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1287913

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	UK Shared Prosperity 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, what steps he is taking to ensure that a proportion of the Shared Prosperity Fund will be ringfenced for spending in each of the devolved regions; and whether such sums will reflect historic allocations of Structural Funds based on relative need rather than the Barnett Formula.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	156633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will help to level up and create opportunity across the UK in places most in need, such as ex-industrial areas, deprived towns and rural and coastal communities, and for people who face labour market barriers.</p><p>The November 2020 Spending Review set out the main strategic elements of the UKSPF in the Heads of Terms.  The Government will publish a UK-wide investment framework in 2021 and confirm multiyear funding profiles at the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 02/03/2021 15:29:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1287924

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	Green Belt: Coventry South
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 steps the Government is taking to ensure that greenbelt land surrounding Coventry South constituency is protected from development.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	156592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>This Government will continue to support the protection and enhancement of the Green Belt and other valued greenfield land, and to strongly encourage re-use of suitable brownfield land for development, in line with manifesto commitments and our National Planning Policy Framework. The Framework states that most new building is inappropriate in Green Belt and should be refused planning permission unless there are very special circumstances, and that only in exceptional circumstances may a Green Belt boundary be altered. We have been clear in our reform proposals, set out in the White Paper <em>Planning for the Future,</em> that existing policy for protecting the Green Belt would remain.</p><p>Consultation on the White Paper closed on 29 October 2020. My Department is undertaking further detailed policy development on individual elements of the proposals, and we will announce any next steps as soon as practicable.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/03/2021 14:57:03 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1288001

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	Planning Permission: Cultural Heritage
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 potential merits of strengthening protection for heritage in the planning system.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	156369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the ongoing protection of the historic environment. In our recent Planning for the Future White Paper, we have set out our intention to review and update the planning framework for listed buildings and conservation areas, to ensure their significance is conserved while allowing, where appropriate, sympathetic changes to support their continued use and address climate change.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/03/2021 14:48:18 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1288135

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	Housing: 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, what financial support is available for leaseholders whose buildings have historical fire safety defects other than cladding and are not eligible for the Building Safety Fund.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	156283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>Longstanding independent safety advice has been clear that unsafe cladding poses the greatest risk to buildings because it can act as a fuel to a fire. Our approach prioritises action on the risks of unsafe cladding – the costs for remediating this are high, and the risks posed by it are also high. The package of financial measures announced on 10 February therefore focuses on cladding remediation.</p><p>This builds on steps already taken to support leaseholders, including the £30 million waking watch fund to help end excessive costs and new legislation in the Building Safety Bill which will ensure homes are made and kept safer in future.</p><p>However, this does not absolve building owners of their responsibility to ensure their buildings are safe. Government guidance is clear that building safety is the responsibility of building owners and we have given expert advice on a range of safety issues to provide clarity.</p><p>The Government has also allocated additional funding to the Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE) to provide independent, free, initial advice to leaseholders on building safety issues to ensure they are aware of their rights and are supported to understand the terms of their leases.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/03/2021 14:58:08 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1288238

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	Help to Buy Scheme: 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 he plans to extend the interest free period on Help To Buy Loans for leaseholders living in buildings with unsafe cladding.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	156607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government has announced a globally unprecedented investment in building safety and hundreds of thousands of leaseholders will be protected from the cost of replacing unsafe cladding on their homes</p><p><br>Government will provide grant funding worth over £5 billion for the removal of unsafe cladding on buildings over 18 metres.</p><p>Lower-rise buildings between 11 and 18 metres, with a lower risk to safety, will gain new protection from the costs of cladding removal through a generous new financing scheme. The Government is conscious of the need to make any financing scheme affordable for leaseholders. That is why we have said that any financing scheme will have a £50 a month cap.</p><p>We will publish more details on how these will work alongside existing funds (including the Building Safety Fund (BSF)) soon. There are no plans to extend the interest-free period on Help to Buy Equity Loans.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/03/2021 14:42:41 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1288241

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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 he plans to make support available to people in buildings deemed unsafe as a result of cladding or other fire safety issues who have seen recent increases in their building insurance premiums.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	156609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government is aware that some leaseholders in high rise residential buildings are receiving very high building insurance premiums. The Department is working to understand this better and, with the insurance industry, to scope out potential resolutions. The Department has engaged directly with insurers and leaseholders on building insurance</p><p><br> The Minister for Building Safety is due to hold a further roundtable with both insurers and leaseholders later this month to address the issue of unaffordable building insurance specifically.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/03/2021 16:35:39 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1288251

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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 Safety 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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using the same criteria to determine the eligibility for the Building Safety Fund as used for the EWS1 system to ensure leaseholders whose buildings who fail the EWS1 scheme can access financial support for remediation work.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	156284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The key eligibility criteria for the Building Safety Fund is the presence of the unsafe non-ACM cladding and the height of the building which should be at least 18 metres, as set out in the prospectus for the Fund at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBSP_PQ%40communities.gov.uk%7C65993523eedf44314e7c08d8d974efa1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637498443539682700%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=Jl7GqXAB%2FoBeLlHtIxRROzhLBa1J3ywFUMxuCXJm2a4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings</a>. This reflects the exceptional fire risk that certain cladding products pose at that height, as previously noted by Dame Judith Hackitt observed in her independent report. Government guidance is clear that building safety is the responsibility of building owners and we have given expert advice on a range of safety issues to provide clarity on buildings of all heights.</p><p>The EWS1 process is an industry led approach to assess financial risk to inform valuation for mortgage purposes. The EWS1 process is not a safety certificate and a building cannot ‘fail’ an EWS1 assessment.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/03/2021 14:41:41 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1288284

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	Housing: Wealden
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason housing allocations in the Wealden district council area are based not on 2018 population projections but on 2014 data used in the Current Standard Method.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Ms Nusrat Ghani
uin	156455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>Following consultation last year on the standard method for assessing local housing need, and after a year of uncertainty due to COVID-19, it became apparent that it was particularly important to provide stability and certainty for plan-making and decision-making. This is so local areas can plan based on a method and level of ambition that they are familiar with. <br> <br> The Government therefore carefully considered whether to use the 2018-based household projections and concluded that, in the interests of stability for local planning and for local communities, it will continue to expect only the use of the 2014-based household projections. This gives local areas the best possible chance of meeting the deadline of December 2023, the date by which all authorities are expected to have up-to-date plans.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/03/2021 14:48:56 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

1288285

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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 Infrastructure Levy
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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of the community infrastructure levy and infrastructure levy falling due within 12 months of planning permission being granted to help deliver infrastructure with and in advance of housing.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Ms Nusrat Ghani
uin	156456
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) must be paid within sixty days of works commencing on a development, unless an authority chooses to exercise discretion by setting its own instalment policy allowing payment over a longer term. An authority is also able to make use of temporary flexibilities to defer payments from small or medium enterprises, introduced in response to COVID-19. Overall therefore, CIL payments can, and often will, be payable, and be available to an authority to fund infrastructure, prior to the completion of the development liable to pay.</p><p>However, we intend to reform the current approach to developer contributions by creating a new, single system, the Infrastructure Levy. This new levy would be a flat rate, value-based charge, set nationally, at either a single rate, or at area specific rates, and charged on the final value of a development. We also intend to allow authorities to borrow against revenues from the new levy to better enable them to forward fund infrastructure.</p><p>Our proposals were set out in our ‘Planning for the Future’ consultation which closed on 29 October. We are analysing the consultation feedback thoroughly and holding meetings with industry and local authority representatives to understand the effects of our proposals. We will respond formally as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/03/2021 14:59:25 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

1288288

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	Housing: Wealden
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 plans he has in place to ensure that housing allocations take into account protected areas in Wealden which has no green belt but with the Ashdown Forest and the protected Pevensey Levels is more than 60 per cent AONB.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Ms Nusrat Ghani
uin	156457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>The standard method for assessing local housing need is only the starting point in the process of planning for new homes, it is not a housing target. Local authorities will still need to consider the constraints they face locally, to assess how many homes can be delivered in their area.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that great weight should be given to conserving and enhancing landscape and scenic beauty in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Specific strong protections are enshrined for protected areas or assets of particular importance within footnote 6 of the Framework, including, for example, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Sites of Special Scientific Interest, Green Belt, irreplaceable habitats, and designated heritage assets.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/03/2021 14:55:29 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani