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751192

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Migrant Workers: Arts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what guidance is available for local authorities on the arrangements they should make in the event that a chief executive stands down temporarily.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has not issued guidance for local authorities on this matter. It is for each local authority to decide for itself what arrangements it should put in place.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 21/07/2017 09:53:50 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

746095

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what procedures and actions are in place to check the cladding of private multi-storey residential buildings and public buildings.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>Testing is underway for social housing providers, private landlords and across the public sector in relation to cladding on tower blocks over 18 metres in height. Testing is being undertaken by the Building Research Establishment where Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding is identified. If the screening tests indicate that such cladding would not meet the limited combustibility requirements of the current Building Regulations guidance, local authorities and housing associations, in conjunction with the fire and rescue service, will determine the best course of action, communicating closely with residents. Where we have results for specific areas, and tenants have been informed of the action to be taken, then further details are being released publicly.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 21/07/2017 09:33:01 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

679327

registered interest
date	26/01/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Sleeping Rough
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many rough sleepers there were in the UK for each of the last three years; and what plans they have to tackle this issue.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>One person without a home is one too many and we are committed to doing all we can to prevent homelessness. This government is determined to help the most vulnerable in society, which is why we're investing £550 million until 2020 to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping.</p><p>As part of this, in December we announced 84 successful bids to our £50 million Homelessness Prevention Programme. This will help those people at risk of becoming homeless, already sleeping rough or those with complex needs, to get back on their feet.</p><p>We are going even further and changing the law by backing Bob Blackman MP's Homelessness Reduction Bill. This will mean that people across the country get the help they need to avoid becoming homeless in the first place.</p><p>DCLG publishes annual statistics on the number of people seen sleeping rough on a single night in England by local authority. These are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics</a></p><p>As Housing is a devolved matter, rough sleeping statistics for Wales are available here:</p><p><a href="https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Housing/Homelessness/Rough-Sleepers" target="_blank">https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Housing/Homelessness/Rough-Sleepers</a></p><p>Rough sleeping statistics for Scotland can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/RefTables" target="_blank">http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/RefTables</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 02/02/2017 13:50:02 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

655759

registered interest
date	09/12/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Private Sector
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of (1) Liverpool City Council support for the Project Enterprise Village initiative, and (2) the Insolvency Service investigation and subsequent disqualification undertaking banning Shazan Qureshi from acting as a company director, whether they will issue guidance to local authorities to ensure that a local authority acting as an accountable body in any private company-led funding application undertakes full background and bankruptcy checks on all company directors.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL4001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>All local authorities should act responsibly when entering into business with, or supporting, independent organisations or businesses. Local authorities are stewards of public assets, including taxpayers’ money, and should demonstrate due diligence and secure value for money for the taxpayer when using public funds.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 21/12/2016 17:25:29 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

541760

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Green Belt
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 13 July (HL1065), which are the 24 local authorities that have adopted new green belt boundaries and what is their estimate of (1) the subsequent loss of greenbelt land, and (2) how much greenbelt land has been lost in England during the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL1437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2016 answer text <p>The list of 24 local authorities (see below) that have adopted new Green Belt boundaries in the last five years will be placed in the Library of the House. This includes an estimate of the increase or decrease in Green Belt area in each case. Over the last five years the area of Green Belt nationally decreased by 0.2 per cent , and overall the Green Belt is larger than it was in 1997 if we disregard land re-classified as national park.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Area of designated Green Belt land 2014/15 (hectares)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Change from 2013/14 (hectares)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath and North East Somerset</p></td><td><p>24,690</p></td><td><p>-100 (0%)</p></td><td><p>-100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>7,230</p></td><td><p>-50 (-1%)</p></td><td><p>-50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxtowe</p></td><td><p>5,130</p></td><td><p>-20 (0%)</p></td><td><p>-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West and Chester</p></td><td><p>39,170</p></td><td><p>-60 (0%)</p></td><td><p>-60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christchurch</p></td><td><p>3,270</p></td><td><p>-200 (-6%)</p></td><td><p>-200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dorset</p></td><td><p>16,720</p></td><td><p>-160 (-1%)</p></td><td><p>-160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>8,530</p></td><td><p>-150 (-2%)</p></td><td><p>-150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne</p></td><td><p>3,980</p></td><td><p>-410 (-9%)</p></td><td><p>-410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushcliffe</p></td><td><p>16,570</p></td><td><p>-670 (-4%)</p></td><td><p>-670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull</p></td><td><p>11,870</p></td><td><p>-40 (0%)</p></td><td><p>-40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Three Rivers</p></td><td><p>6,720</p></td><td><p>-110 (-2%)</p></td><td><p>-10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Area of designated Green Belt land 2013/14 (hectares)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Change from 2012/13 (hectares)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochford</p></td><td><p>12,570</p></td><td><p>-190 (-2%)</p></td><td><p>-190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>23,030</p></td><td><p>-210 (-1%)</p></td><td><p>-210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lancashire</p></td><td><p>34,470</p></td><td><p>-150 (0%)</p></td><td><p>-150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Area of designated Green Belt land 2012/13 (hectares)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Change from 2011/12 (hectares)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>-20 (-6%)</p></td><td><p>-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>1,280</p></td><td><p>-430 (-25%)</p></td><td><p>-430</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Purbeck</p></td><td><p>8,200</p></td><td><p>+460 (+6%)</p></td><td><p>460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>23,500</p></td><td><p>-400 (-2%)</p></td><td><p>-400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Area of designated Green Belt land 2011/12 (hectares)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Change from 2010/11 (hectares)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>12,850</p></td><td><p>-35 (0%)</p></td><td><p>-35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyndburn</p></td><td><p>3,990</p></td><td><p>-41 (-1%)</p></td><td><p>-41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>11,920</p></td><td><p>-51 (0%)</p></td><td><p>-51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Area of designated Green Belt land 2010/11 (hectares)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Change from 2009/10 (hectares)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>3,060</p></td><td><p>-30 (-1%)</p></td><td><p>-30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of WH</p></td><td><p>8,310</p></td><td><p>+5 (0%)</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>860</p></td><td><p>+30 (+3%)</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 02/08/2016 13:18:17 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

533697

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Green Belt
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many changes to green belt boundaries have been made in the past five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL1065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>Between 2010/11 and 2014/15, 24 local authorities adopted new boundaries for the designated Green Belt.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/07/2016 15:41:21 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

529958

registered interest
date	29/06/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Pupils: Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are taking to ensure widespread access to reasonably priced accommodation for students in London and other metropoles.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises the need for a diverse housing stock, providing students with a choice of accommodation to suit their individual needs. Our national planning guidance encourages local authorities to plan for sufficient student accommodation whether it consists of communal halls of residence or self-contained dwellings, and whether or not it is on campus.</p><p>The key to improving affordability is to build more homes. We are working to increase supply by accelerating the development of a new market for private renters, including our £1 billion build to rent fund and the £3.5 billion private rented sector debt guarantee scheme.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/07/2016 16:13:47 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

524320

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Rents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 7 June (HL272), what are the National Planning Policy Framework guidelines about what constitutes an exceptional circumstance that necessitates building on Green Belt land.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2016 answer text <p>Green belts are created and protected by local authorities in line with national policy set out in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). A Green Belt boundary can only be altered where there are exceptional circumstances and only by means of the Local Plan process of public consultation and independent examination.</p><p>We do not define exceptional circumstances as these can vary from instance to instance. The NPPF however does outline that exceptions in regards to the construction of new buildings in the Green Belt may include:</p><ul><li>buildings for agriculture and forestry;</li><li>provision of appropriate facilities for outdoor sport and recreation and for cemeteries as long as it preserves the openness of the Green Belt and does not conflict with the purposes of including land within it;</li><li>the extension or alteration of a building provided that it does not result in disproportionate additions over and above the size of the original building;</li><li>limited infilling in villages, and limited affordable housing for local community needs under policies set out in the Local Plan.</li></ul> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/06/2016 14:22:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

521023

registered interest
date	24/05/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Turkey: Christianity
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what safeguards are in place to ensure that greenbelt land is only built on in exceptional circumstances.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that development in the Green Belt should not be permitted except in very special circumstances. A Green Belt boundary may be adjusted by local planning authorities in exceptional circumstances, using the Local Plan process involving consultation with local people and rigorous examination by the Planning Inspector. Planning guidance is clear that constraints such as Green Belt may limit the ability of a local planning authority to meet its full housing needs.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/06/2016 16:01:31 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

444856

registered interest
date	14/01/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the requirements for a city which decides to return from a mayoral form of governance to a Leader of the Council model, when the decision to have a mayor was made by the council itself and not through a referendum.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL5054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>Where a council has established mayoral governance following a council resolution but without a referendum, it may change that governance model once 5 years has elapsed from the initial resolution.</p><p>A referendum on whether to move away from the mayoral governance model may be held at any time after this point, if the council resolves to hold such a referendum or if it is petitioned by 5% or more of the local electorate. The council must meet the cost of the referendum.</p><p>If the referendum takes place within the five years following the council resolution, but a second mayoral term of office has begun during those five years, the governance change will take place on the third day after the next ordinary election of a mayor.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 28/01/2016 16:57:28 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey