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1258121

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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: Pay
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 local authority spending power in the Spending Review 2020, whether (a) payment of the living wage and (b) the £250 minimum pay rise for lower paid staff employed (i) by the council and (ii) on council contracts including social care workers are accounted for in that figure.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	124666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>Local government has the flexibility to agree its own wages for staff and therefore ultimately decisions on wages will be for local authorities to make. Councils and their contractors must, of course, pay the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage. The package announced at Spending Review 2020 – including an estimated 4.5 per cent cash increase in core spending power – includes sufficient resources for them to do this.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 08/12/2020 15:20:12 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1258132

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	Housing: 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, what recent steps he has taken to ensure that leaseholders do not bear the costs of remedial works when their managing agent or building owner is unsuccessful in their application for Building Safety Fund, in (a) Poplar and Limehouse constituency and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	124881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>The Building Safety Fund will cover the removal and replacement of unsafe non-ACM cladding systems on private and social sector high-rise residential buildings over 18m where building owners would not otherwise be able to do so at the pace required.</p><p>On May 26, Government announced the launch of the prospectus for the Building Safety Fund.  The prospectus sets out the buildings and non-ACM cladding systems that are eligible for funding. However, we do not expect Government funding to be the only means of remediating high-rise residential buildings with unsafe cladding systems.</p><p>We expect a significant proportion of the remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding on these buildings to be funded by those responsible for the original work, through warrantees or by building owners and landlords who are able to pay for the remediation without passing on costs to leaseholders.</p><p>The department is investigating solutions to protect leaseholders, and will provide an update</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 08/12/2020 17:53:09 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1258133

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	Landlords
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 recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of legislation in ensuring that enforcement action can be taken against landlords who do not fulfil their legal obligations to tenants.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	124882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities have a range of enforcement powers to protect tenants from landlords that do not fulfil their legal obligations. The Housing Act 2004 gives powers to local authorities to regulate and enforce standards in the private rented sector. The Housing and Planning Act 2016 further introduced civil penalties of up to £30,000 and banning orders for use against the worst and most persistent offenders. Legislation also extended rent repayment orders which require a landlord to repay rent when they have not complied with the law.</p><p>My Department has also created the database of rogue landlords and property agents and, as part of the Renters’ Reform Bill, we have committed to widening access to the database to empower tenants to make more informed choices.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 08/12/2020 17:43:34 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1258140

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	Islamophobia
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 commission independent research on the causes of Islamophobia.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	124888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government keeps its policies on addressing hate crime under review and in doing so draws upon extensive existing research regarding the drivers of anti-Muslim hatred.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 08/12/2020 17:29:17 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum

1258155

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	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, what steps he is taking through the Planning White Paper to balance the building of new homes with the provision of sufficient infrastructure to support growing communities.
tabling member constituency	North Somerset
tabling member printed	Dr Liam Fox
uin	124650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>We understand how important it is to local communities that new housing development is supported by the provision of infrastructure. The proposal to create a new Infrastructure Levy, as set out in the <em>Planning for the Future</em> White Paper, will support a more streamlined and accessible planning system. The new Levy will raise at least as much value as is currently captured through CIL and section 106 and will continue to be collected and spent at the local level, on priorities including infrastructure and affordable housing.</p><p>The consultation on the White Paper closed on 29 October. It is important that we analyse and scrutinise the consultation feedback thoroughly, and we will respond formally.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 08/12/2020 17:54:33 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	223 label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox

1258192

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	Retail Trade: Northern Ireland
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 support his Department is providing (a) directly and (b) to the Northern Ireland Executive to support Northern Ireland’s high streets.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Colum Eastwood
uin	124903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>This Government is fully committed to supporting the businesses and communities that make our high streets and town centres successful, particularly as the nation responds to the impacts of the Covid-19 outbreak. Now more than ever, it is vital that we continue to help our local economies by supporting town centres and high streets, adapt and evolve.</p><p>High streets and town centres policy is a devolved matter. Government officials have worked and will continue to work closely with their counterparts in the devolved administrations on the response to Covid-19 and in the future.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 08/12/2020 17:29:46 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4846 label Biography information for Colum Eastwood

1258214

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the deadline for applications to the Building Safety Fund beyond 31 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	124878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>The timelines for the Building Fund, set out in the prospectus, are intended to incentivise building owners to demonstrate pace of progression with their remediation plans for unsafe buildings. We will keep timelines under review as we continue through the application process.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 122739 question first answered 08/12/2020 17:51:13 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1258223

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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	Rented Housing: Coronavirus
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 number of households that have fallen into rent arrears with (a) private landlords and (b) social housing providers as a result of the covid-19 outbreak, in (i) Coventry North East constituency, (ii) Coventry, (iii) the West Midlands and (iv) England; and what steps his Department is taking to protect renters during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	124768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government has put in place an unprecedented financial package, which is supporting renters with their housing costs. This includes support for businesses to pay staff salaries through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, which has been extended until March 2021. We have also boosted the welfare system, including increasing Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit by up to £1,040 for the year and increasing Local Housing Allowance rates so that they cover the lowest 30 per cent of market rents. For those who require additional support, Discretionary Housing Payments are available. As announced at the spending round for 2020/21 there is £180 million for local authorities to distribute in Discretionary Housing Payments for supporting renters with housing costs in the private and social rented sectors.</p><p>Under the Coronavirus Act 2020, landlords are required to give tenants 6 months’ notice except in the most serious circumstances such as anti-social behaviour, fraud and arrears of more than 6 months. Housing possession cases were suspended in the courts from 27 March until 20 September. Landlords are now once again able to progress their claims, and the most serious cases are being prioritised by the courts. To further protect tenants, the Government has changed the law to ensure bailiffs do not enforce evictions in England until 11 January 2021, except in the most serious circumstances such as illegal occupation, anti-social behaviour or rent arrears of more than 9 months accrued before 23 March.</p><p>The Department does not currently hold information on the number of households within the private and social rented sectors that have fallen into rent arrears in Coventry North East constituency, Coventry, the West Midlands and England as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak.</p><p>The Regulator of Social Housing’s quarterly survey report for July to September 2020 (which is based on regulatory returns from private registered providers and private registered provider groups that own or manage more than 1,000 homes) shows that mean current tenant arrears stood at 3.98 per cent at the end of September. The equivalent figure in the same quarter of 2019/20 was 3.71 per cent. This information is for private registered providers in England and does not include local authorities. The report is available online at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fquarterly-survey-of-private-registered-providers&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKatarzyna.Pogorzelska%40communities.gov.uk%7C8e87b681659b4f3ab18a08d89aa4aff9%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637429379395888759%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=YaGeKQyOtM%2FWIo0W9PdlnNttsdJX1HCsWFnEUcNKc6w%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/quarterly-survey-of-private-registered-providers</a></p><p><br>We are carrying out a data collection to gather information on the impact COVID-19 is having on local authority finances. Data from these returns indicate that Housing Revenue Account residential rent arrears for local authorities for April to October 2020 is estimated at £101.265 million.</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Flocal-authority-covid-19-financial-impact-monitoring-information&amp;data=04%7C01%7CKatarzyna.Pogorzelska%40communities.gov.uk%7C8e87b681659b4f3ab18a08d89aa4aff9%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637429379395898719%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=INHDfssG3Wj76ctHWnO5%2FyUPs2t9zgdI0uu0QC%2FsTo4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-covid-19-financial-impact-monitoring-information</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 08/12/2020 17:48:39 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1258268

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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: Elections
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 resources his Department plans to provide to Local Authorities organising elections for May 2021 to ensure that those elections are carried out in a covid secure way.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	124759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>My Department and the Cabinet Office have been working together with the Electoral Commission, the Association of Electoral Administrators, the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives, the Local Government Association, and Public Health England, to identify and resolve challenges presented by the impact of Covid-19 to the delivery of the local and mayoral elections in England and the Police and Crime Commissioner elections in England and Wales in May 2021.</p><p> </p><p>In the Spending Review we are making available £1.55 billion to local authorities to support the costs of Covid-19 in 2021-22. We have also received specific requests for additional Covid related local election costs to be supported. We will set out more detail about the £1.55 billion in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 08/12/2020 17:25:18 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1258272

registered interest
date	03/12/2020
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: Reorganisation
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 his Department has received proposals on restructuring from local authorities in Cumbria, North Yorkshire and Somerset.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	124761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2020 answer text <p>Councils in North Yorkshire, Somerset and Cumbria have until 9 December to submit their final proposals for local government reorganisation. We have already received more than one outline proposal from each area. All proposals received will be carefully considered.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 08/12/2020 15:20:31 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed