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1348062

registered interest
date	19/07/2021
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	Flats: Permitted Development Rights
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 financial impact on leaseholders attempting to purchase the freehold of their building, of development potential costs incurred as a result of an existing freeholder intending to exercise permitted development rights of upward extension for the construction of additional flats; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	35805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>The Impact Assessments published alongside changes to permitted development rights (available at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fukia%2F2020%2F79%2Fpdfs%2Fukia_20200079_en.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Cab9ca020974b41c499f308d94c71df59%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637624874216924168%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=PpDPhhnLHQ5hJiP28xKTqPRtusv%2BgiB1Z%2BLAW%2FdoWTE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2020/79/pdfs/ukia_20200079_en.pdf</a> and <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legislation.gov.uk%2Fukia%2F2020%2F43%2Fpdfs%2Fukia_20200043_en.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Cab9ca020974b41c499f308d94c71df59%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637624874216924168%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=ksYaKInbW5UkbfOngWQRMX1rGi%2FJZEeaHf7Va3qj%2BQc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukia/2020/43/pdfs/ukia_20200043_en.pdf</a> ), set out an assessment of their impacts, including on leaseholders.</p><p>We announced in January changes to enfranchisement valuation to make it easier, cheaper and simpler for leaseholders to extend their lease or buy their freehold. This includes allowing leaseholders to voluntarily agree to a restriction on future development of their property to avoid paying 'development value'.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 22/07/2021 14:50:33 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1340252

registered interest
date	25/06/2021
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	Freehold: Valuation
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 his Department will make available a standardised freehold valuation calculator on the gov.uk website.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	22187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for homeowners and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service. We are taking forward a comprehensive programme of reform to end unfair practices in the leasehold market.</p><p>Under the current system, too many leaseholders find the process for extending their lease or buying their freehold too complex, lacking transparency and prohibitively expensive. We will reform the process of enfranchisement valuation; abolishing marriage value, capping the treatment of ground rents at 0.1% of the freehold value, and prescribing rates for the calculations at market value. We will also introduce an online calculator, further simplifying the process for leaseholders and ensuring standardisation and fairness for all those looking to enfranchise.</p><p>These changes to the enfranchisement valuation process will result in substantial savings for some leaseholders, particularly those with less than 80 years left on their lease.</p><p>Through our reforms, the length of a statutory lease extension will increase to 990 years, from 90 years (for flats) and 50 years (for houses). Leaseholders will be able to extend their lease with zero ground rent on payment of a premium. Leaseholders will also be able to voluntarily agree to a restriction on future development of their property to avoid paying 'development value'.</p><p>The Government will respond to the Law Commission's remaining recommendations on enfranchisement, commonhold and right to manage in due course.</p><p>We will translate these measures into law as soon as possible, starting with legislation to set ground rents on newly created leases to zero in the current session. This will be the first part of major two-part legislation to implement leasehold and commonhold reforms in this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 30/06/2021 14:51:37 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1333980

registered interest
date	14/06/2021
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	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, what steps he is taking to increase council workers’ wages.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	15333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government would like to express its gratitude to the whole of the local government workforce who work incredibly hard and have done so especially as part of the frontline response to Covid-19. Their hard work and dedicated efforts have been essential in delivering vital local services under these exceptional circumstances and we have seen the positive impact they have on local communities.</p><p>Local authorities are independent employers, and decisions on pay and terms and conditions are for them to make, in line with general good conduct principles. The Government does not have any role in these decisions, but has allocated over £9 billion directly to councils since the start of the pandemic. At the Spending Review, the Chancellor also announced that local authorities will receive over £3 billion of additional support for Covid-19 in 2021-22. The Government continues to support the sector where it can and will continue to work with local government and their representatives to ensure they are managing, and will continue to provide funding certainty and stability to support local government.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 17/06/2021 14:09:37 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1315889

registered interest
date	19/05/2021
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	Richmond House
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 the Government is taking to prevent Richmond House on Whitehall from being demolished.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	3077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>Applications for planning permission and listed building consent related to the Northern Estate Programme were submitted to Westminster City Council in October 2019 following consultation carried out earlier that year. It will be for the council to consider the proposals following publication of the Strategic Review of the Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal programme in March 2021, and representations concerning the proposals should be made to them</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/05/2021 16:26:27 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1313442

registered interest
date	11/05/2021
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	Business: Rents
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 has made an assessment of the potential merits of adopting an Australian-style business rent relief scheme.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government has introduced a range of measures to protect commercial tenants who are struggling to pay their rent during the pandemic, including a moratorium on evictions where a tenant cannot pay rent and protection from insolvency and debt recovery methods. A voluntary Code of Practice for rent negotiations was also published and endorsed by a broad range of stakeholders, and further guidance to accompany this was recently published.</p><p>A call for evidence to inform next steps on these measures closed on 4 May. This set out a range of options Government could take if landlords and tenants do not find agreement on outstanding arrears, including some aspects similar to that found in other countries including Australia. Government is now analysing responses and the potential merits of different options; and will make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 17/05/2021 11:53:54 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1301898

registered interest
date	11/03/2021
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	Burlington House: Rents
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 to ensure that learned societies at Burlington House remain in their current location and are not priced out by rental charges.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	167268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>Five Learned Societies are tenants of New Burlington House, owned by the Department. Following a High Court settlement, all parties agreed in 2005 that rent would increase to market levels over a period of 80 years. The Department clarified that the referenced rent is limited to reflect cultural and educational purposes, rather than commercial office rent. A market rental valuation was agreed between the Department and the Learned Societies; mostly recently in 2019<strong>.</strong> The Learned Societies currently pay around 30% of this agreed market rent and will not pay full market rent until 2085<strong>. </strong></p><p>The Department is sympathetic to the Societies’ position and is exploring whether there is a solution that can deliver value for taxpayers and help the Learned Societies to remain at New Burlington House, and an assessment of value will be made as part of an agreement. The Department has been discussing options with the Learned Societies and DCMS given their responsibility for policy in regards to culture, museums and heritage.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 166313 166314 question first answered 17/03/2021 15:11:51 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes previous answer version 90831 answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1301321

registered interest
date	10/03/2021
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	Council Tax
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 review the banding system applied to properties for the purpose of collecting council tax in England; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	166499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to review council tax banding of properties in England, which would require a revaluation to be implemented effectively. A revaluation would be expensive to undertake, and could result in increases in bills for many households, as happened following the council tax revaluation in Wales when 33% of all homes there were placed in a higher band compared to 8% of homes that were placed in a lower band.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 15/03/2021 18:48:59 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes previous answer version 90379 answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1232220

registered interest
date	08/09/2020
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: Sanctions
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 Supreme Court ruling of 29 April in R (on the application of Palestine Solidarity Campaign Ltd and another) (Appellants) v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Respondent), what plans the Government has to bring forward legislative proposals to allow local authorities to pursue boycotts, divestments and sanctions against foreign nations and UK defence industries.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	86722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government remains firmly opposed to local boycotts which can damage integration and community cohesion, hinder exports, and harm foreign relations and the UK’s economic and international security. Local authorities should not undertake boycotts that could undermine foreign policy, which is a matter for the UK Government alone. We will legislate as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 16/09/2020 15:12:41 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1200139

registered interest
date	03/06/2020
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 representations he has received from landlords and tenants organisations on a potential extension to the protection given to renters during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	54194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>We regularly engage with a range of stakeholders on different issues relating to the private and social rented sector.</p><p>On Friday June 5 2020 the Government announced that the current suspension of evictions from social or private rented accommodation will be extended by 2 months until 23 August 2020. This means that no action to evict a tenant will proceed before 24 August 2020. The emergency measures in the Coronavirus Act, which require landlords to give at least 3 months' notice to evict tenants, are unaffected by this and remain in place until 30 September 2020.</p><p>We will also continue to work with the judiciary, legal representatives and the advice sector on arrangements, including new rules, to ensure that when the moratorium on evictions ends, the courts are better able to address the need for appropriate protection of all parties, including those shielding from coronavirus. This is to ensure that judges have all the information necessary to make just decisions and that the most vulnerable tenants can get the help they need.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 12/06/2020 12:54:33 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1190671

registered interest
date	27/04/2020
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 Resilience Forums: 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 steps the Government is taking to ensure local resilience forums and local authorities can meet the needs of (a) shielding and (b) non-shielded vulnerable individuals as part of its response to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	40704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2020 answer text <p>To support those who have been identified as clinically extremely vulnerable to the Covid-19 virus, we are working with local authorities, the food industry, local resilience and emergency partners, and voluntary groups to ensure these individuals have both support and access to essential items such as groceries and medicines through deliveries and priority supermarket delivery slots, if they do not have alternative means of accessing these.</p><p>We are sharing data with local authorities on deliveries, including on planned deliveries in their area; where individuals have unmet basic care needs; or where individuals require assistance lifting food into their homes. Guidance has been issued to local authorities, most recently on 24 April.</p><p>The Government is also supporting local authorities to identify and support vulnerable people who fall outside the shielding programme. We have enabled local authorities to use NHS volunteers who registered with the GoodSam app. The system is also now open for self-referrals. The Government and local authorities are also working with supermarkets so they can offer priority delivery slots to non-shielded vulnerable people.</p><p>In addition, we have provided over £3.2 billion for local councils to manage the immediate impacts of coronavirus.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 05/05/2020 16:12:12 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq