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752558

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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	Affordable Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the affordability of affordable homes available at up to 80 per cent of market rent for people on low and middle incomes.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	5265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Affordable Rent model was introduced to maximise the delivery of new affordable housing, making the best possible use of constrained public subsidy. It allows us to deliver more homes for every pound of Government investment, so more people in housing need can have access to a good quality home at a sub-market rent. This has allowed us to build nearly 333,000 new affordable homes since 2010, including 240,000 affordable homes for rent.</p><p>Rent must be set at or below 80 per cent of market rents, so tenants will still benefit from sub-market rent. When setting rent, landlords must consider the local market conditions to ensure fit with local circumstances. Actual levels of rents vary. For example, in London, Affordable rent is around 60 per cent of the market rates.</p><p>The vast majority of social housing (94 per cent) is still provided at social rent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 13:46:54 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

750719

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	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	Building Regulations: Fires
	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 6 July 2017 to Question 750, on building regulations: fires, when his Department plans to publish new fire safety guidance.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	4447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Work to simplify the guidance was being progressed. Following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower, we will need to consider the position on guidance further alongside the Prime Minister’s commitment to look at wider issues.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 16:47:26 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 5060 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

750720

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	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	Building Regulations: Fires
	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 6 July 2017 to Question 750, on building regulations: fires, whether his Department plans to call for written submissions when reviewing fire safety guidance relating to Building Regulations (Approved Document B).
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	4448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Work to simplify the guidance was being progressed. Following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower, we will need to consider the position on guidance further alongside the Prime Minister’s commitment to look at wider issues.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 16:45:45 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 5079 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

750718

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	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	Building Regulations: Fires
	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 6 July 2017 to Question 750, on building regulations: fires, what progress his Department has made on simplifying the fire safety guidance relating to Building Regulations (Approved Document B).
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	4446
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Work to simplify the guidance was being progressed. Following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower, we will need to consider the position on guidance further alongside the Prime Minister's commitment to look at wider issues.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 16:46:06 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 5036 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

750713

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2017
	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	Building Regulations: Fires
	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 6 July 2017 to Question 750, on building regulations: fires, if the Government will make an assessment of the merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on installing automatic fire suppression systems in all new build residential premises.
	tabling member constituency	Derby North
	tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
	uin	4449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>It is already a requirement in the Building Regulations guidance for new buildings (dwellings and offices) over 30 metres to have a sprinkler system since. Following the tragedy at Grenfell Tower the Prime Minister has committed to look at wider issues, and in the light of the terms of reference for the public inquiry.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 15:32:22 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 5080 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

752545

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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	Buildings: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) France, (b) Australia and (c) Dubai on incidents of fire in high-rise buildings where cladding has been used.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	5405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>Ministers are overseeing the Department's work comparing international fire safety approaches in various regions including Europe, Australasia and the Middle East.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 16:35:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

752859

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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	Carbon Dioxide: Alarms
	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 the use of professional equipment mandatory for the testing of carbon dioxide alarms.
	tabling member constituency	Falkirk
	tabling member printed	John McNally
	uin	5115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>There are no requirements for carbon dioxide alarms in England and so there are no plans to make the use of professional equipment mandatory for the testing of them.</p><p>On carbon monoxide alarms, building regulations in England require that an alarm be provided when a solid fuel appliance is installed, and sets standards for the quality of that alarm. The Building Regulations set requirements when building work is carried out and do not set on-going requirements for testing.</p><p /> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 14:18:16 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4424 label Biography information for John McNally

749627

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2017
	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	Council Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what incentives are available to local authorities to build council housing on (a) brownfield and (b) greenfield sites.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	3707
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>The Housing White Paper reflects our ambition to support local authorities in building more affordable homes. My officials are working with local authorities to understand all the options for increasing the supply of affordable housing, considering innovative ideas and bespoke deals with local authorities to support delivery.</p><p>We have made £7.1 billion available through the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-2021. Local authorities can bid for this to fund a range of schemes. Local authorities can also work with the Homes and Communities Agency to access the Starter Homes Land Fund, to prepare brownfield sites that will include a high proportion of starter homes and other affordable homeownership tenures. We have also provided £32 million of Estates Regeneration grant funding, to assist with the early stages of regeneration schemes that offer the potential to deliver new homes.</p><p>Planning policy already makes it clear that local authorities should plan to meet the market and affordable housing needs in their area, insofar as possible. In doing so we expect them to work with their local communities to decide how much housing is necessary, of what type and where it should go.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 16:44:54 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 3961 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

746706

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2017
	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	Council Housing: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if the Government will cover the costs incurred by leaseholders of council-owned property for any necessary fire safety improvements.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	2002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>We are aware of the potential impact on leaseholders in council owned properties and are currently working to understand them.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 16:52:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

751700

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	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	Council Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria will be used to access whether local authorities are able to afford the refurbishment costs associated with ensuring that their properties are safe.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	4988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2017 answer text <p>It is the landlord’s responsibility to ensure that people are safe, and cost considerations should not get in the way of this. Where work is necessary to ensure the fire safety of social housing, we will ensure that lack of financial resources will not prevent it going ahead.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/07/2017 15:28:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 5629 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne