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1488718

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what measures his Department will take to locate polluters under the first tier of the waterfall model of liability contained in the Building Safety Act 2022 before placing liability on other parties.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	36017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>Under the Waterfall model set out in the Building Safety Act 2022, developers are the first to pay for the costs of remediating defective buildings, rather than the leaseholders that have previously been liable for costs</p><p><br> During the previous Secretary of State’s appearance before the Levelling up and Housing Committee on 13 June 2022, he announced that a new Recovery Strategy Unit has been established to help pursue and expose developers who have failed to pay for defects that they have created. <br> <br> The unit will identify and pursue these individuals and firms using all appropriate means, including through the courts, to ensure that developers do the right thing and take responsibility for defects they created.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 20/07/2022 15:38:35 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1488719

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment on the financial impact on UK pension funds of the Building Safety Act 2022.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	36018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The Building Safety Act puts in place legal protections for leaseholders from historical building safety costs. The Act legally protects qualifying leaseholders (those living in their own home or with no more than three UK properties in total) from all costs relating to the remediation of unsafe cladding and contains robust and far-reaching protections from non-cladding costs, including those relating to interim measures such as waking watches. Where those directly responsible (for example, developers) cannot be held to account, building owners and landlords, rather than leaseholders, will now be the first port of call to pay for historical safety defects.</p><p>The Building Safety Act spreads the costs of fixing historical building safety defects as fairly and equitably as possible across the system. If building owners and landlords on 14 February were, or were related to the developer of the building, they are liable for the full cost of remediating all building safety defects, whether cladding or otherwise, to the benefit of all leaseholders. Qualifying leaseholders will be protected from all costs for remediation works if the building owners and landlord have a net worth of more than £2 million per in-scope building.</p><p>It is not our default expectation that building owners and landlords, including pension funds, will have to fund remediation works from their own resources: we want them to pursue those responsible for defective work, including associated companies of developers and manufacturers. That is why y there is now a toolkit of measures available under the Building Safety Act 2022 to enable that to happen.</p><p>We have retrospectively extended the limitation period under section 1 of the Defective Premises Act 1972 from 6 to 30 years; we have extended the reach of civil liability to associated companies of developers, including trusts, to ensure that some of the largest businesses in the sector who have used shell companies and other complex corporate structures to be pursed for contributions; and we have created a cause of action which will allow manufacturers of construction products to be pursued where defective or mis-sold products have been used in buildings.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 21/07/2022 15:51:52 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1488993

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the resources of the Health and Safety Executive for its role as the building safety regulator.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	36091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The Building Safety Regulator has already been established in shadow form in the Health and Safety Executive. We have provided, and will continue to provide, the Building Safety Regulator with the funding it needs to perform its functions effectively.</p><p>The Government and the Health and Safety Executive are developing detailed delivery plans to ensure the effective operation of the Building Safety Regulator as well as ensuring local authorities and Fire &amp; Rescue Authorities are compensated for assistance that they will be expected to provide to the Building Safety Regulator.</p><p>The Building Safety Act enables the Building Safety Regulator to recover costs from regulated parties through charging fees. This reflects that developers already pay for building control. We intend that the Government will provide some additional funding where cost-recovery is not practicable.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 20/07/2022 15:38:08 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1471157

registered interest
date	16/06/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, in what timescale the verification of developer-led remediation of unsafe buildings to PAS9980 standards will take place including during remediation and following remediation works being marked as complete by a developer.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	19714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>In signing the pledge, developers have committed to working at pace with government to finalise arrangements and commence remediation or mitigation work as quickly as reasonably possible. We also expect such developers to demonstrate that work is being progressed as quickly as reasonably possible as part of agreed monitoring arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/06/2022 16:51:40 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1469681

registered interest
date	13/06/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2022 to Question 9090, on Buildings: Safety, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) requirements for checks from the Building Safety Regulator and (b) other requirements contained in provisions of the Building Safety Act 2022 on the ability of developers to meet the Government's housing target of building 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	17071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2022 answer text <p>Through the Building Safety Act, the Government is introducing a more stringent regulatory regime, overseen by the Building Safety Regulator, in design and construction for new high-rise residential buildings, care homes and hospitals which are 18 metres or more in height, or at least seven storeys.</p><p>The Government has assessed the potential impact of the new requirements through an Impact Assessment. <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbills.parliament.uk%2Fbills%2F3021%2Fpublications&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C0fa565de24d14203edd508da4f9bda96%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637909828041056923%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=AGV%2F7Stb%2BC%2F%2BtsL79%2FkllbukeSxPC6YmdKxikJAwhBc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3021/publications</a>.</p><p>The Government is continuing to work towards its ambition of delivering 300,000 homes a year and we are making clear progress. From April 2019 to March 2020 over 242,000 homes were delivered - the highest level for over 30 years.</p><p>We have announced £10 billion investment in housing supply since the start of this Parliament, with our housing supply interventions due to ultimately unlock over 1 million new homes over the Spending Review 2021 period and beyond. This includes an additional £1.8 billion investment announced at Spending Review 2021.</p><p>We are also investing £11.5 billion in the new Affordable Homes Programme which will build up to 180,000 affordable homes, should economic conditions allow.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 16/06/2022 16:52:04 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1465870

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) requirements for checks from the Building Safety Regulator and (b) other requirements contained in provisions of the Building Safety Act on the time taken for construction.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	9090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Through the Building Safety Act, the Government is introducing a more stringent regulatory regime in design and construction for new high-rise residential buildings, care homes and hospitals which are 18 metres or more in height, or at least seven storeys (‘higher-risk’ buildings).</p><p>The intention is to strengthen regulatory oversight of higher-risk building work and provide the home-building industry the clear framework it needs to get things right before work begins and deliver more high-quality, safe homes, with clear responsibilities on those undertaking design and construction work. This approach should reduce additional time and costs at later stages and the need to correct non-compliant or defective work.</p><p>The Government has made an assessment of the potential impact of the requirements of the new building control regime for higher-risk buildings. These can be found in the Impact Assessment that was published when the Act was scrutinised in Parliament: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbills.parliament.uk%2Fbills%2F3021%2Fpublications&amp;data=05%7C01%7CPratul.Pal%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cce65a47a31c94d5f04cf08da3f38f8f4%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637891811166557930%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=D1lfZ9fXhQHE2Ik2x1l%2BR3ig6DKhHasKXcQdz1QsqZA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3021/publications.</a></p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/06/2022 16:20:00 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1464801

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage innovation in building safety technologies.
tabling member printed	Lord Foster of Bath
uin	HL418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government’s priority is to ensure that all higher-risk buildings are safe. It is important that industry takes advantage of innovative technologies that can support better building safety. The Construction Playbook sets out the Government’s support for innovation including digital technologies and modern methods of construction. New technology and innovation have improved productivity, quality and choice across a range of sectors and the Government wants to see the same happen in housing. We are committed to creating a dynamic market for innovative technologies in the UK to enable the development and use of effective new technologies.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 08/06/2022 15:48:38 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	214 label Biography information for Lord Foster of Bath

1436335

registered interest
date	28/02/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have commissioned research on (1) significant fire safety defects, and (2) other significant structural defects, in residential buildings in England below 18 meters in height; and if so, whether they will publish the findings.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Lytton
uin	HL6499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The department has carried out a 11 meters-18 meters data collection looking at fire safety defects in external wall systems. The findings will be published once the analysis has been completed.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 14/03/2022 17:39:07 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	1864 label Biography information for The Earl of Lytton

1421761

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans the Government has to improve the quality of building safety checks nationally.
tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
uin	122752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>The Building Safety Bill currently in the House of Lords marks the next step in the Government’s ongoing reforms to make sure everyone’s home is a place of safety. The Bill is part of a package of legislative changes to move things forward and make sure the problems Dame Judith Hackitt identified with the current building and fire safety regime are rectified. The package includes the measures in the Fire Safety Act 2021 and changes to the Fire Safety Order alongside the current Building Safety Bill.</p><p>The new regime established through the Building Safety Bill will:</p><ul><li>Establish a national Building Safety Regulator at the heart of our reformed building regulations and fire safety system. The Regulator will make buildings safer by enforcing a stringent new regulatory regime for high-rise residential and other in scope buildings, overseeing the safety and performance of all buildings, and increasing the competence of those working across the built environment.</li><li>require those responsible for buildings when they are occupied to actively manage building risks, evidencing this through a new ‘safety case’ regime. This will make sure that proportionate steps are taken to deal with building risks in high-rise buildings through prevention, control, mitigation and ongoing management.</li><li>It will also give a greater voice to residents of tall buildings to air their concerns and toughen sanctions against those who threaten their safety.</li></ul><p>The Department has also taken steps to ensure that industry takes a proportionate approach in the assessment of the external walls of buildings. The government has supported the development of guidance which aims to provide risk proportionate guidance to competent assessors. This guidance (PAS 9980) provides new advice on how to assess the risk of fire via an external wall of an existing multi-storey, multi-occupied residential building. It sets out steps that can be taken to identify and assess risk factors as well as mitigation measures that might improve the risk rating of a building via a holistic and fact-based assessment of a building’s construction.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/02/2022 14:20:08 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst

1421762

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the responsibilities of the National House Building Council for UK building safety.
tabling member constituency	Rochester and Strood
tabling member printed	Kelly Tolhurst
uin	122753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>I refer my Hon Friend to my answer to Question UIN 122751 on 21 February 2022.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/02/2022 14:20:45 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst