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1716142

registered interest
date	07/05/2024
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	Housing: Health
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 plans to take steps to reduce health inequalities through housing in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	24943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving the quality of rented homes and committed in the Levelling Up White Paper to reduce the number of non-decent rented homes by 50% by 2030, building on the extensive progress made since 2010. We are introducing a Decent Homes Standard to the private rented sector through the Renters (Reform) Bill, which will introduce new standards that all private rented sector homes must meet. The Social Housing (Regulation) Act introduced new measures to drive up the quality of social homes, including through a new proactive consumer regulation regime led by the Regulator of Social Housing. We are also introducing Awaab’s Law, which will set new strict timeframes for social landlords to fix health hazards in homes.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 13/05/2024 14:27:27 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1665483

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
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	Housing: Health
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 discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on creating healthy homes.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	203053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important issue of creating healthy homes. The principles of healthy homes, as currently being debated in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, are already being considered and addressed by existing laws, systems, policy and guidance. In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 25/10/2023 16:11:48 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1659038

registered interest
date	07/09/2023
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	Housing: Health
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 steps he is taking to help ensure that the new residential developments provide for a healthy space for the mental, physical and social health of the population.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	198342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2023 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) states that strategic policies in local plans should set out an overall strategy for the pattern, scale, and design quality of places. The design and use of our built and natural environments are major determinants of health and wellbeing. The Framework is clear that planning policies and decisions should enable and support healthy lifestyles, for example this includes through the provision of open space and green infrastructure.</p><p>In support of this, our guidance on creating well-designed places - the National Design Guide and National Model Design Code, emphasise the importance of providing access to both high quality public and external private spaces in new residential development to support the physical, mental and social health and wellbeing of residents.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 12/09/2023 14:51:49 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1658607

registered interest
date	06/09/2023
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	Housing: Health
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 recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the regulation of space within residential accommodation to provide for a safe and healthy living environment.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	198149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2023 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that policies and decisions should ensure that a new development is appropriate for its location. These should take into account the likely effects of pollution on health, living conditions, including the risk of overheating, and the natural environment. Government policy is that by encouraging good design, planning policies and decisions should limit the impact of light.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework is also clear that planning policies should mitigate, and reduce to a minimum, potential adverse impacts on health and quality of life resulting from noise from new development. They should also identify and protect tranquil areas which have remained relatively undisturbed by noise and have high recreational and amenity value for this reason. Part E of the Building Regulations 2010 requires protection against sound from other parts of a building, adjoining buildings and within a dwelling-house, and prevention of unreasonable reverberation in common internal parts of buildings with residential flats or rooms.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework also highlights the importance of development creating places that have a high standard of amenity for existing and future users and recommends that planning policies for housing should apply the nationally described space standard where this is justified.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 198146 198147 198148 question first answered 15/09/2023 14:02:23 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1641438

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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	Housing: Health
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 potential impact of poor quality housing on (a) outcomes for people with (i) respiratory and (ii) chronic health conditions and (b) the cost of healthcare provision.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	187425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-18/126650" target="_blank">126650</a> on 26 January 2023.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 187426 question first answered 12/06/2023 15:59:19 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1641439

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
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	Housing: Health
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 potential impact of changes in the level of spending on legal disrepair cases on the prevalence of health conditions caused by poor quality housing.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	187426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-01-18/126650" target="_blank">126650</a> on 26 January 2023.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 187425 question first answered 12/06/2023 15:59:19 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1542902

registered interest
date	16/11/2022
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Housing: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the potential number of excess deaths in winter 2022-23 due to unhealthy housing; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	88874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2022 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates excess winter deaths (EWDs) retrospectively by comparing the number of deaths which occurred in December to March, with the average of the preceding and subsequent four-month periods. However, the ONS does not estimate the number of EWDs specifically attributed to unhealthy homes and the Department does not model this on a prospective basis.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 24/11/2022 15:01:24 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1185431

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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: Health
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 responsibilities his Department has for ensuring that homes and buildings are healthy for its occupants.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	29942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>As part of the impact assessments of our policies, we include the benefits to a household’s health from improving their homes’ thermal performance.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is the lead department for standards in buildings.</p> answering member constituency Spelthorne answering member printed Kwasi Kwarteng question first answered 24/03/2020 14:33:42 answering member 4134 label Biography information for Kwasi Kwarteng
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1185433

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Housing: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has responsibilities for ensuring that homes and buildings are healthy places for their occupants; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	29944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2020 answer text <p>A high-quality, safe, and suitable home can help people stay independent and healthy for longer, whilst reducing health and social care costs.</p><p>The Department funds the Disabled Facilities Grant to support older and disabled people on low-incomes to adapt their homes to make them suitable for their needs. It was recently announced that funding for 2020-21 will be maintained at £505 million.</p><p>We also provide funding to build specialised housing - through the Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund, with up to £76 million available in 2019-20.</p><p>With reference to new mainstream housing, the Home of 2030 is a cross-government initiative between Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Department of Health and Social Care to bring forward the design and delivery of high-quality homes which are energy efficient, inclusively designed, and suitable for all generations. The design and delivery competition launched in March 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 24/03/2020 15:34:47 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1185434

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Housing: Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost to the NHS of (a) cold and energy inefficient homes and (b) unhealthy housing.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	29945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2020 answer text <p>In a 2016 report, the Building Research Establishment (BRE) estimated that the cost to the National Health Service of excess cold in the poorest 15% of housing stock in England is approximately £848 million per year. It estimated that investment to improve the thermal performance of these homes would cost £6 billion. They also estimated that poor housing in England generated first year NHS treatment costs of £1.4 billion annually. The wider cost to society (including medical costs, lost education and employment opportunities) of poor housing was £18.6 billion.</p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is leading a project looking at the health impacts of living in cold homes.</p><p>The Fuel Poverty Strategy for England includes a vulnerability principle and Government has consulted on updating this principle so that it focuses specifically on households that are most at risk to the impact of living in a cold home. This intends to ensure that energy efficiency schemes can support those in the greatest need.</p><p> </p><p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has issued guidance which covers reducing the health risks, including preventable deaths, associated with living in a cold home, available to view at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng6" target="_blank">https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng6</a></p><p>Public Health England has produced online training for frontline health and social care practitioners to help them direct people living in a cold home that may be affecting their health to local sources of assistance, available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/cold-homes/" target="_blank">https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/cold-homes/</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 29946 question first answered 25/03/2020 16:05:14 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham