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1701296

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made on developing plans for implementation of the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act since 29 August 2023.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	21970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to implementing the important reforms in the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023 (the Act). These reforms will improve the quality of supported housing, protecting residents and getting better value for money for the taxpayer through Housing Benefit spend. It is important that we get the detail of how these reforms might be implemented right, to avoid any unintended consequences.</p><p>The first step towards implementation is a consultation on the proposed measures in the Act, including the National Supported Housing Standards and the supported housing licensing regime in England. The Government will consult on the measures as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 21971 question first answered 23/04/2024 12:46:18 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1701297

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department plans to commence the consultation process on the implementation of the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	21971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to implementing the important reforms in the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023 (the Act). These reforms will improve the quality of supported housing, protecting residents and getting better value for money for the taxpayer through Housing Benefit spend. It is important that we get the detail of how these reforms might be implemented right, to avoid any unintended consequences.</p><p>The first step towards implementation is a consultation on the proposed measures in the Act, including the National Supported Housing Standards and the supported housing licensing regime in England. The Government will consult on the measures as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 21970 question first answered 23/04/2024 12:46:18 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1701463

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department took to increase levels of housebuilding in Birmingham in 2023.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Tahir Ali
uin	22160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department has consistently set the conditions for the building of homes – and building them in the right places, including the revision of the NPPF in December 2023 and the Written Ministerial Statement on a long-term plan for housing in February 2024. Beyond that, Birmingham City Council is responsible for setting the plan for building the houses the city needs.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 23/04/2024 16:54:32 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4747 label Biography information for Tahir Ali

1701469

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Leisure and Motor Sports: Land Use
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to review legislation that allows landowners to use their farmland for (a) motocross and (b) other non-agricultural activities.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	22191
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Under nationally set permitted development rights, land may be used for any purpose and moveable structures be set up on the land for up to 28 days per calendar year, of which up to 14 days can be used for motor car and motorcycle racing.</p><p>Where it is considered necessary to protect the local amenity or wellbeing of an area the local planning authority can consult the local community on removing a permitted development right by making an Article 4 direction.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 22192 question first answered 24/04/2024 15:07:36 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1701470

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Motor Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of legislation on the proximity of motocross events to residential areas.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	22192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Under nationally set permitted development rights, land may be used for any purpose and moveable structures be set up on the land for up to 28 days per calendar year, of which up to 14 days can be used for motor car and motorcycle racing.</p><p>Where it is considered necessary to protect the local amenity or wellbeing of an area the local planning authority can consult the local community on removing a permitted development right by making an Article 4 direction.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 22191 question first answered 24/04/2024 15:07:36 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1701474

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Floods: Government Assistance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to reform the eligibility criteria for the Flood Recovery Framework to include more (a)households and (b) businesses that have experienced flooding.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	22196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>A review of the Flood Recovery Framework is currently under way with stakeholders.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 24/04/2024 15:08:00 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1701483

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Council Tax: Single People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department has issued on claiming single person discount on council tax when an elector (a) owns and (b) resides in more than one property.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
uin	22175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>My department has published a ‘Plain English Guide to Council Tax’ setting out the discounts and support available in the council tax system. This guide is available at: <a title="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gov.uk%2fgovernment%2fpublications%2fpaying-the-right-level-of-council-tax-a-plain-english-guide-to-council-tax&amp;data=05%7c02%7cps.advisers%40levellingup.gov.uk%7cffc1e941d7cd45500fd708d" href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fpaying-the-right-level-of-council-tax-a-plain-english-guide-to-council-tax&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C8a6aa057569541d3c1dc08dc6457b57b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638495575070474004%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=kzmjVIPKHFub7s%2BEcNZT7SOR7TSEeT8C1QMWILfmg3U%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/paying-the-right-level-of-council-tax-a-plain-english-guide-to-council-tax</a>.</p><p>As set out in local government finance law, a full council tax bill is payable if there are two or more adults living in a dwelling. If there is only one adult (other than disregarded individuals – e.g. full-time students), and it is their sole or main residence, the individual can claim the single person discount of 25% on their council tax bill. A second or empty home would not be eligible for this discount.</p><p>Further guidance has been published given by the Valuation Tribunal Service’s ‘Council Tax Manual’, which is available at: <a href="https://valuationtribunal.gov.uk/guidance-booklets/" target="_blank">https://valuationtribunal.gov.uk/guidance-booklets/</a>.</p><p>The manual includes guidance on single person discount, and the tests of a sole or main residence. For example, the Manual cites the case law of <em>Cox v London South West Valuation Tribunal HC (RVR 1994 171)</em>. They observe: “the taxpayer spent time at two dwellings. The High Court concluded that the sole or main residence was the home where the wife and family resided.”</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 24/04/2024 14:59:23 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis

1701485

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Council Tax Reduction Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department has issued on claiming local council tax support when an elector (a) owns and (b) resides in more than one property.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
uin	22176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities are required to put in place and administer council tax reduction schemes for low-income households. Support for working age people is designed by authorities and support for people of pension age must follow criterial prescribed in regulations by the Secretary of State in the Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2012.</p><p>In the case of pension-age local council tax reductions schemes, the Secretary of State has prescribed that a person must be resident in a property to claim support. In addition, the capital value of additional properties will be considered in determining eligibility, unless there are mitigating circumstances such as if the property is in the process of being sold. A pension age person with more than £16,000 of capital is not entitled to council tax reduction.</p><p>Eligibility for working age council tax reduction and the treatment of capital such as additional properties is decided by local authorities.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 24/04/2024 15:03:53 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis

1701486

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department or the predecessor Department has issued on registration on the electoral roll when an elector (a) owns and (b) resides in more than one property.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
uin	22177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The Electoral Commission, as the independent electoral regulator, holds responsibility for issuance of guidance on electoral registration, voting and second homes.</p><p>This can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.electoralcommission.org.uk%2Fvoting-and-elections%2Fwho-can-vote%2Fother-registration-options%2Fvoting-and-second-homes&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ce8928f0a02cc4201d2f908dc639c5bce%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638494770430235204%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=WzV9kDrP%2FahRYRdSsy3617NACUB2kpqzoAelVt4h8TM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections/who-can-vote/other-registration-options/voting-and-second-homes</a>.</p><p>A person is entitled to be registered as a parliamentary elector for a constituency - or in the case of local elections, as a local government elector for an electoral area - if on the date they submit their application they meet the criteria for registration.</p><p>Those criteria include a requirement (except, regarding Parliamentary elections, in respect of a British citizen living overseas) that the applicant is resident in the constituency or electoral area. It is for the Electoral Registration Officer to determine whether the applicant meets this residency requirement by reference to the factors set out in section 5 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (and in some cases sections 6 to 7C of that Act also). Ownership of a property is not sufficient on its own, the ERO must determine that an individual is resident. Case law suggests this will involve a degree of permanence.</p><p>This means that some citizens are entitled to register to vote in respect of more than one address in certain circumstances.</p><p>However, it may be noted that it is a criminal offence for a registered elector to vote more than once in the same constituency at a parliamentary election or in the same electoral division or ward at a local government election. It is also a criminal offence for a registered elector to vote in more than one constituency at a parliamentary general election, or in more than once electoral division or ward at an ordinary election of councillors for county, London Borough or district.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 24/04/2024 15:06:00 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis

1701487

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department or the predecessor Department has issued guidance to owners who (a) were former social tenants and (b) are renting out a Right to Buy property that they have purchased within the first five years of ownership.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Jonathan Gullis
uin	22178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government provides guidance on the Right to Buy scheme for tenants and local authorities in England. See for example Page 43 of the guidance for local authorities: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-buy-a-guide-for-local-authorities" target="_blank">Right to Buy: a guide for local authorities - GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 24/04/2024 15:06:50 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis