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1355572

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2021
	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: Multiple Occupation
	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 20 July 2021 to Question 33931, what recent estimate he has made of the number of houses in multiple occupation in each (a) region and (b) London borough; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	49152
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>A House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) is a property where three or more people from two or more households share facilities, such as a kitchen and/or bathroom. Under mandatory HMO licensing, all local authorities must license HMOs in which five or more people from two or more households share facilities.</p><p>The Department gathers data from local authorities on the estimated number of HMOs annually. The latest returns can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flocal-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2019-to-2020&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C9af3d88c749e44ec1a9608d97c3cae44%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637677422317541954%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=S0t%2F3apmVy%2BnV3YJ5PZNBCNwMww5fUp1dwseAN%2F5H7g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2019-to-2020</a>.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/09/2021 15:27:18 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1349301

	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	Innovation: Economic Growth
	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 his Department has made of the contribution of innovation districts to local economic growth.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	37477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Innovation Districts support innovation and commercialisation by facilitating knowledge sharing, collaboration, commercialisation of R&amp;D outcomes, innovation promotion and business support.</p><p>Knowledge Quarter Liverpool brings together the City's key partners to collaborate in a creative environment. The Paddington Village site will attract a further £1 billion to the city, and house 1.8m sq. ft of science, technology, education and health space.</p><p>UK Government is supporting new Innovation Districts to form across the Union. For example, Innovation City Belfast will seek to maximise the impact of the planned £1 billion Belfast Region City Deal which will invest £230 million in university research centres and £120 million in digital innovation.</p><p>Therefore, while current contributions have been important, the next 10-15 years are where the true contribution will be seen, and we welcome the future impact of innovation districts.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 06/09/2021 13:14:45 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1347501

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2021
	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	Housing: Multiple Occupation
	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 estimate his Department has made of the number of houses in multiple occupation in England.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	33931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>The Department gathers data from local authorities on the estimated number of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) annually. According to our most recent data covering 2019-2020, there are an estimated 511,000 HMOs in England.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/07/2021 16:33:02 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1308668

	registered interest
	date	13/04/2021
	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	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress he has made on bringing forward legislative proposals on leasehold extension and commonhold reform.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	180507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 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>We will reform the process of enfranchisement valuation that leaseholders must follow to calculate the cost of extending their lease or buying their freehold. The Government will abolish marriage value, cap the treatment of ground rents at 0.1% of the freehold value, prescribe rates for the calculations at market value, and introduce an online calculator.</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>Having closely reviewed the Law Commission’s report on Commonhold, we will establish a new Commonhold Council as a partnership of industry, leaseholders and Government that will prepare homeowners and the market for the widespread take-up of commonhold. This will take time and close working with consumers and industry, and the Commonhold Council will be the critical first step.</p><p>The Government will respond to the Law Commission’s remaining recommendations on enfranchisement, commonhold and right to manage in due course. The Government will also ban the sale of new leasehold houses, give freehold homeowners equivalent rights to challenge unfair charges, and close loopholes to prevent unfair evictions.</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 upcoming 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 20/04/2021 13:56:44 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1307247

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2021
	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	Right to Buy Scheme: Feltham and Heston
	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 merits of rolling out the voluntary right to buy scheme to housing association tenants in Feltham and Heston constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	179127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>The Voluntary Right to Buy Midlands pilot is now in its final stages, and an independent evaluation of the pilot was published in February 2021. The Government committed to evaluate new pilot areas.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/04/2021 16:38:52 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1281313

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2021
	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	UK Shared Prosperity 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 progress his Department has made on contributing to the design of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	144685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund will help to level up and create opportunity across the UK. The Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government and the Department of Work and Pensions have been working closely on the development of UK Shared Prosperity Fund, in collaboration with other government departments.</p><p>The November 2020 Spending Review sets out the main strategic elements of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The UK Government will publish a UK-wide investment framework in spring 2021 and confirm multiyear funding profiles at the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 01/02/2021 17:32:26 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1281315

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2021
	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	UK Shared Prosperity 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 consultation the Minister for Employment has conducted on the design of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund with (a) representatives of the employment support sector and (b) more widely.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	144686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government has been engaging with key stakeholders on the design and priorities of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund since 2016, including holding a series of engagement events.  Over 500 stakeholders attended these events across a variety of sectors, including businesses, public bodies (such as Local Enterprise Partnerships, Mayoral Combined Authorities, local governments), higher education institutions, voluntary and charity sector and rural partnership groups.</p><p>Our engagement events have taken place across the UK including in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. We will continue to work closely with interested parties as we develop the fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 01/02/2021 17:31:55 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1260404

	registered interest
	date	10/12/2020
	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	Private Rented Housing: Evictions
	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 (a) section 8 and (b) section 21 notices issued by landlords to tenants subject to the benefits cap who have fallen into arrears in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	128173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not routinely collect data on the number of Section 21 or Section 8 notices served by landlords. However, the Ministry of Justice publishes national statistics on possession actions in county courts by private and social landlords at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics-july-to-september-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics-july-to-september-2020</a>.</p><p>To protect tenants over the winter, we have changed the law so that landlords must provide tenants with six months’ notice before they can bring a claim to the county court for possession in all but the most serious cases. This means that tenants served notice today do not need to leave their homes until June 2021 providing more time to seek advice to find alternative accommodation or support.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 15/12/2020 17:37:30 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1237671

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2020
	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	Business Premises: 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 his Department is taking against landlords proposing rent increases that do not adhere to the principles set out in the Government’s Code of Practice for commercial property relationships during the covid-19 pandemic, published on 19 July 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	95080
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>In the Code of Practice, Government set out clarity for businesses when discussing rental payments and encouraged best practice so that every part of the chain is supported. We recognise that, as the Code is voluntary, it is not being used in every situation and have also introduced a range of measures to support tenants struggling to pay rent.</p><p>Section 82 of the Coronavirus Act 2020 provides for a moratorium on forfeitures of commercial leases due to the non-payment of rent accrued during the pandemic. This means that landlords of commercial properties will not have the option to evict tenants for not paying the rent that was due after 23 March 2020. Government has announced that it will extend the moratorium on forfeiture until the end of the year. The extension provides landlords and tenants with a further opportunity to come together to have these discussions and reach agreements on outstanding rent.</p><p>Government has also restricted landlords’ ability to seize goods in lieu of rent and protected tenants from insolvency measures including statutory demands and winding up petitions.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 29/09/2020 13:00:05 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1225127

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2020
	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	Firstport and A2dominion
	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 in the last six months with (a) Firstport and (b) A2Dominion on their level of service charges for leaseholders and the quality of service they provide to them.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	74593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not had discussions with the organisations Firstport or A2Dominion regarding their use of service charges within the last six months. The Government believes very strongly that service charges should be fair, transparent and communicated effectively wherever they are used, and that there should be a clear route to challenge or redress if things go wrong.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 20/07/2020 16:54:39 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra