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993613

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2018 to Question 176357, whether his Department has any plans to regulate or monitor the provision of accessible homes in the UK as a strategic priority.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	182831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government‘s Building Regulations Advisory Committee is presently scoping a review of relevant guidance (Part M of the Building Regulations guidance), which will include a strategic look at the impact of accessible housing standards on provision.</p><p>A recent report by Habinteg indicates that the use of accessible housing standards by local planning authorities is increasing. The Government also continues to survey the accessible features of homes at regular intervals through the English Housing Survey.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 31/10/2018 16:05:58 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

993624

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Estate Agents: Disclosure of Information
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 estate agents are required to disclose the criminal convictions of a previous occupant of a property to a potential new occupant.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	182744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team have published guidance in this area. It would depend on the type, seriousness and age of the convictions. The estate agent would need to determine whether the conviction would have a material impact on the purchaser's future in the property. For example, would they have paid the asking price, or bought the property in the first place had they known.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/10/2018 13:19:17 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

993734

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Antisocial Behaviour: Cars
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 local government powers to tackle car cruising.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	182731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government has not met the Secretary of State for Justice to discuss car cruising.</p><p>The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of flexible powers that they can use to respond quickly and effectively to different forms of anti-social and nuisance behaviour.</p><p>The powers include the Community Protection Notice which can be used by the police or the local authority to deal with particular problems or nuisances, including noise related, that are having a persistent or continuing and detrimental effect on the quality of life of those in the locality; the Civil Injunction which allows the police, local councils and other local agencies to apply to the court for an injunction against an individual or individuals in a range of circumstances where their behaviour is causing, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress; a Criminal Behaviour Order which can be issued by a court against an individual convicted of an offence to stop the behaviour of the most destructive individuals; a Public Spaces Protection Order which councils can issue to stop people committing anti-social behaviour in a public space; a Dispersal Power which can be used by the police to move-on problem groups or individuals; and a Closure Power which the police and councils can use to close premises that are a magnet for trouble.</p><p>The powers in the 2014 Act are deliberately local in nature, and it is for local agencies to determine whether their use is appropriate in the specific circumstances which apply.</p><p>The police also have the power under section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002 to seize vehicles. This can be as a result of using a vehicle in a careless and inconsiderate manner, contrary to the Road Traffic Act 1988, and in a manner causing alarm, distress or annoyance to members of the public. Before so doing, a constable is required to give a warning that the vehicle will be seized unless the behaviour stops. The only exception is where a warning is impractical, or has already been given on that occasion, or given to the same person within the previous 12 months. The requirement for a warning provides people with the chance to stop their behaviour of their own accord and ensures the power of seizure is only used when necessary. Seizure, if carried out, puts an immediate stop to the behaviour in question. The seizure is not permanent: the owner can reclaim the vehicle on payment of prescribed removal and storage charges.</p><p>Any assessment of the effectiveness of these powers would be a matter for the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 182732 182733 question first answered 26/10/2018 10:52:11 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

993735

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Antisocial Behaviour: Cars
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 help local authorities tackle car cruising.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	182732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government has not met the Secretary of State for Justice to discuss car cruising.</p><p>The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of flexible powers that they can use to respond quickly and effectively to different forms of anti-social and nuisance behaviour.</p><p>The powers include the Community Protection Notice which can be used by the police or the local authority to deal with particular problems or nuisances, including noise related, that are having a persistent or continuing and detrimental effect on the quality of life of those in the locality; the Civil Injunction which allows the police, local councils and other local agencies to apply to the court for an injunction against an individual or individuals in a range of circumstances where their behaviour is causing, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress; a Criminal Behaviour Order which can be issued by a court against an individual convicted of an offence to stop the behaviour of the most destructive individuals; a Public Spaces Protection Order which councils can issue to stop people committing anti-social behaviour in a public space; a Dispersal Power which can be used by the police to move-on problem groups or individuals; and a Closure Power which the police and councils can use to close premises that are a magnet for trouble.</p><p>The powers in the 2014 Act are deliberately local in nature, and it is for local agencies to determine whether their use is appropriate in the specific circumstances which apply.</p><p>The police also have the power under section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002 to seize vehicles. This can be as a result of using a vehicle in a careless and inconsiderate manner, contrary to the Road Traffic Act 1988, and in a manner causing alarm, distress or annoyance to members of the public. Before so doing, a constable is required to give a warning that the vehicle will be seized unless the behaviour stops. The only exception is where a warning is impractical, or has already been given on that occasion, or given to the same person within the previous 12 months. The requirement for a warning provides people with the chance to stop their behaviour of their own accord and ensures the power of seizure is only used when necessary. Seizure, if carried out, puts an immediate stop to the behaviour in question. The seizure is not permanent: the owner can reclaim the vehicle on payment of prescribed removal and storage charges.</p><p>Any assessment of the effectiveness of these powers would be a matter for the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 182731 182733 question first answered 26/10/2018 10:52:11 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

993736

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Antisocial Behaviour: Cars
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 he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on tackling car cruising.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	182733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government has not met the Secretary of State for Justice to discuss car cruising.</p><p>The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of flexible powers that they can use to respond quickly and effectively to different forms of anti-social and nuisance behaviour.</p><p>The powers include the Community Protection Notice which can be used by the police or the local authority to deal with particular problems or nuisances, including noise related, that are having a persistent or continuing and detrimental effect on the quality of life of those in the locality; the Civil Injunction which allows the police, local councils and other local agencies to apply to the court for an injunction against an individual or individuals in a range of circumstances where their behaviour is causing, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress; a Criminal Behaviour Order which can be issued by a court against an individual convicted of an offence to stop the behaviour of the most destructive individuals; a Public Spaces Protection Order which councils can issue to stop people committing anti-social behaviour in a public space; a Dispersal Power which can be used by the police to move-on problem groups or individuals; and a Closure Power which the police and councils can use to close premises that are a magnet for trouble.</p><p>The powers in the 2014 Act are deliberately local in nature, and it is for local agencies to determine whether their use is appropriate in the specific circumstances which apply.</p><p>The police also have the power under section 59 of the Police Reform Act 2002 to seize vehicles. This can be as a result of using a vehicle in a careless and inconsiderate manner, contrary to the Road Traffic Act 1988, and in a manner causing alarm, distress or annoyance to members of the public. Before so doing, a constable is required to give a warning that the vehicle will be seized unless the behaviour stops. The only exception is where a warning is impractical, or has already been given on that occasion, or given to the same person within the previous 12 months. The requirement for a warning provides people with the chance to stop their behaviour of their own accord and ensures the power of seizure is only used when necessary. Seizure, if carried out, puts an immediate stop to the behaviour in question. The seizure is not permanent: the owner can reclaim the vehicle on payment of prescribed removal and storage charges.</p><p>Any assessment of the effectiveness of these powers would be a matter for the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 182731 182732 question first answered 26/10/2018 10:52:11 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

993738

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Brexit
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 statutory instruments related to the UK leaving the EU that will need to be passed which will be sponsored by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	182686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government remains confident of ensuring a functioning statute book as we leave the EU. All statutory instruments are being published on <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/" target="_blank">legislation.gov.uk</a>, and the Government has committed that statutory instruments relating to EU Exit will be clearly titled. To date, my department has laid four such statutory instruments.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/11/2018 15:19:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

993762

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many times developers have been fined in England and Wales for a breach of planning permissions in 2017; and what the value was of those fines.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	182879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>My Department does not hold specific information on court fines for breaches of planning control. The Government is clear that effective enforcement is important to tackle breaches of planning control. We have given local authorities a wide range of enforcement powers, with strong penalties for non-compliance. Effective use of these powers is important as a means of maintaining public confidence in the planning system.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 182880 question first answered 31/10/2018 16:06:34 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

993763

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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: Fines
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 publish the 10 most common breaches for which developers were fined in England and Wales for breach of planning permissions in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	182880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>My Department does not hold specific information on court fines for breaches of planning control. The Government is clear that effective enforcement is important to tackle breaches of planning control. We have given local authorities a wide range of enforcement powers, with strong penalties for non-compliance. Effective use of these powers is important as a means of maintaining public confidence in the planning system.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 182879 question first answered 31/10/2018 16:06:34 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

993842

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
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	Travellers: Hate Crime
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 18 July (HL9254), what steps they are taking with media agencies and the Ofcom to combat hate crime and discrimination against Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities; and what assessment they have made of the findings in the report by Goldsmiths, University of London, Recognise, Report, Resolve, published in June, of hate speech frequently being published on the comments sections of media outlets’ websites.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL10975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>We are clear that there is no place for hate speech anywhere in society. While freedom of speech is a vital cornerstone of our society, everybody must remember that they have responsibilities not to spread hatred or fear.</p><p>As part of the EU High Level Group on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Other Forms of Intolerance, the UK has been a leading voice in the creation of a voluntary EU Code of Conduct which holds social media companies responsible for the removal of all illegal hate speech from their platforms within 24 hours. Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Microsoft, Instagram and other internet companies have signed this Code and the third monitoring exercise in December 2017 showed that the companies removed on average 70 per cent of illegal hate speech notified to them.</p><p>As part of the Hate Crime Action Plan, the Government has supported the Society of Editors to produce a Moderation Guide for online comments, which will be revisited in our continuing work with the Society of Editors and Independent Press Standards Organisation to update the Reporting Diversity booklet. This will consider hatred against Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities alongside other racially and religiously motivated hatred.</p><p>Additionally, in line with the recommendations given in the report Recognise, Report, Resolve, we support efforts to improve awareness and reporting of hate crime, including through our £55,000 grant to HertsGATE (Gypsy and Traveller Empowerment), to work to encourage reporting of hate crime in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 05/11/2018 13:27:17 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker

992819

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
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 information his Department holds on the number of planning applications for new homes that comply with (a) Category 2 and (b) Category 3 of volume 1 of Part M of the Building Regulations.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	182293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Building Act 1984 allows, but does not require, a local planning authority to impose building regulations requirements M4(2) or M4(3) of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2010 on dwellings to be erected. However, this Department holds no records of the number of new dwellings where these requirements have been imposed.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/10/2018 14:56:07 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq