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1140804

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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, whether Class B High Pressure Laminate cladding with combustible insulation can be reused on a building in the event that the combustible insulation is replaced.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	280244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department published in April 2019 a Frequently asked Question on the Government website one of which answer the question “How do the Building (Amendment) Regulations 2018 affect buildings undergoing remediation?”</p><p>The requirement is that building work on such buildings must be carried out so that only materials which achieve European Classification A1 or A2-s1, d0 become part of an external wall or specified attachment (as defined in regulation 2) unless covered by one of the exemptions in the regulations.</p><p>This means that materials which are already part of the external wall, or are existing specified attachments, and are not becoming part of the wall are not covered by the ban (unless there is a change of use). However, during this process care must be taken to ensure that the building is no less compliant in relation to building regulation requirements than before the work was carried out (e.g. cavity barrier).</p><p>The full list of frequently asked questions is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-amendment-regulations-2018-frequently-asked-questions/building-amendment-regulations-2018-frequently-asked-questions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-amendment-regulations-2018-frequently-asked-questions/building-amendment-regulations-2018-frequently-asked-questions</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 25/07/2019 07:15:28 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1140848

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Freehold
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 press release entitled, Leasehold axed for all new houses in move to place fairness at heart of housing market, published by his Department on 27 June 2019, what estimate he has made of the number of house buyers that were subject to the sale of their freehold before they had bought their homes.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	280377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department has no data on the number of house buyers who were interested in or offered the opportunity to buy the freehold of their property at the point of purchase.</p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the extent of any mis-selling of leasehold properties, using its consumer protection powers and will consider whether to bring forward enforcement proceedings.</p><p>The Government is working with the Law Commission to make it easier, faster and cheaper for leaseholders to purchase their freehold. As part of this project, the Law Commission are considering how best to reduce the premium for purchasing a freehold, given the legitimate property rights held by freeholders.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 280378 question first answered 25/07/2019 07:15:54 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1140849

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Freehold
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 buyers that expressed an intention to purchase their freeholds to the developer pre-contract will receive their freeholds for no cost through redress with the developer.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	280378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department has no data on the number of house buyers who were interested in or offered the opportunity to buy the freehold of their property at the point of purchase.</p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the extent of any mis-selling of leasehold properties, using its consumer protection powers and will consider whether to bring forward enforcement proceedings.</p><p>The Government is working with the Law Commission to make it easier, faster and cheaper for leaseholders to purchase their freehold. As part of this project, the Law Commission are considering how best to reduce the premium for purchasing a freehold, given the legitimate property rights held by freeholders.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 280377 question first answered 25/07/2019 07:15:54 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1140991

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Housing: Floods
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 households have left their homes as a result of flooding in the past 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	280202
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>My Department does not hold this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 25/07/2019 10:01:38 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1140995

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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: Brexit
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 officials in his office are working on matters relating to the UK's withdrawal from the the EU.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	280204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>A number of central planning and co-ordination teams have been established within the Department to lead and manage the work required to prepare for the UK’s exit from the EU. As of June 2019 there were a total of 69 people working in these teams. In addition other MHCLG staff who are working on related matters to the UK's withdrawal from the EU as part of their business as usual activities.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 25/07/2019 07:14:26 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1141009

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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 Ministerial Statement, Building safety update, HCWS1757, whether his Department plans to (a) commission large scale fire tests on or (b) issue advice on B-rated and D-rated timber cladding following the BS 8414 test result on high pressure laminate cladding and combustible insulation.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	280291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The Independent Expert Advisory Panel (IEAP) has issued some advice to building owners with regards to non-Aluminium Composite Material cladding material the advice note is available at the following: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf</a></p><p>The Department has currently no plan to commission a large scale test of timber cladding.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 25/07/2019 07:15:06 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1141065

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Housing: Social Services
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 his Department has made of the potential merits of including adult social care provision within housing development plans.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	280315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>Provision of Adult Social Care is a Government priority, which is why this Government has given councils access to £10 billion dedicated funding that can be used for adult social care in the three year period to 2019-20.</p><p>Government has continued to subsidise the supply of new supported and sheltered housing as well as investing more than £2.7 billion into the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) between 2012-13 and 2019-20. The DFG has been funded through the Better Care Fund since 2015 in in recognition of the crucial role which home adaptations can play in supporting the integration of housing, health and social care.</p><p>The Department has also strengthened the revised National Planning Policy Framework so that local planning authorities are expected to have policies which identify the size, type and tenure of homes required for different groups in the community.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 25/07/2019 09:16:30 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1141112

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
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	Building Regulations: 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's technical review of the Building Regulations statutory guidance on fire safety (Approved Document B) will include a review of the regulations covering the self storage industry.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	280352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The statutory guidance on fire safety (Approved Document B) does already provide some provisions for self storage units.</p><p>The technical review of Approved Document B will be wide ranging and will cover all of the guidance in the document. We published a call for evidence which ended on 15 March 2019, we are currently analysing the results and will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 25/07/2019 07:14:43 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1140367

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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 Finance: Barnsley
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 the core spending power per dwelling for Barnsley council was in each financial year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	279128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>the Department took the decision not to publish Core Spending Power per dwelling over time because both the amount of funding and the number of dwellings change. This means that year on year comparisons are not a useful measure.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 25/07/2019 10:04:28 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1140415

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
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: Ethnic Groups
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 BAME staff are employed at (a) grade 7, (b) grade 5 and (c) grade 3 in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	279044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the ethnicity recorded for the Department's staff as of 30 June 2019 at Grade 7, Grade 5 (Deputy Director) and at the Senior Civil Service level (SCS) which includes both Grade 5, and 3 (Director General). We can not provide a breakdown at Grade 3 as the number of ethnic minority SCS at the grade requested would be too small for us to release. It should also be noted that the overall ethnic minority population at MHCLG is 20.8 per cent, with 77.4 per cent of staff declaring their ethnicity on the Department's HR system</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grade 5</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SCS (Grade 5-2)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ethnic minority</p></td><td><p>56 (13.6%)</p></td><td><p>7 (10.0%)</p></td><td><p>10 (10.8%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>355 (86.4%)</p></td><td><p>63 (90.0%)</p></td><td><p>83 (89.2%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not known</p></td><td><p>134</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MHCLG Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>545</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>77</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>106</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 25/07/2019 10:02:54 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra