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748447

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Letting Agents: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the merits of ensuring that legislation on letting agent fees will include provisions to prevent landlords from passing on any increases in their costs to tenants via higher rents.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	3143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government recently announced in the Queen’s Speech its intention to publish a draft bill to ban letting fees paid by tenants in England. A ban will mean that tenants are better able to search around for properties that suit their budget with no hidden costs. This is preferable to tenants being hit with upfront charges that can be difficult for them to afford. The approach taken in the draft bill will be informed by the recent public consultation, which closed on 2 June and received over 4,700 responses. These responses are being analysed. The Government will publish its response to the consultation in due course and further information on the draft bill will follow.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/07/2017 16:28:37 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

748458

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Government's policy is on implementing a right to buy scheme for tenants of housing association properties in England.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	3273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We are currently considering the extension of Right to Buy discounts across England to housing association tenants, and will announce more details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/07/2017 15:33:11 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

748459

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has been consulted on the value of the exit payment for the Chief Executive of the Council of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea after his resignation in June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	3274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Pay, alongside other terms and conditions, remains a matter for local authorities to manage as individual employers and locally elected bodies.</p><p>Ministers have been very clear that authorities should be demonstrating restraint in the pay and reward of senior staff. In addition, the government has taken steps to increase the transparency and accountability of local decisions on pay.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/07/2017 15:33:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

748469

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the possibility of local asbestos contamination as a result of the fire at Grenfell Tower.
tabling member constituency	Leeds West
tabling member printed	Rachel Reeves
uin	2995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Safety officers working with the emergency services currently on site have tested the air within Grenfell Tower for asbestos and have not detected any levels of concern. When work commences to clear the site there will be a system of engineering work that will prevent any asbestos being released from the site and a programme of regular environmental air monitoring conducted to minimise the risk to local residents and contractors. Public Health England is monitoring air quality around the site and to date has not detected any asbestos in the environment. The results of the monitoring tests are available on the PHE website along with a health explanation at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628925/Environmental_monitoring_following_the_Grenfell_Tower_fire.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/628925/Environmental_monitoring_following_the_Grenfell_Tower_fire.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 16:58:29 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4031 label Biography information for Rachel Reeves

748490

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Social Rented Housing: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his oral contribution of 3 July 2017, Official Report, column 924, on guidance to local authorities and housing associations, what specific guidance has been given in respect of insulation.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	3029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department wrote to local authority and housing associations landlords on 18 June, setting out immediate actions that should be taken to identify residential tower blocks over 18 metres in height with aluminium type external cladding. The Department wrote again on 19 June to set out the process they should follow to submit samples of aluminium composite material cladding for testing.</p><p>The Secretary of State wrote on 22 June to update all Members of Parliament on the Grenfell Tower disaster and the action we are taking in response, and he will provide regular updates as further information is released; these are being made available on the following website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/grenfell-tower" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/grenfell-tower</a></p><p>On 30 June, we published a note at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a> This note confirms the advice in those letters to local authorities, with further specific information about the tests being carried out.</p><p>On 6 July we published details of further tests to be carried out as the next step in helping landlords to ensure the safety of their buildings. These large scale tests will help establish how different types of ACM panels in combination with different types of insulation behave in a fire. Further detail about the next testing stage can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expert-panel-recommends-further-tests-on-cladding-and-insulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expert-panel-recommends-further-tests-on-cladding-and-insulation</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/07/2017 16:30:30 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 3143 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

748491

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Insulation: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of re-cladding on the combustibility of insulation.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	3030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>On 6 July we published details of further tests to be carried out as the next step in helping landlords to ensure the safety of their buildings. These large scale tests will help establish how different types of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) panels in combination with different types of insulation behave in a fire. Further detail about the next testing stage can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expert-panel-recommends-further-tests-on-cladding-and-insulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expert-panel-recommends-further-tests-on-cladding-and-insulation</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/07/2017 09:26:05 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 3144 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

748492

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of re-cladding on the effectiveness of fire breaks.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	3031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Independent Expert Panel will provide advice to the government on any immediate measures needed to make buildings safe following the Grenfell Tower fire. It is a landlord’s responsibility to ensure that people are kept safe. If building owners decide that they need to re-clad their buildings, this building work will need to be compliant with the requirements of the Building Regulations, including the requirements relating to the prevention of spread of fire over the external walls.</p><p>Guidance on the provision of fire breaks (cavity barriers) is provided in section 9 of Approved Document B.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 16:23:26 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 3146 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

748523

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information he holds on what the role of the Chief Executive of Kensington and Chelsea Council (a) was on the night of 13 June 2017 at Grenfell Tower and (b) is in the event of any major crisis affecting that borough.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	3102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>A month has passed since the Grenfell Tower disaster. Help for the victims continues to be the top priority and we are determined that they should have the support that they need, including offers of appropriate and good quality accommodation and by making financial and emotional support available.</p><p>Questions about the conduct and internal arrangements of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea local authority will be for the Public Inquiry to consider.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 3097 3098 3099 3100 3101 3103 3104 3105 question first answered 18/07/2017 16:34:51 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

748524

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Emergencies: Planning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information he holds on any emergency disaster plans developed by Kensington and Chelsea Council prior to the Grenfell Tower fire on 13 June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	3103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>A month has passed since the Grenfell Tower disaster. Help for the victims continues to be the top priority and we are determined that they should have the support that they need, including offers of appropriate and good quality accommodation and by making financial and emotional support available.</p><p>Questions about the conduct and internal arrangements of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea local authority will be for the Public Inquiry to consider.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 3097 3098 3099 3100 3101 3102 3104 3105 question first answered 18/07/2017 16:34:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

748525

registered interest
date	05/07/2017
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	Grenfell Tower: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information he holds on the reason daily briefings were not produced by the Chief Executive of Kensington and Chelsea Council after the Grenfell Tower fire on 13 June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	3097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>A month has passed since the Grenfell Tower disaster. Help for the victims continues to be the top priority and we are determined that they should have the support that they need, including offers of appropriate and good quality accommodation and by making financial and emotional support available.</p><p>Questions about the conduct and internal arrangements of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea local authority will be for the Public Inquiry to consider.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 3098 3099 3100 3101 3102 3103 3104 3105 question first answered 18/07/2017 16:34:50 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts