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1138127

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2019
	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	Planning Permission: Hatfield Peverel
	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 the three planning decisions announced on 8 July 2019 for two sites in Hatfield Peverel, for what reasons (a) the decision was made to remove 10 sites from the Braintree District Council five-year supply position and (b) there was no consultation with interested parties on those planning applications prior to removing those 10 sites; and if he will publish all relevant correspondence and representations he received regarding those 10 sites.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	275745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>In reaching his decisions on these cases, the Secretary of State took into account the wide range of issues raised, based on the detailed findings of the planning inspector who held an inquiry into these cases, and the further representations made by the various parties. The decision letters set out in detail the Secretary of State’s reasoning and conclusions. They can be found on the Department's website at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fplanning-applications-called-in-decisions-and-recovered-appeals&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJoanne.Davey%40communities.gov.uk%7C54d79455ab9c4496319b08d705e95911%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C636984372100177788&amp;sdata=Doj9Vq15OPPj2MDlzV7SPfjyHgQfHJhe1gTfDcfFV9Q%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/planning-applications-called-in-decisions-and-recovered-appeals</a></p><p>Now that the decisions have been issued the Secretary of State has no further jurisdiction in these matters, and it would not be appropriate for Ministers to comment further on the reasons for the decisions or the merits of the schemes. Annexed to each decision letter is a schedule of all representations and correspondence received since the close of the inquiry, together with details about how copies of this material may be obtained.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 275746 275747 question first answered 15/07/2019 15:03:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1138128

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2019
	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	Planning Permission: Hatfield Peverel
	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 the three planning decisions he announced on 8 July 2019 for the sites Gleneagles Way and Stone Path Drive in Hatfield Peverel, if he will make an assessment of the availability of public transport in Hatfield Peverel.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	275746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>In reaching his decisions on these cases, the Secretary of State took into account the wide range of issues raised, based on the detailed findings of the planning inspector who held an inquiry into these cases, and the further representations made by the various parties. The decision letters set out in detail the Secretary of State’s reasoning and conclusions. They can be found on the Department's website at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fplanning-applications-called-in-decisions-and-recovered-appeals&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJoanne.Davey%40communities.gov.uk%7C54d79455ab9c4496319b08d705e95911%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C636984372100177788&amp;sdata=Doj9Vq15OPPj2MDlzV7SPfjyHgQfHJhe1gTfDcfFV9Q%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/planning-applications-called-in-decisions-and-recovered-appeals</a></p><p>Now that the decisions have been issued the Secretary of State has no further jurisdiction in these matters, and it would not be appropriate for Ministers to comment further on the reasons for the decisions or the merits of the schemes. Annexed to each decision letter is a schedule of all representations and correspondence received since the close of the inquiry, together with details about how copies of this material may be obtained.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 275745 275747 question first answered 15/07/2019 15:03:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1138131

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2019
	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	Planning Permission: Hatfield Peverel
	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 the three planning decisions announced on 8 July 2019 for two sites in Hatfield Peverel, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequate provision of (a) school places and (b) health services at those sites.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	275747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>In reaching his decisions on these cases, the Secretary of State took into account the wide range of issues raised, based on the detailed findings of the planning inspector who held an inquiry into these cases, and the further representations made by the various parties. The decision letters set out in detail the Secretary of State’s reasoning and conclusions. They can be found on the Department's website at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fplanning-applications-called-in-decisions-and-recovered-appeals&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJoanne.Davey%40communities.gov.uk%7C54d79455ab9c4496319b08d705e95911%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C636984372100177788&amp;sdata=Doj9Vq15OPPj2MDlzV7SPfjyHgQfHJhe1gTfDcfFV9Q%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/planning-applications-called-in-decisions-and-recovered-appeals</a></p><p>Now that the decisions have been issued the Secretary of State has no further jurisdiction in these matters, and it would not be appropriate for Ministers to comment further on the reasons for the decisions or the merits of the schemes. Annexed to each decision letter is a schedule of all representations and correspondence received since the close of the inquiry, together with details about how copies of this material may be obtained.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 275745 275746 question first answered 15/07/2019 15:03:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1137784

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	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	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, whether he plans to provide financial support to leaseholders with properties cladded with a flammable material and which are less than 18 metres in height.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	275168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to fully fund the replacement of unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding on private sector high-rise (over 18 metres) residential buildings, except where a warranty claim has been accepted. Non-ACM cladding system costs or other structural works not directly related to the remediation of ACM cladding systems will not be part of the fund.</p><p>Government intervention to provide funding for the removal of unsafe ACM cladding on private sector high-rise residential buildings is wholly exceptional. It is based on the unparalleled fire risk ACM poses. Buildings over 18 meters tall are classified as high-rise and are subject to tougher building regulation restrictions as firefighting is more complex. This is why the Government has focused on these buildings.</p><p>Government intervention does not remove responsibility for overall building safety from the building owner and if fire safety risks are uncovered, they must remedy them, or potentially face enforcement action from the local authority. We have made it clear that building owners should protect leaseholders from bearing the costs of remediation, and that the clearest way to ensure safety is to remove unsafe materials.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 275169 275170 275172 question first answered 15/07/2019 15:04:58 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1137785

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	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	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 plans he has to provide financial support to leaseholders of properties cladded with non aluminium composite materials that are flammable.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	275169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to fully fund the replacement of unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding on private sector high-rise (over 18 metres) residential buildings, except where a warranty claim has been accepted. Non-ACM cladding system costs or other structural works not directly related to the remediation of ACM cladding systems will not be part of the fund.</p><p>Government intervention to provide funding for the removal of unsafe ACM cladding on private sector high-rise residential buildings is wholly exceptional. It is based on the unparalleled fire risk ACM poses. Buildings over 18 meters tall are classified as high-rise and are subject to tougher building regulation restrictions as firefighting is more complex. This is why the Government has focused on these buildings.</p><p>Government intervention does not remove responsibility for overall building safety from the building owner and if fire safety risks are uncovered, they must remedy them, or potentially face enforcement action from the local authority. We have made it clear that building owners should protect leaseholders from bearing the costs of remediation, and that the clearest way to ensure safety is to remove unsafe materials.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 275168 275170 275172 question first answered 15/07/2019 15:04:58 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1137786

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	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, what recent assessment he has made of the risk to public safety of flammable cladding materials on leasehold properties that are not covered by the Government's support scheme for private high rise residential properties.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	275170
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to fully fund the replacement of unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding on private sector high-rise (over 18 metres) residential buildings, except where a warranty claim has been accepted. Non-ACM cladding system costs or other structural works not directly related to the remediation of ACM cladding systems will not be part of the fund.</p><p>Government intervention to provide funding for the removal of unsafe ACM cladding on private sector high-rise residential buildings is wholly exceptional. It is based on the unparalleled fire risk ACM poses. Buildings over 18 meters tall are classified as high-rise and are subject to tougher building regulation restrictions as firefighting is more complex. This is why the Government has focused on these buildings.</p><p>Government intervention does not remove responsibility for overall building safety from the building owner and if fire safety risks are uncovered, they must remedy them, or potentially face enforcement action from the local authority. We have made it clear that building owners should protect leaseholders from bearing the costs of remediation, and that the clearest way to ensure safety is to remove unsafe materials.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 275168 275169 275172 question first answered 15/07/2019 15:04:58 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1137788

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	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	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, whether his Department will be providing financial support to leaseholders replacing flammable cladding on buildings of less than 18 metres in height.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	275172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to fully fund the replacement of unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding on private sector high-rise (over 18 metres) residential buildings, except where a warranty claim has been accepted. Non-ACM cladding system costs or other structural works not directly related to the remediation of ACM cladding systems will not be part of the fund.</p><p>Government intervention to provide funding for the removal of unsafe ACM cladding on private sector high-rise residential buildings is wholly exceptional. It is based on the unparalleled fire risk ACM poses. Buildings over 18 meters tall are classified as high-rise and are subject to tougher building regulation restrictions as firefighting is more complex. This is why the Government has focused on these buildings.</p><p>Government intervention does not remove responsibility for overall building safety from the building owner and if fire safety risks are uncovered, they must remedy them, or potentially face enforcement action from the local authority. We have made it clear that building owners should protect leaseholders from bearing the costs of remediation, and that the clearest way to ensure safety is to remove unsafe materials.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 275168 275169 275170 question first answered 15/07/2019 15:04:58 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

1137637

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	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	Buildings: Fire Prevention
	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 his Department has made an estimate of the number of leaseholders in England who have been asked to pay for fire safety remediation works other than cladding remediation.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	274550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG does not hold comprehensive data on leaseholders who have been asked to pay for fire safety remediation works. The Government has made it clear that building owners should protect leaseholders from bearing the costs of remediation.</p><p>Government intervention to provide funding for the removal of unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding is wholly exceptional. It is based on the unparalleled fire risk ACM poses, very real public safety concerns and the abject failure of many building owners to do the right thing by their residents. <br> <br>Government intervention does not remove responsibility for overall building safety from the building owner and if other fire safety risks are uncovered, they must remedy them, or potentially face enforcement action from the local authority.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 274551 question first answered 11/07/2019 13:44:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1137645

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2019
	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	Buildings: Fire Prevention
	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 his Department's policy is on leaseholders being liable to pay for remedial fire safety works other than cladding remediation.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	274551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG does not hold comprehensive data on leaseholders who have been asked to pay for fire safety remediation works. The Government has made it clear that building owners should protect leaseholders from bearing the costs of remediation.</p><p>Government intervention to provide funding for the removal of unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding is wholly exceptional. It is based on the unparalleled fire risk ACM poses, very real public safety concerns and the abject failure of many building owners to do the right thing by their residents. <br> <br>Government intervention does not remove responsibility for overall building safety from the building owner and if other fire safety risks are uncovered, they must remedy them, or potentially face enforcement action from the local authority.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 274550 question first answered 11/07/2019 13:44:22 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1137200

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2019
	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	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, with reference to the letter from his Department cited in the 3 July 2019 InsideHousing article entitled, Check cladding on buildings under 18m - government tells building control, whether his Department is directing building control to check the safety of cladding on all buildings including those already constructed.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	273797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2019 answer text <p>On 1 July my Department issued a circular letter to remind building control bodies of considerations relating to assessing compliance with requirement B4 of Schedule 1 to the Building Regulations 2010 with regard to fire spread over the external walls of a building and, in particular, the application of that requirement to low-rise buildings. The letter relates to building work controlled by the building regulations and imposes no new duties on local authorities. The Circular letter is available on the Department's website at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcircular-letter-regarding-the-application-of-requirement-b4-of-the-building-regulations-2010&amp;data=02%7C01%7CBSPBriefings%40communities.gov.uk%7Ca9c18879b18845b72e1808d70440b473%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C636982548265522165&amp;sdata=DK2UEigMM5CSx%2FxBdjMN%2Fj%2BSGtMwkk4SO6xZ30zqruM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/circular-letter-regarding-the-application-of-requirement-b4-of-the-building-regulations-2010</a>.</p><p>For buildings already constructed we have also published a series of Advice Notes for building owners in regard to fire safety at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fthe-building-safety-programme%23advice-notes&amp;data=02%7C01%7CBSPBriefings%40communities.gov.uk%7Ca9c18879b18845b72e1808d70440b473%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C636982548265532160&amp;sdata=%2BMoWZykn9LXBFWc7bEqwZZpQ7isP4VurXcQm%2BEiakoo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-building-safety-programme#advice-notes</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 273798 question first answered 10/07/2019 15:53:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed