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1309956

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps his Department has taken to tackle regional inequality.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	914330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>Government is tackling regional inequality through our commitment to level up all corners of the United Kingdom. Our actions include establishing the Levelling up Fund; the UK Community Renewal Fund; the Community Ownership Fund; creating Freeports whilst empowering our regions by devolving money, resources and control away from Westminster.</p><p>Alongside this, the Government has also committed over £35 billion to help councils support their communities and local businesses during the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 914322 question first answered 19/04/2021 16:35:40 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1309957

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When his Department plans to respond to the consultation on raising accessibility standards for new homes, which closed on 1 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	914324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>Evidence gathered will help government work out the best way to raise accessibility standards and we will respond the consultation – once we’ve had the time to give full consideration to the responses received.</p><p>However, most homes were built before standards were introduced; this is why the Disabled Facilities Grant is so important. By the end of this financial year, the Government will have invested over £4 billion through the Disabled Facilities Grant, funding home adaptations – including stair lifts, wet rooms and ramps - to almost 450,000 homes since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 19/04/2021 16:33:18 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1309958

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps his Department has taken to tackle regional inequality.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	914322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>Government is tackling regional inequality through our commitment to level up all corners of the United Kingdom. Our actions include establishing the Levelling up Fund; the UK Community Renewal Fund; the Community Ownership Fund; creating Freeports whilst empowering our regions by devolving money, resources and control away from Westminster.</p><p>Alongside this, the Government has also committed over £35 billion to help councils support their communities and local businesses during the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 914330 question first answered 19/04/2021 16:35:40 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1309959

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to reform planning rules in England.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	914321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>We are transforming the planning system, through recently announced changes and our proposals for ambitious long-term reforms.</p><p>Our White Paper, published in August 2020, proposed comprehensive reform of the planning system.</p><p>We have also published changes to calculating local housing need, to enable more homes to come forward where we need them most, and a National Model Design Code, which will drive up the quality of new development.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 19/04/2021 16:28:16 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1309960

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to increase the supply of new homes.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Anthony Browne
uin	914318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>This Government cares deeply about building more homes. We are working tirelessly with industry to keep the sector open safely through every level of restriction to continue building the new homes this country needs, support home movers, and sustain hundreds of thousands of jobs. I would like to pay tribute to the sector for their support.</p><p>We are investing in supply, with over £12 billion in affordable housing over five years, the largest investment in a decade; and £7.1 billion in the National Home Building Fund, including much-needed new homes on brownfield land.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 19/04/2021 16:27:33 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne

1309961

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Owner Occupation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to promote homeownership.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	914317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>This Government cares deeply about helping even more people to achieve the dream of owning their own home, and turning Generation Rent into Generation Buy.</p><p>And today we see many of the country’s largest lenders launch the new 95% mortgages – backed by the Government’s new mortgage guarantee announced by the Chancellor at last month’s Budget.</p><p>This comes on top of our Shared Ownership reforms, our new Help to Buy scheme, and our First Homes scheme – all of which will help more people get onto the housing ladder and have a home they can call their own.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/04/2021 16:29:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1309962

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Neighbourhood Plans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that neighbourhood plans continue to be prioritised as part of the reformed planning system.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Anthony Mangnall
uin	914313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>Neighbourhood plans are a valuable tool that empower communities to proactively shape what their areas will look like.</p><p>As we set out in the Planning White Paper – neighbourhood plans will continue to play a key role in our reformed planning system.</p><p>Indeed under the new system neighbourhood planning groups will have a stronger role in producing local design codes – setting out the preferences of the local community and the high standards that new development will be expected to meet.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/04/2021 16:29:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4762 label Biography information for Anthony Mangnall

1309963

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Public Sector and Supported Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to implement the policies set out in his Department's recent response to its consultation on supporting housing delivery and public service infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	914312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>To support our town centres, we laid legislation on 31 March for a new permitted development right to allow conversions from the Commercial, Business and Service uses to residential.</p><p>The same legislation gives additional flexibility for development at ports and allows for extensions of hospitals, schools, colleges and prisons.</p><p>Separately, we are aiming to implement a faster planning application process from 1 August for new schools, prisons and hospitals.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 19/04/2021 16:26:31 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1309989

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Social Rented Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the building of homes for social rent from the 7,000 built in 2019 to help address the waiting list of more than 1.1 million households.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL15035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>Local authorities have freedom to set their own criteria determining who qualifies for social housing in their district, through changes introduced in the Localism Act 2011. However, they must ensure that reasonable preference (overall priority) for social housing is given to certain categories of people in housing need, including homeless households, people living in overcrowded housing, and those who have medical and welfare needs.</p><p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of affordable housing and are investing over £12 billion in affordable housing over 5 years, the largest investment in affordable housing in a decade.</p><p>This includes the new £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme, which will provide up to 180,000 new homes across the country, should economic conditions allow. The new programme will deliver more than double the social rent than the current programme, with around 32,000 social rent homes due to be delivered.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 26/04/2021 12:19:49 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1310020

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish their plans about the support they intend to provide to leaseholders in buildings below 18 metres in height that require fire safety remediation work; and what additional support they plan to provide to those leaseholders beyond the provision of the Government-backed loans they announced on 10 February.
tabling member printed	Lord Ravensdale
uin	HL15072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>Between 11 metres and 18 metres the risk profile of buildings is different and will not always require the same level of remediation when risks are identified. However, we want to make sure the residents and leaseholders in these buildings also have peace of mind and financial certainty. That is why the Government has announced a generous financing scheme which will mean that buildings of 11-18 metres in height will be able to access finance for the remediation of unsafe cladding, with a commitment that leaseholders will not need to pay more than £50 a month towards this. By providing this financing scheme we are ensuring that funding is available for remediation, accelerating the process and making homes safer as quickly as possible.</p><p>On 10 February the Government announced it will provide an additional £3.5 billion, which builds on steps already taken to support leaseholders, including £1.6 billion of funding to remediate unsafe cladding, 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. This brings the total investment in building safety to an unprecedented over £5 billion.</p><p>We realise the need to get unsafe cladding remediated as swiftly as possible as public safety is our first priority. We will publish further details as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 26/04/2021 12:20:30 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4715 label Biography information for Lord Ravensdale