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date	23/07/2019
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: Standards
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 merits of (a) incentivising or requiring housebuilders to monitor and collect data on the performance of homes post-occupancy and (b) requiring housebuilders to publish that information.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	281099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>The Government is taking action to raise the quality of new build homes. We are reforming the building safety system, reviewing the Approved Documents to the Building Regulations including the conservation of fuel and power, and working with industry to improve productivity and skills, all of which will raise building performance and standards. We are also currently consulting on the design and delivery of a New Homes Ombudsman, including their role in driving up the quality of new build homes.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 05/08/2019 09:42:38 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1141417

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
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	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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ensure that planning permission is time limited to prevent completions being built to superceded building regulations.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	281101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/08/2019 answer text <p>Generally, when a planning permission is granted, the development must commence within three years. The intention behind this time limit is to prevent the accumulation of planning permissions which are unimplemented. It also allows councils to review the development’s suitability in the light of circumstances which may have altered over the three year period</p><p><br>When new Building Regulations are introduced, time limited transitional provisions are normally included. Transitional provisions are kept under review for changes to Building Regulations.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 05/08/2019 09:43:54 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1141418

registered interest
date	23/07/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Housing: Climate Change
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to implement the policy recommendations made by the Committee on Climate Change in its report entitled UK housing: Fit for the future on adapting the UK’s housing stock to the impacts of climate change.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	281102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>Government is carefully considering advice received from the Committee on Climate Change as we develop our future policy on housing.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 31/07/2019 15:18:57 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham