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1125682

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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	Private Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
	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 the Government plans to introduce mandatory five yearly electrical checks in the private rented sector.
	tabling member constituency	Lincoln
	tabling member printed	Karen Lee
	uin	252624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>We are working to bring into force regulations on mandatory electrical safety checks in the private rented sector as soon as possible, subject to parliamentary approval and timetable. As outlined in the Government response to the consultation on Electrical Safety in the Private Rented Sector, published on 29 January 2019, we are working with industry to produce guidance for landlords setting out the skills and qualifications relevant to determining competence of those carrying out electrical inspections. We have also been working with local authorities in England to develop the range of sanctions for non-compliance with the upcoming regulations.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 17/05/2019 13:21:46 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4664 label Biography information for Karen Lee

1125715

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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: 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 steps he is taking to improve the quality of new build homes.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	252639
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2019 answer text <p>We have taken steps to address design quality through the revised National Planning Policy Framework and are in the process of reviewing associated guidance. We have also hosted two National Design Conferences, each attended by around 400 representatives of the sector, and we have launched the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission; to advise the Government on how to promote and increase the use of high-quality design for new build homes and neighbourhoods. The Commission will report back in December 2019.</p><p>In relation to build quality, we have announced our intention for a New Homes Ombudsman to be established and are considering options for a shadow ombudsman. Furthermore, our building regulations set requirements on a range of issues including health and safety, sustainability and access. The regulations are supported by statutory guidance in Approved Documents. As part of its response to Dame Judith Hackitt’s independent review of Building Regulations and fire safety, the Government is developing a programme of reviews of the Approved Documents.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 17/05/2019 13:21:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

1125874

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2019
	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: Ownership
	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 introducing a statutory time limit for property management companies to issue a certificate of ownership to a new owner after selling a property.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	252849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government expects certificates of compliance to be issued within a reasonable period of time. Legislation is already in place specifying the governance of ownership certificates and their use in support of planning applications. Applicants are legally required to notify the owners of a site when they submit their planning application, so that they have the opportunity to comment. An ownership certificate confirming that other owners have been appropriately notified must be signed when submitting a planning application. It is an offence to issue a false ownership certificate knowingly or recklessly under section 65(6) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/05/2019 14:37:28 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1126024

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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	Green Belt
	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 analysis his Department has undertaken to identify green belt land close to train stations.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	253471
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Analysis of green belt land within half a mile of train stations, not including national parks, Areas Of Natural Beauty and Sites of Special Scientific Interest, was produced using publicly available datasets; it showed that there were just over 57,100 hectares of such land in England. However, the analysis does not indicate how much of this land is suitable for housing developments, or how much of that land is currently in use.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 253472 question first answered 20/05/2019 14:45:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1126025

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	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	Green Belt
	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 analysis his Department has undertaken to identify green belt land close to train stations and within an hour's travel time of London.
	tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
	tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
	uin	253472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>Analysis of green belt land within half a mile of train stations, not including national parks, Areas Of Natural Beauty and Sites of Special Scientific Interest, was produced using publicly available datasets; it showed that there were just over 57,100 hectares of such land in England. However, the analysis does not indicate how much of this land is suitable for housing developments, or how much of that land is currently in use.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 253471 question first answered 20/05/2019 14:45:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1126461

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	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	Business Premises: Change of Use
	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 he has estimated the (a) number and (b) proportion of homes created under permitted development rights enabling change of use from offices to housing which do not meet national standards on floor space; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	254216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>New homes in England, whether granted permission on an application or through a permitted development right, are required to meet Building Regulations.</p><p>We announced in Written Ministerial Statement HCWS1408 on 13 March 2019, our intention to review permitted development rights for conversion of buildings to residential use in respect of the quality standard of homes delivered.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/05/2019 14:39:20 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1126472

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	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, if he will put in place a deadline by which ACM cladding will have been removed from (a) private and (b) social housing blocks.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	254265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>On 9 May, Government announced its commitment to fully fund the remediation of private sector high-rise residential blocks (above 18 metres) with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material cladding, except where a warranty claim has been accepted. This will allow remediation to happen quickly. We continue to put pressure on building owners and developers to make their buildings permanently safe as swiftly as possible.</p><p>We are not expecting any further applications from social sector building owners but we will still accept applications from any building owners who require funding.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/05/2019 14:50:00 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1126498

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	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	Community Land Trusts: Rural Areas
	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 he has plans to extend the role of Community Land Trusts in rural areas.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	254103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that the community-led housing sector – of which Community Land Trusts are an important part – offers significant potential for helping to meet housing need across England, especially in rural areas. In addition to helping increase the rate of delivery of new housing, the sector will help deliver a range of benefits including diversifying the housebuilding sector, improving design and construction quality, developing modern methods of construction, and sustaining local communities and local economies. The support and close involvement of the local community enables the community-led approach to secure planning permission and deliver housing that could not be brought forward through speculative development.</p><p>The principal means by which my Department supports Community Land Trusts is through the annual £60 million Community Housing Fund. This fund makes revenue and capital grant available to support community-led housebuilding schemes, and supports a programme of training and development for organisations providing technical advice and guidance to community-led housebuilding groups. The Fund is currently scheduled to close in March 2020 and decisions on funding for 2020-21 onwards are a matter for the Spending Review, which will take place this year.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/05/2019 14:38:50 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1126526

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	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, with reference to his Department's press release of 9 May 2019, Government to fund and speed up vital cladding replacement, whether his Department has made an estimate of how many blocks with aluminium composite cladding will have their cladding remediation funded by that fund.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	254194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>On 9 May 2019, Government announced its commitment to fully fund the remediation of private sector high-rise residential blocks with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding, except where a warranty claim has been accepted. As of the end of April 2019, there are 175 high-rise private sector residential buildings identified with ACM. Several developers who had committed to fund remediation have agreed to maintain this commitment, and not draw on the fund. This includes Taylor Wimpey, Legal &amp; General, Mace Group, Lendlease, Barratt Developments and Aberdeen Standard Investments.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/05/2019 14:34:11 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1126533

	registered interest
	date	14/05/2019
	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 local authorities have taken enforcement action where owners of private sector high-rise residential buildings with unsafe aluminium composite material have refused to remediate those buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	254197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The private sector remediation fund, announced on 9 May, will cover remediation costs of all private sector high-rise (over 18 metres) residential buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding, except where a warranty claim has been accepted. To support the fund, local authorities have a range of enforcement powers, including serving improvement notices or undertaking emergency remedial work themselves. We are backing local authorities taking enforcement action where building owners are refusing to remediate high-rise buildings with unsafe cladding.  <br> <br> We are engaging with local authorities who are taking, or are considering taking, enforcement action for buildings with unsafe ACM. It is for each local authority to decide if enforcement action is appropriate on their buildings.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/05/2019 14:36:46 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed