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1699300

registered interest
date	27/03/2024
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: Prices and Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following recent findings by the Resolution Foundation regarding the affordability and quality of housing, what steps they are taking to (1) address, and (2) mitigate, those challenges.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2024 answer text <p>Full details of the Government’s long-term plan for housing are available on gov.uk. This includes measures to increase the overall supply and availability of safe, warm and affordable homes. Boosting housing supply is key to affordability: we are on track to deliver our commitment to build one million homes this Parliament, are investing significant funding in affordable housing programmes through the £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme and £6 billion Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme, and we have helped over 876,000 households purchase a home since spring 2010 through Government backed schemes.</p><p>Housing quality is also central to this plan. We have seen a strong decrease in the number of non-decent homes since 2010. This government has introduced the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, including Awaab’s Law, and is applying the Decent Homes Standard to the private rented sector for the first time through the Renters (Reform) Bill, to ensure that all tenants benefit from homes that are safe and decent</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 11/04/2024 13:21:49 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1698875

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Community 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, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a statutory definition of co-housing.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	20521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>We have no current plans to introduce a statutory definition of cohousing.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 15/04/2024 15:37:11 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1698878

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Homelessness: Young 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 funding his Department has allocated to tackle youth homelessness in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	20599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to tackling all forms of homelessness and rough sleeping, including youth homelessness.</p><p>Between 2018 and 2025, Government has provided £938 million through the Rough Sleeping Initiative, to support local authorities to tackle rough sleeping. We expect councils to commission services based on an assessment of the needs of their local community to make sure that all groups’ needs are considered, which will include young people. During this period, we have also committed £17.4 million to support local authorities to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping for care leavers.</p><p>Since 2021, we have invested £1.6 billion through the Homelessness Prevention Grant, giving councils the funding they need to prevent homelessness and help more people sooner, including young homeless people.</p><p>In 2022, we announced the £200 million Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme (SHAP) which is delivering over 2,000 homes and support services for people sleeping rough or at risk of sleeping rough, including young people. Of these, over 650 are specifically for young people sleeping rough or at risk of sleeping rough.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 15/04/2024 14:52:46 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1698888

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an automatic voter registration system for elections.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	20675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Individual Electoral Registration (IER), introduced in 2014, brought registering to vote into the 21<sup>st</sup> century by making it possible to register to vote online in as little as three minutes. It also ensured that every individual had control and ownership over the process.</p><p>The UK Government has no plans to reassess its policy with regards to automatic voter registration, as to do so would risk undermining the principle of individuals taking ownership of registering to vote.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 15/04/2024 15:41:57 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1698944

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Buildings: Public Sector
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 regulations are in place to ensure that reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete is not used in the future building of (a) schools, (b) hospitals and (c) public sector buildings.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	20527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The manufacture and sale of RAAC panels is covered by construction products regulations 2013 by the designated standard BS EN 12602:2016. Buildings undergoing “building work” must meet the safety and performance requirements in the building regulations no matter how they are constructed or what materials are used, including RAAC.</p><p>The Institute of Structural Engineers (IStructE) advise that RAAC can be an appropriate construction material if properly designed, manufactured, installed, and maintained, though they understand that use in UK has declined since 1990.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 15/04/2024 15:36:17 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1698953

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Affordable Housing: Construction
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 recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the number of (a) social and (b) affordable housing properties built by developers; and what steps his Department is taking to encourage more affordable housing to be built.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	20528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver thousands of affordable homes, both for rent and to buy, right across the country.</p><p>The Levelling Up White Paper committed to increasing the supply of social rented homes, and a large number of the new homes delivered through our Affordable Homes Programme will be for social rent.</p><p>The government is on track to deliver its target of building around 250,000 affordable homes through the Affordable Homes Programme.</p><p>Local planning authorities can secure addition contributions towards affordable housing through section 106 planning obligations.</p><p>The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act contains powers for the Government to create a new mandatory, non-negotiable Infrastructure Levy which will aim to generate more funding for affordable housing and infra-structure to support sustainable development.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 19/04/2024 12:20:22 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1698954

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019
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 he plans to publish the Code of Practice required to bring the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 into force.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	20550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Further to the answer given to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-22/15378" target="_blank">UIN 15378</a> on 20 February 2024, following the call for evidence, we intend to publish a consultation on the caps on parking charges and debt recovery fees this year. The government is committed to reissuing the Code as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 15/04/2024 08:45:59 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1698985

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Property Management Companies
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 he plans to lay regulations setting out the responsibilities and qualifications for Building Safety Directors.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	20507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government is analysing the responses from the building safety director’s consultation and is considering whether to introduce regulations to enable the optional appointment of a building safety director by resident-led accountable persons in due course.</p><p>The requirement to register existing buildings came into force on 6 April 2023. Existing occupied higher-risk buildings had to be registered by 1 October 2023. Appointing a building safety director is not necessary in order to register a higher-risk building. Registration is a simple process, and the Building Safety Regulator has provided guidance to support accountable persons through this process. In addition, existing arrangements, and third-party support, such as from managing agents, can also provide expertise and support resident directors who are accountable persons in complying with their legal duties.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 20508 question first answered 15/04/2024 15:33:43 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1698986

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Property Management Companies
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 (a) right to manage and (b) residential management companies requiring the assistance of Building Safety Directors (BSD) will still be required to register by 6 April 2024, in the context of the time taken for regulations on the responsibilities and qualifications of BSDs to be published.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	20508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government is analysing the responses from the building safety director’s consultation and is considering whether to introduce regulations to enable the optional appointment of a building safety director by resident-led accountable persons in due course.</p><p>The requirement to register existing buildings came into force on 6 April 2023. Existing occupied higher-risk buildings had to be registered by 1 October 2023. Appointing a building safety director is not necessary in order to register a higher-risk building. Registration is a simple process, and the Building Safety Regulator has provided guidance to support accountable persons through this process. In addition, existing arrangements, and third-party support, such as from managing agents, can also provide expertise and support resident directors who are accountable persons in complying with their legal duties.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 20507 question first answered 15/04/2024 15:33:43 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

1699125

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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: Nottingham East
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 is taking to increase the number of homes for social rent in Nottingham East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	20820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>Data on social housing supply is not held at constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 18/04/2024 15:23:28 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome