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1010753

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Diplomatic Service: EU Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether UK citizens may continue to seek consular and diplomatic protection from EU member states in countries where the UK is not represented after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
	tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
	uin	193410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>​The UK has significant expertise in crisis preparedness and consular affairs. Thanks to its extensive global footprint of <del class="ministerial">273</del> <ins class="ministerial">274</ins> posts in 169 countries and territories, and its network of Honorary Consuls, the UK is able to provide professional consular services worldwide. In addition to our network, people who need assistance can call any of our embassies, high commissions or consulates, or the FCO switchboard, 24/7 for advice or help. The UK is open to maintaining a close level of cooperation with the EU, if this is perceived to be of mutual benefit, on crisis preparedness and consular affairs, including the provision of consular assistance to unrepresented EU citizens in third countries on a reciprocal basis. Details of this offer have been published on gov.uk, most recently in a <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/technical-note-on-coordination-of-external-security" target="_blank">technical note</a> on coordination on external security.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 26/11/2018 16:58:31 question first ministerially corrected 03/12/2018 12:32:53 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin previous answer version 87137 answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

1010545

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that motorcycle awareness is part of the car driving theory test.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	193488
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s driver testing includes theory questions, hazard perception clips and the practical on road test.</p><p> </p><p>Motorcycle awareness is already part of the car theory test. The multiple choice part of the theory test includes questions about the vulnerability of motorcyclists, particularly in the adverse weather conditions, and about their visibility. The hazard perception part of the theory test includes many hazards involving motorcyclists; every candidate sitting the car theory test sees at least one hazard involving a motorcyclist.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/11/2018 17:02:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1010713

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September 2018 to Question 172598, what the (a) shortest, (b) longest and (c) average waiting time was for social security tribunal hearings at the Sunderland tribunal venue in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	193445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>It has not been possible to provide the information requested at a) and b) in the time available. I will arrange for a copy of these data requested to be placed in the House Library as soon as they are available.</p><p> </p><p>Information about (c) average waiting times of appeals to the First-tier Tribunal (Social Security and Child Support) (SSCS) is published at:</p><p>www.gov.uk/government/collections/tribunals-statistics</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/11/2018 15:50:09 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1010601

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Trade Promotion
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department is taking to promote trade for development.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	uin	193609
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for International Development is working with the Department for International Trade to ensure our trade policy benefits developing countries as well as the UK. We aim to deliver continuity in our trading arrangements with developing countries as we leave the EU, provide support to help countries trade, and explore options to expand our relationships in the future.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/11/2018 14:18:04 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1010727

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Homes and Communities Agency and Regulator of Social Housing: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, who has been a member on the board of the (a) Homes and Communities Agency and (b) Social Housing Regulator and its predecessor regulation committee since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	193591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>This information is publically available through organisations' Annual Reports and Accounts. Between May 2010 and March 2012 the Regulation of Social Housing was conducted by the Tenant Services Authority (TSA). During this time there was no Regulation Committee as the TSA's Board carried out this role.</p><p>Links to the relevant reports are as follows:</p><p>TSA 2009/10 - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/247924/0326.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/247924/0326.pdf </a></p><p>2010/11 - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/247318/1252.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/247318/1252.pdf </a></p><p>2011/12 - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/246990/0336.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/246990/0336.pdf</a></p><p>HCA</p><p>2009/10 - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/247989/0265.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/247989/0265.pdf </a></p><p>2010/11 - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229149/1223.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/229149/1223.pdf </a></p><p>2011/12 - <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20170131234233/https://udc.homesandcommunities.co.uk/sites/default/files/aboutus/hca_annual_report_2012.pdf" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20170131234233/https://udc.homesandcommunities.co.uk/sites/default/files/aboutus/hca_annual_report_2012.pdf </a></p><p>2012/13 - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/382615/annual_report_040713.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/382615/annual_report_040713.pdf </a></p><p>2013/14 - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/329381/HCA_Annual_Report_2013-14_tag.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/329381/HCA_Annual_Report_2013-14_tag.pdf </a></p><p>2014/15 - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/439772/HCA_Annual_Report_2014-15.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/439772/HCA_Annual_Report_2014-15.pdf</a></p><p>2015/16 - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/536617/HCA_AR16_online.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/536617/HCA_AR16_online.pdf </a></p><p>2016/17 -<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627166/HCA_AR16-17.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/627166/HCA_AR16-17.pdf</a></p><p>2017/18 - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727905/Annual_Report_and_Financial_Statements_2017_-_2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/727905/Annual_Report_and_Financial_Statements_2017_-_2018.pdf </a></p><p>Since the latest Annual Report and Accounts were published the following changes have been made to each board/committee membership:</p><p>Regulation Committee</p><p>Richard Hughes - joined - 16 April 2018</p><p>Paul Smee - joined - 16 April 2018</p><p> </p><p>Homes England Board</p><p>Simon Dow (Regulation Committee Chair) - departed - 30 September 2018</p><p>Duncan Sutherland - joined - 1 November 2018</p><p>Ceri Smith (Shareholder Representative member) - joined - 1 November 2018</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In October 2018 the Regulator for Social Housing became an independent organisation.</p><p>However, membership of the existing Regulation Committee at that time was retained.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/11/2018 16:57:27 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1010754

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	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, whether the funding allocated to social housing providers to remove Grenfell-style cladding systems will also cover compensation to tenants who face increased heating costs as a result of the removal of that cladding.
	tabling member constituency	Kensington
	tabling member printed	Emma Dent Coad
	uin	193618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is providing funding to ensure that social housing providers can prioritise the remediation of buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding without needing to divert resources from other housing programmes, including maintaining existing properties and new build programmes.</p><p>The application guidance sets out the costs covered by government funding. This is intended to cover costs associated with the removal and replacement of unsafe ACM cladding systems (including insulation), such as access (e.g. scaffolding or mast climber), removal and disposal of existing cladding, replacement materials, labour and reasonable on-costs, and VAT on these costs where the building owner is not able to claim this back. The fund is not intended to cover revenue costs, including those associated with interim measures.</p><p>The Regulator of Social Housing requires that homes in the social housing sector meet the Decent Homes Standard, which includes having efficient heating and effective insulation. As social landlords have responsibility for the overall standards of their buildings, we would expect them to take action and engage with residents to ensure disruption is reduced whilst the works are completed as quickly and safely as possible. We would expect those who have concerns about their ability to do this to contact MHCLG or the Regulator of Social Housing.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 193611 question first answered 26/11/2018 17:15:32 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4683 label Biography information for Emma Dent Coad

1010756

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	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, whether funding for social housing providers to remove Grenfell-style cladding systems includes the cost of the removal of non-aluminium composite material cladding systems.
	tabling member constituency	Kensington
	tabling member printed	Emma Dent Coad
	uin	193620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>Grant funding will be available to cover all reasonable costs for the remediation of unsafe Aluminium Cladding Material cladding systems, which have failed large-scale fire performance tests commissioned by Government in 2017, on social housing buildings 18 metres and over owned by local authorities and housing associations.</p><p>Building owners should be taking the steps necessary to ensure the safety of their buildings. We have issued advice for building owners on assessing the safety of other cladding systems.</p><p>We can continue to provide local authorities financial flexibilities for all other essential fire safety work. Housing associations which remain concerned about their ability to meet costs should contact the Regulator of Social Housing.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/11/2018 17:14:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4683 label Biography information for Emma Dent Coad

1010755

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	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 recent assessment he has made of the fire risks posed by non-aluminium composite material cladding systems.
	tabling member constituency	Kensington
	tabling member printed	Emma Dent Coad
	uin	193619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my answer of 22 November to Question UIN 192840.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/11/2018 16:55:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4683 label Biography information for Emma Dent Coad

1010700

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	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 recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the provision of support for heating costs provided by local authorities and Housing Associations to social housing tenants while unsafe cladding systems are removed from their homes.
	tabling member constituency	Kensington
	tabling member printed	Emma Dent Coad
	uin	193611
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is providing funding to ensure that social housing providers can prioritise the remediation of buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding without needing to divert resources from other housing programmes, including maintaining existing properties and new build programmes.</p><p>The application guidance sets out the costs covered by government funding. This is intended to cover costs associated with the removal and replacement of unsafe ACM cladding systems (including insulation), such as access (e.g. scaffolding or mast climber), removal and disposal of existing cladding, replacement materials, labour and reasonable on-costs, and VAT on these costs where the building owner is not able to claim this back. The fund is not intended to cover revenue costs, including those associated with interim measures.</p><p>The Regulator of Social Housing requires that homes in the social housing sector meet the Decent Homes Standard, which includes having efficient heating and effective insulation. As social landlords have responsibility for the overall standards of their buildings, we would expect them to take action and engage with residents to ensure disruption is reduced whilst the works are completed as quickly and safely as possible. We would expect those who have concerns about their ability to do this to contact MHCLG or the Regulator of Social Housing.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 193618 question first answered 26/11/2018 17:15:32 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4683 label Biography information for Emma Dent Coad

1010722

	registered interest
	date	20/11/2018
	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	Homes England: Public Appointments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, by what process were the new Board Members of Homes England recruited.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	193586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>Appointments to the Homes England Board are made in line with the Cabinet Office Governance Code for Public Appointments and are subject to scrutiny by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/11/2018 16:59:07 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali