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1255288

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	Derelict Land
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 he has made of the potential effect of proposals in the Planning for the Future White Paper, published in August 2020 on prioritisation of brownfield over (a) greenfield and (b) agricultural land.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	120827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government continues to prioritise brownfield redevelopment. The reforms put forward in our White Paper <em>Planning for the Future </em>made clear that local authorities need to give preference to the re-use of suitable brownfield and under-used land wherever possible, as set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. Brownfield redevelopment is being boosted by funding such as the £4.5 billion Home Building Fund, the £4.1 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund, and the £400 million Brownfield Fund.</p><p>We recognise the importance of greenfield and agricultural land. The Framework makes clear that local authorities should recognise the character and beauty of the countryside and the benefits from natural capital and ecosystem services, including woodland and our best and most versatile farmland.</p><p>The White Paper consultation closed on 29 October 2020 and we are currently considering the responses received. The Government will publish a response which will set out any decisions and associated proposed implementation.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/11/2020 17:46:10 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1255300

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	Homelessness: Children
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 children are classified as being homeless as at 25 November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	120786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2020 answer text <p>The latest published statutory homeless figures are for April to June 2020. Published figures are available at this link <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fstatutory-homelessness-in-england-april-to-june-2020&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C82e4c3c37c814f29865108d897b996d9%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637426170634451214%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=X6ACG9Q7Bub%2FD0kl2FS7NSV6%2FLXyJd4vQ4X%2F6De4ZDA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statutory-homelessness-in-england-april-to-june-2020</a> .</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 04/12/2020 13:38:48 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1255362

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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 estimate he has made of the proportion of buildings which do not have cladding material as part of the building’s external wall system, by region.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	121004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Data estimating the proportion of high-rise residential buildings in England with little or no cladding can be found in this release: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fbuilding-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england%2Fbuilding-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBSP_PQ%40communities.gov.uk%7C9f8437d1dfc44e0fd1a108d891fee8d5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637419871293203277%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=zep7t%2BM95FXDQmd%2FaZoNVSlUvlV8hIB4ISPDDZXGC4A%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england/building-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england</a>.</p><p>Regional analysis is not available. In time, we will publish appropriate summary information from the External Wall Systems data collection in our monthly Building Safety Programme data release.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/11/2020 17:45:18 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1255366

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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: Coventry
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 new home builds have been (a) started and (b) completed in (i) Coventry North East constituency and (ii) Coventry in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	120876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Estimates of building control reported new build dwelling starts and completions for Coventry in each year to March 2020 are shown in Live Table 253 at the following link.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building</a></p><p>These estimates cover new build dwellings only and should be regarded as a leading indicator of overall housing supply. The Department also publishes an annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply</p><p><br>Data by parliamentary constituency are not centrally collected or held by the Department. Coventry Council are best placed to advise on local new build data collection in Coventry.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/11/2020 17:47:59 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1255375

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	Smoke Alarms
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 and what proportion of households did not have functioning smoke alarms in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	120879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Each year MHCLG publishes data on the number and proportion of households in England with a working smoke alarm. Data up to and including 2018-19 are available in Annex Table 2.16 here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/859758/2018-19_Section_2_Housing_Stock_Annex_Tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/859758/2018-19_Section_2_Housing_Stock_Annex_Tables.xlsx</a> <br> <br> The English Housing Survey also collects data on the prevalence of working smoke alarms in the West Midlands, see below for each of the last five years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Households in the West Midlands with at least one working smoke alarm</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>percentage of homes with working smoke alarm West Midlands</p></td><td><p>87.9</p></td><td><p>91.7</p></td><td><p>89.4</p></td><td><p>88.6</p></td><td><p>89.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>number of homes with working smoke alarm West Midlands (000s)</p></td><td><p>2,041</p></td><td><p>2,148</p></td><td><p>2,137</p></td><td><p>2,125</p></td><td><p>2,199</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> The Department does not collect data on the number and proportion of households in Coventry North East constituency or Coventry with or without working smoke alarms.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/11/2020 17:47:08 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1255395

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	Homelessness: Urban Areas
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 potential merits of introducing Combined Homelessness and Information Network style reporting systems in city regions outside of London to improve the quality of data on homelessness and rough sleeping.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	120875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2020 answer text <p>The Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) is a multi-agency database recording information about people seen rough sleeping by outreach teams in London. <br> <br>To introduce a CHAIN style reporting system in city regions outside of London would require all local authorities to have a multi-agency database or to have an outreach team counting the number of rough sleepers in their area every night of the year. However, we do expect all local authorities to regularly gather information and data on rough sleeping in their area.</p><p>Our annual snapshot data provides a way of estimating the number of people sleeping rough across England on a single night and allows us to assess change over time. The Rough Sleeping Snapshot statistics are independently verified by Homeless Link and designated as Official Statistics.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 04/12/2020 13:39:15 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1255412

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	Economic Growth
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 promote local economic growth in (a) West Sussex and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffith
uin	121060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2020 answer text <p>We are promoting local economic growth in West Sussex through:</p><ul><li>Over £16 million from the Getting Building Fund via the Coast to Capital LEP.</li><li>Awarding the Coast to Capital LEP with £292 million over six years through the Local Growth Fund to drive regional development.</li><li>Selecting Crawley as one of 101 places to develop a Town Deal with Government.</li></ul><p>Across England, the Government is supporting local partners to deliver local economic growth through:</p><ul><li>A new £4 billion Levelling Up Fund for England. This will invest in local infrastructure that has a visible impact on people and their communities and will support economic recovery, with £600 million available in 2021/22.</li><li>Providing £220 million additional UK funding to help local areas prepare over 2021/22 for introduction of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, to support our communities to pilot programmes and new approaches.</li><li>101 prospective Town Deals across England as part of the £3.6 billion Towns Fund to level up towns and regions across England.</li><li>Allocating £1 billion of the Towns Fund to support the Future High Streets Fund competition, which aims to renew and reshape town centres and high streets in a way that drives growth and ensures future sustainability.</li><li>Delivering a minimum of 10 Freeports. Successful bidders will be announced in Spring 2021 and the first Freeports will be designated in late 2021.</li></ul> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 04/12/2020 15:01:24 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith

1255441

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	Warehouses: Solar Power
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of requiring new commercial warehousing to be fitted with solar panels.
tabling member constituency	South Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Alberto Costa
uin	120890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>Mandating a particular renewable technology, such as solar panels, may not be appropriate for all commercial warehousing in all areas. This for reasons such as building orientation and other reasons such as structural strength of the roof. National planning policy encourages the use of renewables without requiring any particular technology. In the case of the Building Regulations, the Government sets minimum energy performance standards for non-domestic buildings and new homes. These are expressed in performance terms and do not prescribe the technologies, materials or fuels to be used This allows builders and warehouse owners the flexibility to innovate and select the most practical and cost-effective solutions appropriate in a development. A new permitted development right was introduced in April 2015 to encourage solar panel take-up on non-domestic buildings. This right allows solar PV developments of up to 1 megawatt. This replaces a previous right and provides for a 20-fold increase in the amount of solar technology that can go onto the roofs of buildings such as warehouses without having to submit a full planning application, subject to strict safeguards to protect local amenity.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 03/12/2020 17:49:40 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4439 label Biography information for Alberto Costa

1255462

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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, whether an inspector can approve a council policy allowing for traveller site development when the council has concluded that there is no unmet accommodation need in the planning period.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	120821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>The Inspector’s role is to examine whether a submitted plan meets the Tests of Soundness set out in paragraph 35 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and legislative requirements.</p><p>The Inspector’s conclusions will be based on a consideration of all the evidence and on the application of professional expertise and judgement.</p><p>With regard to traveller sites, as part of this consideration an Inspector will consider plan proposals against policy in the Planning Policy for Traveller Sites (PPTS) and NPPF. The PPTS encourages authorities to identify a 5-year supply of specific, deliverable sites and other developable sites to accommodate growth for years 6-10 and, where possible, years 11-15.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 03/12/2020 17:20:45 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

1255481

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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
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 Spending Review 2020, what his policy is on (a) funding for local councils, (b) grants and (c) council tax principles for the 2021-22 financial year prior to the 2021-22 Local Government Funding settlement in December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	120939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2020 answer text <p>Spending Review 2020 confirmed that Core Spending Power is forecast to rise by 4.5 per cent in cash terms- a real terms increase. This package means local authorities will be able to access an estimated additional £2.2 billion to support Adult and Children’s Social Care and to maintain universal services.</p><p>Within their Core Spending Power, councils will have access to an additional £1 billion for social care next year, made up of a £300 million increase to the social care grant and 3 per cent Adult Social Care precept. The additional £1 billion of grant funding announced at SR19 for Adult and Children’s Social Care will be continuing, along with all other existing social care funding including the improved Better Care Fund.</p><p>Complementing this is an unprecedented package of support for local authorities to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, including measures worth an estimated circa £3 billion of additional support for Covid-19 pressures next year, along with extending the current Sales, Fees and Charges scheme (which refunds 75 per cent of eligible income loss beyond a 5 per cent threshold) into the first three months of 2021-22.</p><p>This is on top of the support committed this financial year, including over £7.2 billion for local authorities, even before the extension of the Contain Outbreak Management Fund for those authorities under the highest level of restriction – potentially worth over £200 million a month – announced as part of the Covid-19 Winter Plan. This takes the total support committed to councils in England to tackle the impacts of Covid-19 to over £10 billion.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 04/12/2020 15:00:58 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes