HL7004.pdf title permitted development rights
tabling member	4558 label Biography information for Baroness Thornhill

1226175

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	Business Premises: Change of Use
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the quality of homes resulting from permitted development rights to convert offices to residential use.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thornhill
uin	HL7005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2020 answer text <p>Permitted development rights for change of use to residential are making an important contribution to housing delivery, largely providing windfall housing that may otherwise not have been delivered through the planning system. The rights make effective use of existing buildings and help boost housing density, as part of our broader housing ambitions, without the need to build on greenfield sites.</p><p>In response to concerns raised in respect of the quality of some of the homes delivered through permitted development rights we now require adequate natural light to be provided in habitable rooms. The independent research informing our review has been published and is available at the following (attached) link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fquality-standard-of-homes-delivered-through-change-of-use-permitted-development-rights&amp;data=02%7C01%7CPaulG.Martin%40communities.gov.uk%7C81821add79c04cf440ea08d82d83832b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637309390140818244&amp;sdata=Iq4eaEyxyLm38%2FWQVDhkLjlO6UFs0kq0AQFaeJVawv4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/quality-standard-of-homes-delivered-through-change-of-use-permitted-development-rights</a></p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL7004 HL7006 HL7008 HL7009 question first answered 31/07/2020 13:44:07 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh attachment 1 file name 200731 Research_report_quality_PDR_homes - HL7004.pdf title permitted development rights
tabling member	4558 label Biography information for Baroness Thornhill

1226176

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	Change of Use
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when their review of permitted development rights for the conversion of buildings to residential use in respect of the quality standard of homes delivered will be published.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thornhill
uin	HL7006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2020 answer text <p>Permitted development rights for change of use to residential are making an important contribution to housing delivery, largely providing windfall housing that may otherwise not have been delivered through the planning system. The rights make effective use of existing buildings and help boost housing density, as part of our broader housing ambitions, without the need to build on greenfield sites.</p><p>In response to concerns raised in respect of the quality of some of the homes delivered through permitted development rights we now require adequate natural light to be provided in habitable rooms. The independent research informing our review has been published and is available at the following (attached) link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fquality-standard-of-homes-delivered-through-change-of-use-permitted-development-rights&amp;data=02%7C01%7CPaulG.Martin%40communities.gov.uk%7C81821add79c04cf440ea08d82d83832b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637309390140818244&amp;sdata=Iq4eaEyxyLm38%2FWQVDhkLjlO6UFs0kq0AQFaeJVawv4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/quality-standard-of-homes-delivered-through-change-of-use-permitted-development-rights</a></p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL7004 HL7005 HL7008 HL7009 question first answered 31/07/2020 13:44:07 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh attachment 1 file name 200731 Research_report_quality_PDR_homes - HL7004.pdf title permitted development rights
tabling member	4558 label Biography information for Baroness Thornhill