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1092581

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	Private Rented 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, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his policies of March 2019 research by Generation Rent which found that local authorities surveyed had issued improvement notices to private landlords in only 5 per cent of cases where a tenant had complained in 2017-18; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	235346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The research was published on 18 March 2019. No assessment has been made at this time.</p><p>Improvement notices alone do not represent the full scale of local authority enforcement action where serious hazards are identified in residential property. They are one of a range of enforcement tools available for local authorities to use to address serious hazards, which also include informal action, carrying out emergency repairs, and, in extreme cases limiting or stopping the use of a property. Local authorities use the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS), introduced by the Housing Act 2004, to assess property conditions and must take appropriate enforcement action where the most serious hazards are present.</p><p>We announced in October 2018 that we were commissioning a review to assess how well the HHSRS works in practice and ensure it is fit for purpose.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 26/03/2019 16:48:56 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1092606

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	Non-domestic Rates
	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 the Government has to lower business rates.
	tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
	tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
	uin	235353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>Since 2016, Government has announced a range of business rates reforms and measures. These include raising the threshold for Small Business Rate Relief, linking the multiplier to CPI rather than RPI inflation, a new retail discount worth an estimated £1 billion, and a range of other smaller reliefs. In total, these measures are estimated to be worth over £13 billion between 2019-20 and 2023-24.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 27/03/2019 10:54:30 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1092640

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	Older People: 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, with reference to the findings of the 2018 research by Buffel, Phillipson, Scharf entitled, Ageing in urban environments: Developing age-friendly Cities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the planning of cities caters for the needs of older people.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	235259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>A key part of ensuring cities can cater for the needs of older people is to ensure they are accessible. The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that plan makers and decision makers should ensure that developments create places that are safe, inclusive and accessible.</p><p>Housing must be a key part of our thinking as we plan for an ageing population. Offering older people a better choice of accommodation can help them live independently for longer and feel more connected to their communities.</p><p>Acknowledging this, this year, we will be launching a competition to design the house of the future; a house designed for the changing needs of older people that is more energy efficient, with quality affordable design and suitable for all generations.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/03/2019 16:05:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1092666

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2019 to Question 229147 on Buildings: Insulation, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of other test facilities with available test rigs for the referenced test to take place.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	235312
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The contract for this BS 8414 test is subject to an open competitive tender. Any properly accredited test facilities could be used.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/03/2019 12:18:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 110246 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1092671

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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, pursuant the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 214560 on Buildings: Insulation, whether the further testing to check the fire safety of building materials that his Department is commissioning with the Building Research Establishment has started.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	235314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The laboratory phase of this project is now underway. Once calibration is completed, testing should start in the first week of April.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/03/2019 12:18:12 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 110247 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1092672

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2019 to Question 214560 on Buildings: Insulation, whether videos of the further testing to check the fire safety of building materials that his Department is commissioning with the Building Research Establishment will be made public.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	235315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>A detailed final report will be produced setting out all the findings of this project after it is completed and this report will be published in due course. If any findings suggest a risk to public safety we will take appropriate action and communicate this.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/03/2019 16:04:40 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1092703

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	Sleeping Rough
	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 people sleeping rough have a co-occurring mental health and substance use problem.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	235272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of what proportion of people sleeping rough have a co-occurring mental health and substance use problems.</p><p>National street counts and intelligence driven estimates of people sleeping rough are conducted every year in autumn, but these do not take into account an individual’s support needs.</p><p>These figures can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018</a>.</p><p>However, London’s Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) data does collect self-reported information on people’s support needs. The most frequently reported support need amongst people seen rough sleeping across London in 2017/18 was mental health, with 50 per cent of those assessed during the period having a need in this area. Alcohol was the second most prevalent need, at 43 per cent, while 40 per cent of rough sleepers were assessed as having a support need relating to drugs. 15 per cent had all three support needs.</p><p>These figures can be found here: <a href="https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports" target="_blank">https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports</a>.</p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period. In its first year, the Rough Sleeping Initiative provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff.</p><p>As part of a range of commitments in the Rough Sleeping Strategy, which was published in August 2018, the Department of Health and Social Care is running a rapid audit of health services in the 83 Rough Sleeping Initiative areas to understand levels health provision for people who sleep rough. It has also committed up to £2 million to test models of access to health services for people with co-occurring mental ill-health and substance misuse needs to understand if local services can be delivered more effectively. NHS England has committed to up to £30 million over the next five years to deliver targeted mental health services to rough sleepers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 235273 235274 question first answered 28/03/2019 13:02:12 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1092704

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	Sleeping Rough
	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 availability of drug and alcohol treatment services for people sleeping rough.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	235273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of what proportion of people sleeping rough have a co-occurring mental health and substance use problems.</p><p>National street counts and intelligence driven estimates of people sleeping rough are conducted every year in autumn, but these do not take into account an individual’s support needs.</p><p>These figures can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018</a>.</p><p>However, London’s Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) data does collect self-reported information on people’s support needs. The most frequently reported support need amongst people seen rough sleeping across London in 2017/18 was mental health, with 50 per cent of those assessed during the period having a need in this area. Alcohol was the second most prevalent need, at 43 per cent, while 40 per cent of rough sleepers were assessed as having a support need relating to drugs. 15 per cent had all three support needs.</p><p>These figures can be found here: <a href="https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports" target="_blank">https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports</a>.</p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period. In its first year, the Rough Sleeping Initiative provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff.</p><p>As part of a range of commitments in the Rough Sleeping Strategy, which was published in August 2018, the Department of Health and Social Care is running a rapid audit of health services in the 83 Rough Sleeping Initiative areas to understand levels health provision for people who sleep rough. It has also committed up to £2 million to test models of access to health services for people with co-occurring mental ill-health and substance misuse needs to understand if local services can be delivered more effectively. NHS England has committed to up to £30 million over the next five years to deliver targeted mental health services to rough sleepers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 235272 235274 question first answered 28/03/2019 13:02:12 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1092705

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	Sleeping Rough
	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 improve access to drug and alcohol treatment services for people sleeping rough.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	235274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of what proportion of people sleeping rough have a co-occurring mental health and substance use problems.</p><p>National street counts and intelligence driven estimates of people sleeping rough are conducted every year in autumn, but these do not take into account an individual’s support needs.</p><p>These figures can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018</a>.</p><p>However, London’s Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) data does collect self-reported information on people’s support needs. The most frequently reported support need amongst people seen rough sleeping across London in 2017/18 was mental health, with 50 per cent of those assessed during the period having a need in this area. Alcohol was the second most prevalent need, at 43 per cent, while 40 per cent of rough sleepers were assessed as having a support need relating to drugs. 15 per cent had all three support needs.</p><p>These figures can be found here: <a href="https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports" target="_blank">https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports</a>.</p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period. In its first year, the Rough Sleeping Initiative provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff.</p><p>As part of a range of commitments in the Rough Sleeping Strategy, which was published in August 2018, the Department of Health and Social Care is running a rapid audit of health services in the 83 Rough Sleeping Initiative areas to understand levels health provision for people who sleep rough. It has also committed up to £2 million to test models of access to health services for people with co-occurring mental ill-health and substance misuse needs to understand if local services can be delivered more effectively. NHS England has committed to up to £30 million over the next five years to deliver targeted mental health services to rough sleepers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 235272 235273 question first answered 28/03/2019 13:02:12 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1092722

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2019
	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	Planning
	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 the Government plans to publish the outcome of its consultation entitled Planning reform: supporting the high street and increasing the delivery of new homes.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Dominic Raab
	uin	235331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement of 13 March 2018, HCWS1408, we intend to implement an immediate package of permitted development right measures in the spring, with the more complex matters, including on upward extensions, covered in a further package of regulations in the autumn.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/03/2019 16:03:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab