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1105283

registered interest
date	26/04/2019
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	European Regional Development 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 Department plans he has to replicate the infrastructure investment priorities of the European Regional Development Fund once the UK leaves the EU structural funds.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	237075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government will create the UK Shared Prosperity Fund once we have left the European Union. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund will strengthen the foundations of productivity as set out in our modern Industrial Strategy to support people to benefit from economic prosperity. This new Fund will ensure that investments are targeted effectively to align with the challenges faced by places, creating a fresh opportunity to focus investment according to our own priorities. We are continuing to work on the design and priorities and we will consult widely on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. This will give all interested parties the chance to contribute their views to Government. Final decisions are due to be made during the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 02/04/2019 14:31:04 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1110197

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Private Rented Housing
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 the Government provides to tenants in the private rented sector to ensure they are not priced out of their accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	242023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>We believe the key to improving affordability for tenants is to build more homes for rent. Institutional investment in purpose-built privately rented homes is increasing, with over 29,000 homes delivered since 2012, and around 110,000 in the pipeline. We supported the Build to Rent sector with a £3.5 billion Private Rented Sector Guarantee Scheme and changes to the National Planning Policy Framework.</p><p>We are also committed to making housing for rent more affordable now. This includes:</p><ul><li><p>banning lettings fees paid by tenants and capping tenancy deposits with the Tenant Fees Bill, which will come into force on 1 June 2019.</p></li><li><p>supporting landlords and tenants to agree appropriate rent increases through the free-to-use model tenancy agreement.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>supporting tenants that have difficulty paying the rent via Targeted Affordability Funding that will top-up Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates in areas where affordability pressures are greatest.</p></li><li><p>providing an enhanced Discretionary Housing Payment fund for Local Authorities to protect the most vulnerable claimants impacted by welfare reforms such as the freeze to LHA rates.</p></li><li><p>making £20 million available through the Private Rented Sector (PRS) Access Fund to enable better access and sustainment of tenancies for people who are, or at risk of becoming, homeless.</p></li></ul> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 12/04/2019 12:57:35 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1110198

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Right to Buy Scheme: Lancashire
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 house sales were made by people that used the Right to Buy scheme in Lancashire since the scheme was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	242024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department publishes the number of Right to Buy Sales by local authority area from 1979-80, when the scheme began, to 2017-18 in Live Table 685, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales</a>.</p><p>Information on Right to Buy sales in the three quarters of 2018-19 are published in Live Table 691 at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales</a>. Please note these figures are only provisional.</p><p>Note that 2017-18 sales figures in Live Table 685 and 691 do not match. This is because Live Table 691 is revised quarterly while 685 is done annually. It is therefore advised to use the figures in 691</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 15/04/2019 12:31:27 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1110222

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Private Rented Housing: EU Nationals
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 his Department is taking to issue guidance on the settled status scheme to landlords.
tabling member constituency	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
tabling member printed	Hugh Gaffney
uin	242232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has made clear that the current arrangements for private landlords conducting checks on EU nationals, involving the use of national passports and identity cards, will not change prior to introduction of the future skills-based immigration system. This position applies also to those EU nationals who have acquired pre-settled or settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme. Updated guidance for private landlords will be published shortly.</p><p>Regarding social landlords, I can confirm that EU, EEA/EFTA and Swiss nationals registered under the EU Settlement Scheme will have broadly the same eligibility to access social housing and homelessness assistance as they do now. Those granted settled status, who have five or more years’ continuous residence in the UK, will have the same access to social housing and homelessness assistance as comparable UK nationals. Those granted pre-settled status, where they have less than five years’ continuous residence, will remain eligible on the same basis as now. We have laid amendment regulations to make clear that the existing position remains in place. We will revise current statutory guidance for local authorities to reflect the amending regulations when time allows.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/04/2019 15:29:11 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4614 label Biography information for Hugh Gaffney

1110257

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	Community Development: Young People
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 his Department has made of the potential benefits of youth in promoting community cohesion and inclusion.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	242173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Government is committed to building stronger, better integrated communities where people – whatever their background – live, learn, work and socialise together based on shared rights, responsibilities and opportunities.</p><p>The importance of young people in this agenda is highlighted in both our <em>Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper</em> and <em>Integrated Communities Action Plan. </em>This includes the role that youth engagement and social action can play in forging meaningful connections and relationships with people from different backgrounds. That’s why we have committed to working with the National Citizen Service (NCS) Trust and DCMS to support social mixing opportunities for young people in areas of high segregation.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 11/04/2019 15:06:15 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1110316

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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 4 April 2019 to Question 239242, whether paragraph 12.7 of Approved Document Part B Volume 2 (2006) applied to all key components of external wall systems between its publication in 2007 and the publication of the amendment to the 2013 Edition in December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	242143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>I refer the honourable member to my answer of 21 March to Question UIN 233494. The guidance in approved documents should be considered in full and in the context to the requirements of the regulations themselves.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/04/2019 15:06:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1110322

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	o ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant the Answer of 27 March 2019 to Question 235314 on Buildings: Insulation, whether the testing has commended; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	242144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The test programme has not yet commenced because the test rig was damaged during a calibration test and has needed to be repaired. The schedule for the tests is being reappraised in the light of the delay to the start of the programme.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 242145 question first answered 11/04/2019 15:07:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1110323

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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	o ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant the Answer of 27 March 2019 to Question 235314 on Buildings: Insulation, if he will publish a confirmed schedule for that testing.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	242145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The test programme has not yet commenced because the test rig was damaged during a calibration test and has needed to be repaired. The schedule for the tests is being reappraised in the light of the delay to the start of the programme.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 242144 question first answered 11/04/2019 15:07:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1109920

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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	Local Government: Devolution
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 his Department has to provide for further devolution of powers in relation to political decision-making throughout England.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	241396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to setting out our approach to devolution and providing clarity for local areas. We will look to publish our approach as soon as practicable after our exit from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 12/04/2019 14:18:54 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1109947

registered interest
date	05/04/2019
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	Homelessness: Veterans
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 veterans who are homeless in (a) the UK, (b) the North West and (c) St Helens borough.
tabling member constituency	St Helens North
tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
uin	241457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG does not collect this information.</p><p>We have put in place a new statutory duty under the Homelessness Reduction Act, requiring the Secretary of State for Defence to refer members of the armed forces to local authority housing services, where local authorities will develop a personalised housing plan, tailored to their needs, to prevent them from becoming homelessness. Where veterans are homeless and vulnerable as a result of having served in the armed forces, local authorities have a duty to house them.</p><p>Further, we have worked with the Ministry of Defence to ensure that the additional £1 million MHCLG has made available specifically for veterans is most effectively positioned to help them in the best way possible. It could go towards the funding of new specialist staff, or training of existing staff to provide veterans with the bespoke support they need as they navigate civilian life. It may also be used to create new pathways to existing specialist support services on offer, ranging from assistance to access supported housing to mental health and PTSD provision.</p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. Already, the Rough Sleeping Initiative has provided over 2,600 additional bed spaces and 750 more support staff. In all, the Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/04/2019 15:58:37 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn