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1236323

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2020
	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
	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 16 September 2020 to Question 88934 on Mortgages, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of alternatives to the EWS1 form with the mortgage sector; what suitable equivalent evidence he has encouraged mortgage lenders to accept; and if he will publish those lenders that have given assurances to the Minister for Building Safety that leaseholders should face no barriers to renewing their mortgage with their existing lender.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	91725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>A building owner might have other evidence that may provide the necessary assurance to lenders, such as a recent fire risk assessment which includes the external walls. The Department is continuing to meet with lenders to explore such alternative evidence. No lender has said they would request an EWS1 when an existing mortgage holder is renewing their mortgage on the same terms and is not seeking to borrow more.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 22/09/2020 16:16:12 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1236505

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2020
	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
	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 assessment he has made of the potential effect of the proposals in the Planning for the future consultation, published 6 August 2020, on access by communities to green space which is (a) undesignated and (b) part of a growth zone.
	tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
	tabling member printed	Mark Eastwood
	uin	91733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2020 answer text <p><em>Planning for the Future</em> proposes significant changes to the focus and processes of planning – to secure better outcomes including improving our precious countryside and environment alongside increasing the supply of land for new, beautiful homes and sustainable places. One key proposal is that local plans place all land into one of three categories: areas for Growth, Renewal or Protection. The consultation proposal is clear that Green Belt and valued green space, which need not necessarily be a designated area, would be included in areas for Protection.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that planning policies and decisions should not only protect and enhance the natural environment but should secure net gains for biodiversity, including wildlife habitat, woods and ecological networks, and recognise the benefits of the best and most versatile agricultural land. The reforms we are proposing are designed to support the continuing implementation of this policy by local authorities, in line with our 25 Year Environment Plan and provisions in the Environment Bill.</p><p>We also propose to transform how communities engage with plan-making, using new digital tools to make it easier for many more people to understand, engage with and influence development policies and proposals.</p><p>After carefully considering all the responses to <em>Planning for the Future</em>, the Government will publish its conclusions.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 25/09/2020 13:35:50 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4807 label Biography information for Mark Eastwood

1342248

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2021
	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
	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 Raising accessibility standards for new homes consultation, published on 8 September 2020, whether his Department has plans for all new homes to meet the accessible and adaptable standard proposed in that consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	24967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 18 June to Question UIN 13060.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 09/07/2021 12:08:19 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1349642

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2021
	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	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, whether he plans to allow local planning authorities to mandate minimum standards on green or outside space when considering retail or office conversions into residential buildings through permitted development rights.
	tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
	tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
	uin	38288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The new Class MA permitted development right for the change of use from commercial, business and service uses, including retail and office premises, came into effect from 1 August 2021. The right will bring vacant commercial buildings into productive use. There are no current plans to introduce a requirement for outside space.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 06/09/2021 11:47:07 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1217584

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2020
	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	5G
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to bring forward legislation to reform permitted development rights to support the (a) deployment of 5G and (b) expansion of mobile coverage.
	tabling member constituency	Ashford
	tabling member printed	Damian Green
	uin	64043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>In August 2019, a joint consultation by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport was launched to consider amending permitted development rights to support increased mobile coverage and 5G deployment.</p><p>The consultation closed on 04 November 2019. The Government is considering the replies and will issue a response in due course. Subject to the outcome of this consultation, if the proposals are taken forward, we anticipate undertaking a further consultation on the detail of those proposals.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/07/2020 14:45:06 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

1217603

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2020
	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	5G
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on the proposed reforms to permitted development rights to support the deployment of 5G and extend mobile coverage.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	64357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>In August 2019, a joint consultation by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport was launched to consider amending permitted development rights to support increased mobile coverage and 5G deployment.</p><p>The consultation closed on 04 November 2019. The Government is considering the replies and will issue a response in due course. Subject to the outcome of this consultation, if the proposals are taken forward, we anticipate undertaking a further consultation on the detail of those proposals.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/07/2020 14:45:54 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1178382

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2020
	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	Affordable 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, how much funding has been allocated under the (a) Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme (SOAHP) 2016 to 2021 and (b) addendum to the SOAHP published in June 2018 to each region (a) in total and (b) per capita.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	2034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes in a wide range of tenures.</p><p>The Mayor has overall responsibility for affordable housing policy and programme delivery in London. Government has agreed a £4.8 billion deal with the GLA.</p><p>Homes England is responsible for the delivery of the Affordable Homes Programme for the rest of England and have been allocated £4.9 billion.</p><p>The Department publishes spend information on spend in its yearly accounts which are available on gov.uk at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mhclg-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mhclg-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019</a></p><p>We do not publish annualised data on capital spend by local areas.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/02/2020 17:48:43 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1179375

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	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	Affordable 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, how many of the homes funded by the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-2021 since 2016 are for (a) shared ownership and (b) rent to buy.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	18489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes in a wide range of tenures, including shared ownership.</p><p>Over 82,000 new shared ownership homes have been delivered since 2010.</p><p>Since 2016, over 48,000 new shared ownership and over 4,000 new intermediate rent homes, including Rent to Buy, have been delivered. Further information on this may be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a>.</p><p>The Government is committed to introducing a new, reformed Shared Ownership model, making buying a share of a home fairer and more transparent. This new model will be simpler to understand and will better enable shared owners to buy more of their property and eventually reach full ownership.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/02/2020 17:16:22 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1179377

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	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	Affordable 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 steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities meet the requirement for major planning developments to contain 10 per cent affordable home ownership, as set out in the revised National Planning Policy Framework, published July 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	18490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework was revised in July 2018 to make it clear that planning policies and decisions should expect at least 10 per cent of homes on major housing sites be made available for affordable home ownership.</p><p>The Framework does not represent a mandatory approach and local authorities are best place to assess what is needed in their communities. However, local authorities are expected to comply with the policy and secure the delivery much needed affordable homes for sale, unless they are able to provide evidence that justifies a different approach.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/03/2020 16:25:05 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1180434

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2020
	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	Affordable 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, how much funding has been allocated under the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016 to 2021 to date in each (a) region and (b) local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	20383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes in a wide range of tenures, including Social Rent.</p><p>The programme is delivered by our partners Homes England and the Greater London Authority (GLA), with £4.7 billion allocated to Homes England and £4.8 billion to the GLA.</p><p>The way in which Homes England and the GLA allocate this funding across the country is publicly available. To view the further allocations across England regions and local authorities please see the following:</p><ul><li>London funding allocations: <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/hfl_allocations_-_location_and_provider.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/hfl_allocations_-_location_and_provider.pdf</a></li><li>Homes England AHP minimum geography funding allocations: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/865149/Funding_by_Homes_England_minimum_geography_area_Final.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/865149/Funding_by_Homes_England_minimum_geography_area_Final.csv/preview</a></li><li>Homes England summary report:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shared-ownership-and-affordable-homes-programme-2016-to-2021-summary-end-of-september-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shared-ownership-and-affordable-homes-programme-2016-to-2021-summary-end-of-september-2019</a>.</li></ul> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/03/2020 15:58:41 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey