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1730158

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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: Disability
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 she plans to introduce Part M category 2 of the Building Regulations for new build properties.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	5871
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>We understand that accessibility in new homes, and accessibility standards for buildings in general, are important concerns. Housing is one of this Government’s top priorities. Everyone deserves to live in a decent home in which they feel safe. We will set out our policies on accessible new build housing shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali grouped question UIN 5872 question first answered 14/10/2024 13:58:25 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1730159

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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: Disability
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 she plans to increase the availability of dwellings suitable for younger people with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	5872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>We understand that accessibility in new homes, and accessibility standards for buildings in general, are important concerns. Housing is one of this Government’s top priorities. Everyone deserves to live in a decent home in which they feel safe. We will set out our policies on accessible new build housing shortly.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali grouped question UIN 5871 question first answered 14/10/2024 13:58:25 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1730160

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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	Property Management Companies
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 she plans to bring in (a) licences for and (b) registration of property managing agents.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	5873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that those living in the rented and leasehold sectors are protected from abuse and poor service at the hands of unscrupulous property agents. The Government will set out its position on the regulation of letting, managing and estate agents in due course.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook grouped question UIN 7165 question first answered 14/10/2024 14:56:55 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1730161

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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	New Homes Quality Board
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 she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) putting the New Homes Quality Board on a statutory footing, (b) requiring developers to be members of the Board and (c) providing buyers of new homes with a right of redress.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	5874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving upon existing means of redress for purchasers of new build homes. We are currently considering the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recommendations in their recent Housebuilding Market Study, which included activating a statutory New Homes Ombudsman, and will publish our response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 14/10/2024 10:55:48 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1730162

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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	Celotex and Kingspan Group: Contracts
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 she plans to prevent products manufactured by (a) Kingspan and (b) Celotex from being used in Government-funded contracts.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	5875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the government will write to all companies found by the Inquiry to have been part of these horrific failings, as the first step to stopping them being awarded government contracts. This process is being led by the Minister for the Cabinet Office. Our work to review the Inquiry report and the companies named in it as having contributed to the failures is ongoing.</p><p>Grenfell was a terrible tragedy that should never have happened. We must learn from these lessons and that is why government is considering the report’s recommendations with the seriousness the tragedy deserves.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali grouped question UIN 5876 question first answered 14/10/2024 13:45:37 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1730163

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
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	Celotex and Kingspan Group: Contracts
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 she plans to prevent products manufactured by (a) Kingspan and (b) Celotex being used by public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	5876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has been clear that the government will write to all companies found by the Inquiry to have been part of these horrific failings, as the first step to stopping them being awarded government contracts. This process is being led by the Minister for the Cabinet Office. Our work to review the Inquiry report and the companies named in it as having contributed to the failures is ongoing.</p><p>Grenfell was a terrible tragedy that should never have happened. We must learn from these lessons and that is why government is considering the report’s recommendations with the seriousness the tragedy deserves.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali grouped question UIN 5875 question first answered 14/10/2024 13:45:37 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1730164

registered interest
date	04/10/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Widowed People: Workplace Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many surviving spouses in each public sector pension scheme have lost their pension because they have (a) remarried and (b) established a (i) legal and (ii) other partnership.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	5877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2024 answer text <p>The data required to answer this question is not held centrally by HM Treasury, but some of the relevant data may be held by individual Public Service Pension Schemes (PSPSs). While the cessation of survivor pensions upon remarriage or cohabitation was a common feature across older legacy PSPSs, all active members of major PSPSs are now accruing pensions in reformed schemes that do not cease survivor pensions in the case of remarriage or cohabitation.</p> answering member constituency Bristol North West answering member printed Darren Jones question first answered 14/10/2024 16:12:51 answering member 4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1725626

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Training: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps her Department has made to ensure that the construction sector is represented in the courses supported by the Skills and Growth Levy.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	2741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2024 answer text <p>The department is working across government and in partnership with industry, including through the Construction Skills Delivery Group (CSDG), to ensure that our skills offer meets the needs of the sector.</p><p>This includes transforming the Apprenticeship Levy into a new Growth and Skills Levy. The new levy will build on the apprenticeships programme to create opportunities for learners of all ages, and give employers of different sizes greater flexibility to address critical skill shortages in their workforces and drive economic growth.</p><p>The department will set out more detail in due course, including further information on the role of Skills England in ensuring that levy-funded training delivers value for money and meets the needs of businesses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lewisham East answering member printed Janet Daby question first answered 09/09/2024 15:05:11 answering member 4698 label Biography information for Janet Daby
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1725627

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Israel: Palestinians
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart about recent Israeli military activity in the West Bank.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	2742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>The UK is concerned by the Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) ongoing military operation in the occupied West Bank. We recognise Israel's need to defend itself against security threats, but we are very worried by the methods Israel has employed and by reports of civilian casualties and the destruction of civilian infrastructure. We continue to call on Israeli authorities to exercise restraint, adhere to international law, and clamp down on the actions of those who seek to inflame tensions.</p> answering member constituency Lincoln answering member printed Mr Hamish Falconer question first answered 05/09/2024 12:29:33 answering member 5148
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1725628

registered interest
date	30/08/2024
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, how many units of accommodation in the (a) private and (b) social housing sector have combustible cladding; on how many such units is work under way to remove such cladding; and how many such units have no such work planned.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	2743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2024 answer text <p>The latest data on remediation progress of 11m+ buildings identified with unsafe cladding is available at: <a title="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gov.uk%2fgovernment%2fpublications%2fbuilding-safety-remediation-monthly-data-release-july-2024&amp;data=05%7c02%7cparliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7ca13726dfc9ac40233f2808dccdc22d82%7cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7c0%7c0%7c638611481081795901%7cunknown%7ctwfpbgzsb3d8eyjwijoimc4wljawmdailcjqijoiv2lumziilcjbtii6ik1hawwilcjxvci6mn0%3d%7c0%7c%7c%7c&amp;sdata=jkjuv3wucgmshoawelmdrhb648c23cllnmbon21xece%3d&amp;reserved=0" href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fbuilding-safety-remediation-monthly-data-release-july-2024&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Ca13726dfc9ac40233f2808dccdc22d82%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638611481081795901%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JkJuv3WUCgMSHOawELMDRHb648C23clLNmbon21xecE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-remediation-monthly-data-release-july-2024</a>.</p><p>This shows that as of 31 July 2024, in the private housing sector, 2,127 buildings have been identified as having combustible cladding. Of these, 416 buildings have remediation works underway, and works have not started on 1,119 buildings. In the social housing sector, 2,405 buildings have been identified as having combustible cladding. Of these, 528 buildings have remediation works underway, and works have not started on 1,210 buildings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali question first answered 05/09/2024 16:02:39 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts