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1149870

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Energy Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 291003 and to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 290324, if he will introduce the same policy as the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and switch to an electricity provider that supplies electricity solely from renewable resources within the next 12 months; and for what reason his Department has not already ensured its electricity is supplied solely from renewable resources.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	1010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2019 answer text <p>All government departments are mandated to use the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) Energy frameworks for the supply of gas, electricity and liquid fuels.</p><p>The CCS competes the frameworks on the open market and selects the energy providers according to a set of award criteria, normally based on price and quality.</p><p>The Department's main building is at 2 Marsham Street, which is operated through the Home Office PFI, which was signed in 2002. The supply of electricity is provided by the PFI provider and Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 28/10/2019 16:45:45 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149874

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letters of the 11 June, 3 July and 20 August 2019 from the Rt hon. Member for Aylesbury on the Bucks Local Enterprise Partnership Review.
tabling member constituency	Aylesbury
tabling member printed	Sir David Lidington
uin	816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>I can confirm that the letters have now been received by my Department and we will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/10/2019 15:10:06 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	15 label Biography information for Sir David Lidington

1149938

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Disadvantaged
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they intend to take in response to their statistics and reports on the English Indices of Deprivation 2019, published on 26 September.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to levelling up every part of the UK - unemployment is down 1.2 million since 2010 while wages continue to rise at their fastest in over a decade. We’re supporting families with their cost of living and providing more support to the most deprived authorities, which now have a spending power 16% higher per home than the least deprived. For those who need extra support, the UK Government spends over £95 billion a year, including for those who are on a low income. <br> <br>Following our departure from the EU, we will create the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), a programme of investment designed to tackle inequalities between communities by raising productivity.</p><p>The Government recently announced 100 places which will be invited to develop proposals for our £3.6 billion Towns Fund - 45 of these places are in the Northern Powerhouse and 30 in the Midlands Engine, demonstrating our commitment to the whole country. The fund will deliver transformative investment in transport, digital, skills and culture in order to boost productivity and sustainably raise living standards in towns across the country.</p><p><br>The Chancellor confirmed in August that the National Infrastructure Strategy will be published in Autumn 2019. The Strategy will set out the Government’s plans to deliver a step change in infrastructure investment to support the UK economy, as well as providing a formal response to the NIC’s National Infrastructure Assessment. As part of his Spending Round speech, the Chancellor set out his ambitions to deliver an infrastructure revolution, which included a commitment to use increased infrastructure investment to support growth and productivity across the whole of the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 30/10/2019 14:01:48 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1149948

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 11 February 2019 to Question 217590 on Buildings: Insulation, if he will publish the (a) results of the bespoke testing programme or (b) date when the results will be published.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	1102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the response I gave to Question UIN 290851 on 8 October 2019.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 22/10/2019 11:50:22 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 674 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1149963

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Buildings: Safety
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 with the expert advisory panel on building safety on revising Advice Note 14 following the increase in unsalable properties in tower blocks.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	1103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 05/11/2019 16:25:24 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 675 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1149986

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Urban Areas: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will (a) make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the Cambridge University Bennett Institute for Public Policy report entitled Townscapes: The North East and (b) reintroduce the position of Minister for the North East to tackle the decline in North East towns referred to in that report.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>a) This government is committed to levelling up the regions, so that people can benefit in our shared prosperity. On 6 September we announced the 100 places we have invited to develop proposals for Town Deals as part of the £3.6 billion Towns Fund announced on 27 July. 45 of these places are in the Northern Powerhouse, 18 of which are in the North East. Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland will also benefit from £600 million of investment in jobs and infrastructure under the North of Tyne Devolution Deal, whilst the Tees Valley Devolution Deal is worth £450 million. Additionally, of the £3.4 billion of Local Growth Funding that has gone to the Northern Powerhouse, £505.6 million has been allocated to the North East and Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnerships. <br> <br> b) The position of Minister for the Northern Powerhouse was first created in 2015 to drive economic growth in the North and ensure the needs of the North of England are represented in government. I was appointed Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth in June 2017 and I was re-appointed on 25 July 2019 as Minister of State attending Cabinet, showing that the Northern Powerhouse remains at the heart of this government’s agenda.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 22/10/2019 11:50:43 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry previous answer version 685 answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1150016

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Buildings: Insulation
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 plans he has to extend the ban on combustible materials on tower blocks to (a) hospitals, (b) care homes, (c) sheltered housing and (d) other high-risk buildings.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	1104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 291436 on 26 September 2019.</p><p>For ease of reference my earlier response read: On 29 November 2018, the Government introduced a ban of combustible materials in the external wall of buildings including blocks of flats, student accommodation and care homes more than 18 metres in height. The ban requires that all materials which become part of an external wall or specified attachment achieve European Class A2-s1, d0 or Class A1, other than those covered by exemptions.</p><p>As stated in the explanatory memorandum the Department intends to review the ban annually through monitoring arrangements and advice from bodies such as Building Regulations Advisory Committee for England. This will include considering the scope of the ban.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 22/10/2019 13:29:59 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 676 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1150017

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many buildings have received funding from the Government’s £200 million private sector ACM cladding remediation fund.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	1105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>To date no buildings have received funding. However, by 18 October, 55 owners or responsible persons for buildings have started the application process. We expect first applications to be approved in October. Homes England and the Greater London Authority are our delivery partners for the fund and are working with eligible building owners to ensure remediation is completed.</p><p>There is no excuse for building owners to delay remediation. Eligible building owners should have entered the fund application process by the end of October at the latest. We have established a Joint Inspection Team to support local authorities in taking enforcement action where building owners are refusing to remediate high-rise buildings with unsafe cladding.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 22/10/2019 12:46:22 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 678 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1150021

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	High Rise Flats: Insulation
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 cost of remediation of social sector tower blocks with high-pressure laminate cladding and insulation combinations found to be unsafe by the independent expert advisory panel on building safety.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	1106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>No estimate has been made, but my Department has asked local authorities and housing associations to provide data on the external walls systems of their high-rise residential buildings of 18 metres or above. This exercise is part of an ongoing programme to build a more complete picture of the variety of external wall systems in use. I have provided £4 million to support local authorities with this important exercise. I expect this to be complete by 31 March 2020.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 22/10/2019 12:10:46 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 679 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1150042

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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	Local Government: Ethics
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 basis he has made of the potential effectiveness of implementing the recommendations of the Committee on Standards in Public Life report entitled Local Government Ethical Standards published on 30 January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	1052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>The government is currently carefully considering the Committee's recommendations and will issue a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 25/10/2019 13:19:49 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion