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760637

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Office for Budget Responsibility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans the Government has to allow HM Opposition access to the Office for Budget Responsibility.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	105133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility’s (OBR) remit is set out in the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011 which prevents it from assessing alternatives to stated government policy. Extending the OBR’s remit to cover alternative policies risks drawing the OBR into political controversy and diverting it from an already difficult task. The Government’s approach is in line with the recommendations of the Page review and the Ramsden review of the OBR.</p><p> </p><p>HM Opposition, along with other interested parties, have access to the reports and analysis of the OBR when published.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 09/10/2017 12:57:08 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

760644

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to allow local authorities to keep more than 30 per cent of the money generated from the sale of a council home under the Right to Buy scheme to help fund the building of replacement homes.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	105080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities who wish to build replacement homes enter into an agreement with this Department that allows them to retain and spend all the additional Right to Buy receipts (after covering debt, transaction costs and previously planned income from receipts) on replacement homes. The local authority must ensure that no more than 30 per cent of the cost of the new homes comes from the Right to Buy receipt.</p><p>The Department publishes data on Right to Buy replacements quarterly. These data are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales</a>.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 105081 question first answered 09/10/2017 10:07:58 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

760645

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the replacement rate of social housing stock sold under Right to Buy since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	105081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities who wish to build replacement homes enter into an agreement with this Department that allows them to retain and spend all the additional Right to Buy receipts (after covering debt, transaction costs and previously planned income from receipts) on replacement homes. The local authority must ensure that no more than 30 per cent of the cost of the new homes comes from the Right to Buy receipt.</p><p>The Department publishes data on Right to Buy replacements quarterly. These data are available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales</a>.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 105080 question first answered 09/10/2017 10:07:58 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

760646

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will take steps to assist residential leaseholders whose ground rents have risen substantially.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	105084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>This Government is determined to make the housing market fairer. The public consultation, ‘Tackling Unfair Practices in the Leasehold Market’, looked at a range of measures, including ground rents, to help tackle unfair and unreasonable abuses of the leasehold system. The consultation closed on 19 September 2017. The Government is reviewing all responses and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/10/2017 10:06:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

760648

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Energy Performance Certificates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2017 to Question 7880, what steps his Department takes to assess what proportion of prospective tenants receive information as to (a) whether an energy certificate has been acquired and (b) what rating the property they are considering renting or leasing has been given; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	105187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not hold or collect data to assess what proportion of prospective tenants receive information as to (a) whether an energy certificate has been acquired and (b) what rating the property they are considering renting or leasing has been given. However, the Government has published energy performance certificate data for buildings that are rented or let which includes the energy rating of the building which prospective tenants can access: <a href="https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/" target="_blank">https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/10/2017 10:12:23 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

760649

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Mayors: Sheffield City Region
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether an election will take place in 2018 to elect a Mayor for the Sheffield City Region.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	105136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Parliament has legislated for a mayoral election in May 2018 in the Sheffield City Region, and the Government has no intention of seeking any further legislation to undo what has already been enacted.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 09/10/2017 10:09:02 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

760650

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local housing authorities make homeless families aware that they are (a) entitled to compensation if they are unlawfully placed in bed and breakfast accommodation for longer than six weeks and (b) able to escalate a formal complaint to the Local Government Ombudsman in the event that such financial redress is not offered in compensation.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	105186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Time spent in temporary accommodation ensures no family is without a roof over their head. The Government is assisting areas to ensure that families spend no longer than 6 weeks in B&amp;Bs, which includes protecting and maintaining the homelessness prevention funding at £315 million. We have also replaced Department of Work and Pension’s Temporary Accommodation Management Fee with a Flexible Homelessness Support Grant which local authorities can use more strategically to prevent and tackle homelessness. This amounts to £402 million over the two years from 2017/18.</p><p>While the number of households in temporary accommodation is below the 2004 peak, the law is clear that households with dependent children should only be accommodated in B&amp;B in an emergency and for no longer than six weeks, which commences when the household moves in.</p><p>When a family is accommodated in a B&amp;B, the local authority must provide written information that the period of accommodation should be no more than 6 weeks, after which the authority must secure alternative suitable accommodation. Under the law, any accommodation must be suitable.</p><p>A small number of authorities (around 5 per cent) account for 80 per cent of breaches. The Government has been clear that in normal circumstances the long term use of B&amp;B accommodation for families with children is both inappropriate and unlawful and we are determined to stop this practice. There are councils who are successfully reducing the number and length of time families are spending in B&amp;B accommodation and we expect areas in similar situations to follow their example.</p><p>The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman publishes guidance on remedying personal injustice where one of their investigations reveals there has been fault, including investigations in relation to Homelessness. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman publishes all decisions on complaints on their website, including any remedies they recommend.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 105185 105243 105326 question first answered 09/10/2017 11:41:29 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

760651

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to ensure that the Local Government Ombudsman publishes details of compensation award guidance in cases where homeless families are unlawfully placed in bed and breakfast accommodation for more than six weeks.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	105185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Time spent in temporary accommodation ensures no family is without a roof over their head. The Government is assisting areas to ensure that families spend no longer than 6 weeks in B&amp;Bs, which includes protecting and maintaining the homelessness prevention funding at £315 million. We have also replaced Department of Work and Pension’s Temporary Accommodation Management Fee with a Flexible Homelessness Support Grant which local authorities can use more strategically to prevent and tackle homelessness. This amounts to £402 million over the two years from 2017/18.</p><p>While the number of households in temporary accommodation is below the 2004 peak, the law is clear that households with dependent children should only be accommodated in B&amp;B in an emergency and for no longer than six weeks, which commences when the household moves in.</p><p>When a family is accommodated in a B&amp;B, the local authority must provide written information that the period of accommodation should be no more than 6 weeks, after which the authority must secure alternative suitable accommodation. Under the law, any accommodation must be suitable.</p><p>A small number of authorities (around 5 per cent) account for 80 per cent of breaches. The Government has been clear that in normal circumstances the long term use of B&amp;B accommodation for families with children is both inappropriate and unlawful and we are determined to stop this practice. There are councils who are successfully reducing the number and length of time families are spending in B&amp;B accommodation and we expect areas in similar situations to follow their example.</p><p>The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman publishes guidance on remedying personal injustice where one of their investigations reveals there has been fault, including investigations in relation to Homelessness. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman publishes all decisions on complaints on their website, including any remedies they recommend.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 105186 105243 105326 question first answered 09/10/2017 11:41:29 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

760652

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	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 Communities and Local Government, when he or officials of his Department first consulted (a) local authorities and (b) software suppliers on the implementation timetable changes to business rates and business rates relief in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	105160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Following the Chancellor’s announcement of the Business Rates Relief Schemes at Spring Budget 2017, on 9 March the Department published a Business Rates Information Letter to local authorities. This provided information on each of the three schemes, including draft allocations for the discretionary relief scheme and guidance on the Supporting Small Business Scheme. On 10 March the Department began discussions with a group of local authorities and the main software suppliers to discuss the implementation of the schemes and system requirements.</p><p>The Department has continued to engage local authorities and software suppliers, encouraging authorities to speed up implementation and the technical guidance for the Supporting Small Business Scheme and Pubs Relief Scheme was published on the 20 June. On 14 September 2017, I made a Written Ministerial Statement, which set out the good progress made by some authorities and a commitment to publish a list of authorities that have rebilled across all three schemes.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 09/10/2017 10:26:54 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

760653

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's policy is on the intended start time for the six-week period specified in the Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation)(England) Order 2003 (No.3326) in respect of the date on which (a) a homeless family accepts a placement in bed and breakfast and (b) that family moves into that accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	105243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Time spent in temporary accommodation ensures no family is without a roof over their head. The Government is assisting areas to ensure that families spend no longer than 6 weeks in B&amp;Bs, which includes protecting and maintaining the homelessness prevention funding at £315 million. We have also replaced Department of Work and Pension’s Temporary Accommodation Management Fee with a Flexible Homelessness Support Grant which local authorities can use more strategically to prevent and tackle homelessness. This amounts to £402 million over the two years from 2017/18.</p><p>While the number of households in temporary accommodation is below the 2004 peak, the law is clear that households with dependent children should only be accommodated in B&amp;B in an emergency and for no longer than six weeks, which commences when the household moves in.</p><p>When a family is accommodated in a B&amp;B, the local authority must provide written information that the period of accommodation should be no more than 6 weeks, after which the authority must secure alternative suitable accommodation. Under the law, any accommodation must be suitable.</p><p>A small number of authorities (around 5 per cent) account for 80 per cent of breaches. The Government has been clear that in normal circumstances the long term use of B&amp;B accommodation for families with children is both inappropriate and unlawful and we are determined to stop this practice. There are councils who are successfully reducing the number and length of time families are spending in B&amp;B accommodation and we expect areas in similar situations to follow their example.</p><p>The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman publishes guidance on remedying personal injustice where one of their investigations reveals there has been fault, including investigations in relation to Homelessness. The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman publishes all decisions on complaints on their website, including any remedies they recommend.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 105185 105186 105326 question first answered 09/10/2017 11:41:29 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick