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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

1226143

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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What additional support he is providing to local authorities during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Tom Randall
uin	904978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>Government recognises the pressures councils face from Covid-19. We are providing councils with an unprecedented package of support, allocating £4.3 billion for spending pressures, including £3.7 billion of unringfenced grants and the £600 million Infection Control Fund.</p><p>Overall, Government has committed nearly £28 billion to support councils, their communities and businesses.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 20/07/2020 16:29:49 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4845 label Biography information for Tom Randall

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

1226146

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	First Time Buyers: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to help first-time buyers to purchase their own homes.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	Andy Carter
uin	904982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>This Government will reset our national homeownership offer – ensuring local people and key workers have the opportunity to build a life in their own community.</p><p>First Homes, our new homeownership programme, will discount homes by at least 30 per cent for key workers, local people, and first-time buyers – including those who have done so much to respond to the Covid-19 outbreak. We recently closed our consultation on First Homes and will publish our response soon.</p><p>At the same time our new £12 billion investment in affordable homes will create thousands of new homes for Shared Ownership.</p><p>And all of this adds to other Government-backed schemes, including Help to Buy, which have supported over 627,000 households into homeownership since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 20/07/2020 16:26:21 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4791 label Biography information for Andy Carter

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

1226177

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	Westferry Printworks: Planning Permission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government sought advice from officials as to whether the Westferry Printworks scheme would proceed if the Community Infrastructure Levy was applied to it; and, if so, what advice he received on this matter.
tabling member printed	Lord Strasburger
uin	HL7007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2020 answer text <p>All the advice requested and received from officials on this case, other than personal information and that subject to legal professional privilege, was placed on gov.uk and in the Libraries of the House. The Planning Inspector’s report noted that if the decision was taken after the adoption of the new Local Plan and CIL schedule, the viability of the scheme might be compromised.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 31/07/2020 13:42:36 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4204 label Biography information for Lord Strasburger