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882220

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Social Rented Housing: Sales
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 people have bought social housing properties since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	135241
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The number of social housing sales since 2012 is available in live table 678 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales</a></p><p>These are figures for sales of social housing in England only, figures on the sales of social housing in Northern Ireland are a matter for the devolved administration.</p><p>Our record on the provision of affordable housing is a strong one with over 357,000 affordable homes delivered since 2010. This included 257,000 homes for rent. Whilst 69,000 local authority homes have been sold since 2010, there have been 127,000 new homes provided for social rent during the same period.</p><p /> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 19/04/2018 14:08:49 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

882234

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Community Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, within what timeframe he plans to implement the proposed integrated communities strategy.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	135224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Consultation on the Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper will close on 5 June 2018. The Government will respond in due course.</p><p>The Green Paper includes a range of national and local proposals across government. A number of these are already being implemented while others will be taken forward having considered views expressed through consultation.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 23/04/2018 15:36:13 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

882263

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the fire resilience of flats in timber-framed residential buildings.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	135381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>In 2012, the Department published &quot;Analysis of fires in buildings of timber framed construction, England, 2009-10 to 2011-12&quot;, ISBN 9781409837442. This is available at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/analysis-of-fires-in-buildings-of-timber-framed-construction-england-2009-10-to-2011-12" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistics/analysis-of-fires-in-buildings-of-timber-framed-construction-england-2009-10-to-2011-12</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 19/04/2018 14:33:56 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

882298

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Affordable Housing
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 recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that developers meet their quotas for affordable housing.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	135430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>In March, the Government published a draft revised National Planning Policy Framework for consultation which sets out a new approach to viability. The approach will create more certainty about the contributions developers are expected to make towards affordable housing.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 19/04/2018 14:38:34 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

882325

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Fire Prevention: Finance
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 councils have (a) requested and (b) received funding from the public purse for urgent fire safety work after the Grenfell Tower fire.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	135392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities will need to fund the costs of fire safety work in their own buildings. However, there may be circumstances where Government would consider the removal of financial restrictions to enable works to go ahead.</p><p>41 local authorities have contacted MHCLG regarding fire safety in buildings which they own. 14 of these authorities had identified buildings which required essential works and we have asked them to provide more detailed information. So far, five authorities have provided this information and officials are working with them on their requests. We are still in constructive dialogue with these local authorities and these discussions have not yet concluded. We expect local authorities to have put in place interim measures to ensure resident safety in the meantime.</p><p>If a local authority building owner considers any of their buildings to be unsafe, they will need to determine what measures are essential to make each building safe. This will need to be done as part of a whole fire safety strategy for each individual building, taking into account expert advice, any directions or advice from the local fire and rescue service, and other fire safety measures present.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 18/04/2018 10:24:02 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

882385

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Business Improvement Districts
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 steps he is taking to improve the transparency of Business Improvement District bodies.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	135323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>In 2015 the Government published best practice guidance, which makes clear that a Business Improvement District should be transparent and accountable to its levy payers. The use of social media, an up-to-date website, news releases, newsletters to levy payers, regular meetings and producing annual accounts, are some of the ways to ensure that the work of the Business Improvement District is open and available for scrutiny by its levy payers. Some Business Improvement Districts do already publish audited accounts and we recommend this as a way to ensure transparency.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 19/04/2018 14:19:47 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

882399

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2017 to Question 111036, on Mobile Homes, if his Department will record net gain in new pitches.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	135461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to change how we collect statistics on new pitches. The caravan count takes place every summer, and combines data from the Affordable Homes Programme and local authorities to create a snapshot of new provision. The Department does not have a mechanism to track sites no longer in use.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 23/04/2018 16:51:48 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

882431

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Secure Tenancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to give councils the flexibility to retain secure tenancies as standard in local tenancy strategies within the regulations under the Housing and Planning Act 2016; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>We have introduced fixed term tenancies for new council tenancies to ensure we get the best use out of our social housing stock and focus this valuable resource on those who need it the most for as long as they need it.</p><p>The Secure Tenancies (Victims of Domestic Abuse) Bill will ensure that existing lifetime tenants who need to move to escape domestic abuse and are rehoused by a local authority are granted a further lifetime tenancy in their new social home.</p><p>We will set out the circumstances in which local authorities will have discretion to continue to grant lifetime tenancies in regulations</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 18/04/2018 10:41:37 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

882449

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Answer of 26 March to Question 133676, how he proposes to take forward the garden city principles, other than those of design, now that those principles will no longer be included in the National Planning Policy Framework.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Frith
uin	135511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The consultation on draft changes to the National Planning Policy Framework closes on 10 May. Following this, we will consider whether further amendments are needed in the light of the comments received, including those relating to garden city principles.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 18/04/2018 10:22:12 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

882521

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Recruitment
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 proportion of job roles advertised within his Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>100 per cent of roles advertised by the Department during (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative. The Department was compliant with the Ban the Box initiative prior to the Civil Service adopting the policy as a default position in February 2016.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 19/04/2018 14:30:57 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake