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1130071

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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 22 May 2019 to Question 254199 on Buildings: Insulation, whether the Fire Protection Association has sourced the required materials to enable the BS 8414 test of a High Pressure Laminate cladding system to be carried out.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	260655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Preparations for the test are progressing as intended.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/06/2019 15:47:31 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1130074

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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 commission further large scale tests on standard grade Euroclass D high pressure laminate cladding.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	260656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer of 22 March 2019 to Question UIN 235776.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/06/2019 15:47:48 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1130078

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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, what discussions his Department has had with (a) distributors and (b) manufacturers of high pressure laminate cladding on the use of fire retardant and standard grade cladding.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	260657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department is in regular contact with industry representatives on a wide range of subjects including the use of construction products. The Department has not had any direct discussions with distributors and manufacturers of high pressure laminate panels on the use of fire retardant and standard grade cladding.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/06/2019 15:48:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1130079

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
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 22 May 2019 to Question 254199 on Buildings: Insulation, whom his Department plans to invite to witness the BS 8414 test of a High Pressure Laminate cladding system which is due to be carried out by the Fire Protection Association.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	260658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Members of the Independent Expert Advisory Panel have been invited to witness the test. The Department is currently finalising the list of other organisations who will be invited to witness the test.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/06/2019 15:48:12 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1129618

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Environmental Health and Trading Standards
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 to increase the number of (a) environmental health officers and (b) trading standards officers after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	259844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The local staffing for the delivery of regulatory services is a matter for those local authorities that have the statutory responsibility. Government has provided resources and support for councils for Brexit preparations. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has made £58 million available to help councils prepare for and manage EU exit. The FSA has already made £4 million available in total so far (£2 million in 18/19, and £2 million in 19/20) for ensuring that food safety obligations are met in the event of a no deal Exit. DEFRA made 200 free training places available to help with the signing of Environmental Health Certificates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 10/06/2019 11:40:42 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1129642

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Coal
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 consideration he has made of the implications of the level of stockpiles of coal for planning decisions on new and proposed coal mining operations, including those currently under consideration or review.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	259967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to clean growth and is taking action to reduce our reliance on coal. We have set out our aim to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025 and we are also taking action to reduce coal use in industry and heating.</p><p>Our world leading plans to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025 are expected to further this trend, and I am delighted that 30 countries, 22 states and cities, and 28 businesses have signed up to our Powering Past Coal Alliance.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that planning permission should not be granted for the extraction of coal unless the proposal is environmentally acceptable or the national, local or community benefits outweigh its likely impacts. The Framework is a material consideration in the determination of all applications for coal extraction in England. Given my quasi-judicial role in the planning system, it would not be appropriate to comment on the merits of current or future planning applications for coal extraction.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 259968 259969 question first answered 10/06/2019 15:55:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1129644

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Coal: Opencast Mining
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 introduce urgently a presumption against all applications for deep or opencast coal mines in England.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	259969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to clean growth and is taking action to reduce our reliance on coal. We have set out our aim to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025 and we are also taking action to reduce coal use in industry and heating.</p><p>Our world leading plans to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025 are expected to further this trend, and I am delighted that 30 countries, 22 states and cities, and 28 businesses have signed up to our Powering Past Coal Alliance.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that planning permission should not be granted for the extraction of coal unless the proposal is environmentally acceptable or the national, local or community benefits outweigh its likely impacts. The Framework is a material consideration in the determination of all applications for coal extraction in England. Given my quasi-judicial role in the planning system, it would not be appropriate to comment on the merits of current or future planning applications for coal extraction.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 259967 259968 question first answered 10/06/2019 15:55:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1129683

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Empty Property: Shops
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 estimate he has made of the number of empty shops on high streets in (a) Coventry and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	259854
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government receives information relating to the vacancy rates in the UK from the Local Data Company. As of June 2019 the vacancy rate for Coventry was 15.2 per cent and in Great Britain was 11.7 per cent according to the Local Data Company. This information is not currently reported centrally and is not publicly available. For this reason, in Autumn Budget 2018, as part of Our Plan for the High Street, we committed to piloting a publicly available register of empty commercial properties in selected local authorities, to help improve transparency and make it easier to bring vacant properties back into use. We are currently working on the detail of the pilot and will make a further announcement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 10/06/2019 14:36:21 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1129718

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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, what information his Department hold on the number of fire safety tests on non-aluminium composite material cladding in the UK that have resulted in that cladding being removed from residential blocks since June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	260012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The number of fire safety tests on non-aluminium composite material cladding in the UK that have resulted in that cladding being removed from residential blocks since June 2017 is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/06/2019 15:49:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1129721

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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 Regulations and Fire Safety Independent Review
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 his Department's December 2018 implementation plan entitled Building a safer future, if he will publish (a) the organisations involved in the implementation plan and (b) the remit of the (i) Competence Steering Group, (ii) Competence Steering Group sub-working groups, (iii) Industry Safety Steering Group, and (iv) all other industry working groups set up in response to the Hackitt Review.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	260097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Following the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, our implementation plan set out a far-reaching work programme to deliver a reformed building safety system. In addition to the findings of the Review, we have considered a wide range of evidence, views and concerns expressed since the Grenfell Tower fire including representations to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry; over 200 responses to the Review’s Final Report, gathered in a listening exercise over the summer; and a report from the House of Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee. The consultation published on 6 June, <em>Building a safer future: proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory system</em>, invites views from the public and all interested stakeholders on how we propose to take forward meaningful legislative reform.</p><p>The Competence Steering Group and its sub-working groups were established by the construction and fire safety sectors in response to the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety. Their remit is to develop proposals for a robust and coherent overarching system for overseeing competence requirements, and to raise competence within relevant disciplines involved in the design, construction, inspection, maintenance and management of buildings in scope of the Review. The Group expects to publish its full report covering recommendations from all working groups in June 2019 for an industry-led consultation. More information on the Competence Steering Group and its working groups can be found in the group’s second quarterly report published on the Construction Industry Council’s website: <a href="http://cic.org.uk/admin/resources/second-quarterly-report-october-2019-electronic-version.pdf" target="_blank">http://cic.org.uk/admin/resources/second-quarterly-report-october-2019-electronic-version.pdf</a>.</p><p>The industry safety steering group (ISSG) has been established to encourage culture change across industry and to monitor industry’s progress with implementing the recommendations in the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety. The terms of reference for the group are published on GOV.UK <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/801470/TOR.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/801470/TOR.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/06/2019 14:41:52 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones