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1230566

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Buildings: 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, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the External Wall System (EWS) form; what the average length of time to complete the EWS1 process is; and what progress he has made in improving External Wall System review process.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	84342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>The EWS1 form is not a Government regulatory or legal requirement. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) designed and implemented the form in conjunction with mortgage lenders. RICS is currently reviewing the form and its operation.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 07/09/2020 13:59:37 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1229688

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made for the implications of her policy of the Court of Appeal judgment handed down on 22 June 2020 on the Universal Credit system; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	82344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The Court of Appeal judgment affects a small minority of claimants in very specific circumstances, those who receive two calendar monthly payments of earnings in one assessment period and lose out on the work allowance. We recognise the impact that having double earnings in an assessment period can have on individual claimants and their ability to manage their finances.</p><p> </p><p>While the court judgment does not require us to fix this issue by a particular date, we are currently working on ways to resolve this for claimants as soon as possible. We will keep the House updated as progress is made.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 08/09/2020 17:03:38 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1227492

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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	Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department will publish an impact assessment for The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	78849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Full Impact Assessments for both measures will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 78850 question first answered 01/09/2020 09:20:09 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1227494

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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	Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2020
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department will publish the impact assessment for The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2020.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	78850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Full Impact Assessments for both measures will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 78849 question first answered 01/09/2020 09:20:09 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1227549

registered interest
date	22/07/2020
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	Affordable Housing: Construction
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 plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to increase developer contributions to affordable housing.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	78851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>We intend to reform the current approach to developer contributions by creating a new, single system, the Infrastructure Levy. This new Levy would be a flat rate, value based charge, set nationally, at either a single rate, or at area specific rates, and charged on the final value of a development. The new Levy would be able to fund both affordable housing and supporting infrastructure. We will aim for the new Levy to raise more revenue than under the current system of developer contributions, and deliver at least as much – if not more – on-site affordable housing as at present. Our proposals are set out in our White Paper ‘Planning for the Future’ which was published on 6 August and is out to consultation until 29 October.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/09/2020 09:19:23 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1226273

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	Building Safety Fund
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 proportion of registrations for the Building Safety Fund have stated that they are a (a) local authority and (b) housing association.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	76888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2020 answer text <p>Registration to the Building Safety Fund closed on 31 July and we are currently reviewing and verifying the registration data. We will publish registration statistics next month. Based on our analysis to date, the proportion of local authority and housing association applicants to the Building Safety Fund has been low. MHCLG only sought registrations from Registered Providers with financial viability issues. For Registered Providers who do not have financial viability concerns, the claim process to allow them to claim costs which would otherwise be passed to leaseholders opened on 1 August.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/09/2020 09:14:17 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1226529

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	Affordable Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, over what time period Homes England's target of at least 130,000 affordable housing starts applies.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	76889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government committed to increasing the supply of social housing and made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022.</p><p>The existing Affordable Homes Programme has been extended by one year and homes have to be started by March 2023.</p><p>This will save homes that would otherwise have been lost following site closures due to Covid-19.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/07/2020 13:45:20 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1226530

registered interest
date	20/07/2020
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	Affordable Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish further details of the next affordable homes programme.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	76890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2020 answer text <p>Our £12 billion investment in affordable homes will deliver at least 180,000 affordable homes and will be the biggest cash investment in affordable housing for over a decade.</p><p>Further details on the new Affordable Homes Programme will be announced in due course</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/07/2020 13:45:32 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1225630

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
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	Empty Property
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 establishing a Housing Conversion Fund to support social landlords seeking to purchase unsold homes.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	75437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The Affordable Homes Programme supports the delivery of affordable housing, primarily in the form of new build but also by enabling providers to purchase homes from developers to be delivered as affordable housing where this helps support additional homes. We have made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 affordable homes in a wide range of tenures, including Social Rent and Shared Ownership. We announced at Budget that we will invest £12 billion to deliver affordable housing between 2021/22 and 2025/26 – this marks the biggest cash investment in affordable housing for a decade and will deliver up to 180,000 affordable homes. We monitor affordable housing delivery and the state of the wider housing market closely and we will keep the need for any further measures under review.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 21/07/2020 13:18:37 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1223958

registered interest
date	13/07/2020
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	Coronavirus: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he is taking steps to change the process for returning a covid-19 home test for people who (a) do not have internet access and (b) are confused by the current instructions.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	73074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/08/2020 answer text <p>Testing is a key part of the United Kingdom’s response to COVID-19, and, following the publication of the Government’s Testing Strategy we have rapidly expanded our capacity. The Government has set up a Testing Call Centre for those who have no internet access or need advice on how to order a COVID-19 test. Calls in England and Wales can be made to the 119 line for those who have no internet access.</p><p>Those with a trusted proxy, for example a friend or family member who they would be willing to share their results with, could provide their proxy’s email address and/or mobile number. Contact can be made by phoning 119 or at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.nhs.uk/coronavirus" target="_blank">www.nhs.uk/coronavirus</a></p> answering member constituency Mid Bedfordshire answering member printed Ms Nadine Dorries grouped question UIN 73075 question first answered 19/08/2020 20:43:10 answering member 1481 label Biography information for Ms Nadine Dorries
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury