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1490109

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date	18/07/2022
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	High Rise Flats: Weather
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 guidance his Department has published for planning authorities to ensure that high rise buildings do not experience adverse heat stress in times of excessive temperatures.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	38629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>In December 2021 the Government introduced an uplift in building standards which came into force on 15 June 2022. This included a new part of the Building Regulations to reduce overheating risk in new residential buildings (Part O). Part O applies to new residential buildings, including high rise buildings. Guidance is given in Approved Document O, which can be found at the following web page <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Foverheating-approved-document-o&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C7720e46a9aa04b5ccb2b08da6a6eb537%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637939320956418035%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=NgGVChHvBvQhhRkf4bC7nMWhuFXyPVA4ECcRnKr6Mlc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overheating-approved-document-o</a></p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that the planning system should support the transition to a low carbon future in a changing climate. The National Model Design Code, which provides guidance on the production of local design codes, includes how new development should enhance biodiversity and green infrastructure. This references the National Framework of Green Infrastructure Standards which, when published, will provide further detail on principles to guide design.</p><p>For new non-residential buildings, guidance on limiting solar gains is set out in Approved Document L, volume 2. In workplaces, employers must provide suitable indoor workplace environment and comply with the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 21/07/2022 15:59:47 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1490112

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Silk Stream
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, who is the riparian owner of the Silkstream River as it passes through the CSB and CSC polling districts in the Colindale South ward in Hendon constituency.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	38632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>There are numerous riparian owners along the Silk Stream in the CSB and CSC polling districts in the Colindale South ward. In most cases, owners of properties next to the river are the riparian owner along their property boundary. In some and less common scenarios, property boundaries fall short of the river channel and the section of river may be on land owned by a third party. A Land Registry search is necessary to determine riparian ownership in these instances.</p> answering member constituency St Austell and Newquay answering member printed Steve Double question first answered 22/07/2022 15:58:37 answering member 4452 label Biography information for Steve Double
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1490113

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mortgages: Defaulters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many mortgage defaults have occurred in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	38633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The latest available data from the Bank of England (published 14 June 2022) shows that the proportion of total mortgage loan balances with arrears in Q1 2022 was 0.82%, the lowest level since recording began in 2007. This is consistent with falling arrears levels over the previous 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>The Government works closely with the regulators to monitor the resilience of mortgage borrowers and continues its efforts to support those in financial difficulty.</p><p> </p><p>The Government offers Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loans to homeowners in receipt of an income-related benefit and protection in the courts under the Mortgage Pre-Action Protocol to help prevent repossession. This makes it clear that repossession must always be the last resort for lenders. Any borrowers worried about their mortgage payments should make early contact with their lender to discuss the forbearance options available to them.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller grouped question UIN 38634 question first answered 20/07/2022 13:56:08 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1490114

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Mortgages: Defaulters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the mortgage default rate is in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	38634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The latest available data from the Bank of England (published 14 June 2022) shows that the proportion of total mortgage loan balances with arrears in Q1 2022 was 0.82%, the lowest level since recording began in 2007. This is consistent with falling arrears levels over the previous 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>The Government works closely with the regulators to monitor the resilience of mortgage borrowers and continues its efforts to support those in financial difficulty.</p><p> </p><p>The Government offers Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loans to homeowners in receipt of an income-related benefit and protection in the courts under the Mortgage Pre-Action Protocol to help prevent repossession. This makes it clear that repossession must always be the last resort for lenders. Any borrowers worried about their mortgage payments should make early contact with their lender to discuss the forbearance options available to them.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller grouped question UIN 38633 question first answered 20/07/2022 13:56:08 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1490115

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Credit Cards: Interest Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the average rate of interest being charged on UK issued credit cards.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	38635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not make its own estimates on the average rate of interest being charged on UK issues credit cards, but instead uses The Bank of England monthly releases for monetary and financial system statistics, which can be found here under “Money and Credit Data”: <a href="https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics" target="_blank">https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This data shows that in June 2022 the average quoted household interest rate charged on credit cards was 21.43 per cent.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Richard Fuller question first answered 21/07/2022 08:02:16 answering member 3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1490116

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Unemployment: Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of unemployment on the mortality rate in England.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	38636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>The government remains focussed on maintaining near record-low unemployment, whilst providing the necessary support to help the most vulnerable to find work.</p><p> </p><p>The unemployment rate has fallen to 3.8% in the three months to May and is close to historic lows. We are building on the success of the Plan for Jobs, investing a total of £6 billion for the three years from 2022-23 to 2024-25: providing targeted additional support to help at risk groups find work, including younger and older age groups, the long-term unemployed and people with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Havant answering member printed Alan Mak question first answered 25/07/2022 09:06:44 answering member 4484 label Biography information for Alan Mak
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1490174

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Employment: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on implementing the recommendation of the Taylor Review on ensuring that the taxation of labour is consistent across all employment forms.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	38641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises that differences in tax treatment for individuals across employment forms can have a fiscal impact and affect how people and businesses choose to provide or take on labour.</p><p> </p><p>Good progress has been made in ensuring different forms of labour are taxed more consistently by, for example, addressing non-compliance with the off-payroll working rules, also known as IR35, which are designed to ensure that individuals working like employees but through their own company, usually a personal service company, pay broadly the same Income Tax and National Insurance contributions as those who are directly employed.</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced a 1.25 percentage point increase in all dividend tax rates alongside the Health and Social Care levy, to ensure that those with dividend income make a contribution on that income in line with the contribution made by employees and the self-employed on their earnings.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to keep all aspect of the tax system under review and any decisions on future changes will be taken as part of future fiscal events and in the context of wider public finances.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 25/07/2022 09:05:03 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1489187

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Exports: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of cars that were exported to Russia during the 12 months before sanctions were imposed against that country.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	36742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>HMRC is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website: <a href="http://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a>. From this website, it is also possible to build your own data tables based upon bespoke search criteria: <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table</a>.</p><p>Classification codes (according to the Harmonised System) are available to assist with accessing published trade statistics data in the UK Global Tariff: <a href="https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/find_commodity" target="_blank">https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/find_commodity</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Trade data about cars, gas turbines, packaged medicaments, and construction vehicles exported to Russia prior to sanctions being imposed is publicly available on: <a href="http://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The site also contains a ‘Help’ function with information on how to extract trade data. Further assistance can also be obtained via the Customer Services team on phone number: 03000 594 250 or via email: <a href="mailto:uktradeinfo@hmrc.gov.uk" target="_blank">uktradeinfo@hmrc.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 36743 36744 36745 question first answered 22/07/2022 10:28:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1489188

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Exports: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of gas turbines that were exported to Russia during the 12 months before sanctions were imposed against that country.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	36743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>HMRC is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website: <a href="http://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a>. From this website, it is also possible to build your own data tables based upon bespoke search criteria: <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table</a>.</p><p>Classification codes (according to the Harmonised System) are available to assist with accessing published trade statistics data in the UK Global Tariff: <a href="https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/find_commodity" target="_blank">https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/find_commodity</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Trade data about cars, gas turbines, packaged medicaments, and construction vehicles exported to Russia prior to sanctions being imposed is publicly available on: <a href="http://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The site also contains a ‘Help’ function with information on how to extract trade data. Further assistance can also be obtained via the Customer Services team on phone number: 03000 594 250 or via email: <a href="mailto:uktradeinfo@hmrc.gov.uk" target="_blank">uktradeinfo@hmrc.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 36742 36744 36745 question first answered 22/07/2022 10:28:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1489190

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Exports: Russia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the number of packaged medicaments that were exported to Russia during the 12 months prior to sanctions being imposed against that country.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	36744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>HMRC is responsible for the collection and publication of data on imports and exports of goods to and from the UK. HMRC releases this information monthly, as a National Statistic called the Overseas Trade in Goods Statistics (OTS), which is available via their dedicated website: <a href="http://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a>. From this website, it is also possible to build your own data tables based upon bespoke search criteria: <a href="https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table" target="_blank">https://www.uktradeinfo.com/trade-data/ots-custom-table</a>.</p><p>Classification codes (according to the Harmonised System) are available to assist with accessing published trade statistics data in the UK Global Tariff: <a href="https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/find_commodity" target="_blank">https://www.trade-tariff.service.gov.uk/find_commodity</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Trade data about cars, gas turbines, packaged medicaments, and construction vehicles exported to Russia prior to sanctions being imposed is publicly available on: <a href="http://www.uktradeinfo.com/" target="_blank">www.uktradeinfo.com</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The site also contains a ‘Help’ function with information on how to extract trade data. Further assistance can also be obtained via the Customer Services team on phone number: 03000 594 250 or via email: <a href="mailto:uktradeinfo@hmrc.gov.uk" target="_blank">uktradeinfo@hmrc.gov.uk</a>.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 36742 36743 36745 question first answered 22/07/2022 10:28:13 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord