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1142446

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Times of Sittings
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, in the light of the impact of climate change on air quality, transport and health, and forecasts of higher temperatures in future years, what plans she has to review whether the House should sit in July.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL17520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government schedules business in the House and proposes dates for Recess with the agreement of the usual channels. The House needs to sit for as long as there is business to be completed. The Government has no plans to review whether the House should sit in July in future years.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 26/07/2019 12:49:51 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1466073

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Burglary: South West
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the conviction rate for burglaries in (1) Gloucestershire, (2) Somerset, (3) Devon, and (4) Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, over the next three years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL545
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2022 answer text <p>Burglary is a terrible crime which can have a long-lasting impact on victims. The CPS is committed to bringing robust prosecutions against offenders who commit the offence of burglary and works with the police to ensure that the strongest possible evidence is put before the court. In 2020-21, the CPS prosecuted 8,703 cases of burglary with a conviction rate of 87.4%. CPS South West, which covers the above regions, had a conviction rate of 91.2%, which is above the national average.</p> answering member printed Lord Stewart of Dirleton question first answered 06/06/2022 16:15:02 answering member 4899 label Biography information for Lord Stewart of Dirleton
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1142447

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	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	Racial Discrimination
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review legislation on racism; and what action they intend to take to eliminate racist attacks in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL17521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2019 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has one of the strongest legislative frameworks in the world to protect communities from hostility, violence and bigotry. We believe that no-one’s opportunities in life should be determined by their ethnicity or religion.</p><p>The Government takes racist attacks very seriously, which is why we published the Hate Crime Action Plan in 2016. This was refreshed in 2018, when we committed up to £1.5 million for projects to tackle racially and religiously motivated hatred. We continue to work with the police and third party services such as the Community Security Trust, Tell MAMA and GATE Herts to encourage reporting and support victims of racially motivated hatred.</p><p>We have also asked the Law Commission to undertake a review of hate crime legislation and, last year, launched a national hate crime public awareness campaign.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 07/08/2019 13:29:23 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1235923

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2020
	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	Private Rented Housing: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are introducing to ensure that private renters whose income has been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and are at risk of eviction do not become homeless.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL8316
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has established an unprecedented package of support to protect renters whose income has been affected throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. We have supported businesses to pay staff salaries and strengthened the welfare safety-net with a nearly £9.3 billion boost to the welfare system. This includes an extra £1 billion to increase Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates so that they cover the lowest 30% of market rents. For those renters who require additional support, there is also an existing £180 million of Government funding for Discretionary Housing Payments made available this year, an increase of £40 million from last year and which is for councils to distribute to support renters with housing costs.</p><p>In addition, we have introduced legislation that means, from 29 August 2020, landlords must give tenants six months’ notice before they can evict in most circumstances. This ensures those most at risk are protected and provides time for tenants to agree a solution with their landlord if they are unable to pay their rent or consider moving to avoid building up unsustainable debt.</p><p>These measures enable renters to continue paying their rent and support landlords and tenants in sustaining tenancies. If renters do find themselves at risk of homelessness, the Homelessness Reduction Act places duties on local housing authorities to take reasonable steps to try and prevent a person’s homelessness.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 01/10/2020 13:50:00 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1237755

	registered interest
	date	24/09/2020
	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	Evictions: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to honour their announcement on 18 March that “no renter who has lost income due to coronavirus will be forced out of their home”.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL8453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has established an unprecedented package of support to protect renters whose income has been affected throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. This has included support for businesses to pay staff salaries with the Chancellor’s recent announcement of the Government’s Winter Economy Plan also setting out further measures to support jobs and businesses.</p><p>We have strengthened the welfare safety-net with a nearly £9.3 billion boost to the welfare system which includes an extra £1 billion to increase Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates so that they cover the lowest 30% of market rents. For renters who require additional support, there is also an existing £180 million of Government funding for Discretionary Housing Payments made available this year – an increase of £40 million from last year which is for councils to distribute to support renters with housing costs. In addition, we have introduced legislation that means, from 29 August 2020, landlords must give tenants six months’ notice before they can evict in most circumstances.</p><p>Where possession cases do go to court we understand that the judiciary will look to prioritise the most egregious cases such as those involving anti-social behaviour. New court rules have also been introduced requiring landlords to set out any information they are aware of in relation to how their tenant, or any dependant of their tenant has been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Where this information is not provided, judges have the ability to adjourn proceedings. Finally, guidance will be issued to bailiffs highlighting that they should not enforce possession orders in places where local public health restrictions have been introduced by government through legislation or in England and Wales across 11 December 2020 to 11 January 2021.</p><p>Taken collectively, these measures ensure those most at risk are protected, providing time for tenants to agree a solution with their landlord to sustain the tenancy if they are unable to pay their rent or to consider moving to avoid building up unsustainable debt.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 01/10/2020 15:12:10 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1258640

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2020
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to maintain the use of section 106 agreements to deliver affordable housing.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL11139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s White Paper, Planning for the Future proposes that a new ‘Infrastructure Levy’ will replace section 106 planning obligations and the Community Infrastructure Levy and be set in a way which delivers at least as much - if not more - onsite affordable housing than at present. It also proposes that the Levy will be payable on the completion of development. To better support the timely delivery of infrastructure, local authorities would be allowed to borrow against Infrastructure Levy revenues so that they could forward fund infrastructure.</p><p>The consultation on ‘Planning for the Future’ closed on 29 October. We are analysing the consultation feedback thoroughly and holding meetings with industry and local authority representatives to understand the impacts of our proposals. We will respond formally in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL11141 question first answered 17/12/2020 16:08:15 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1258641

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2020
	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	Planning
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on local authority resources of the proposals included in their White Paper Planning for the future, published on 6 August.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL11140
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>The White Paper commits to developing a comprehensive resources and skills strategy for the planning sector to support the implementation of our reforms – so that, as we implement our reforms, local planning authorities are equipped to create great communities through effective civic engagement and proactive plan-making.</p><p>We want to reduce the amount of resource-consuming bureaucracy and streamline or abolish assessments and other requirements that are burdensome and slow-down planning departments. Part of achieving this will be through modernising the planning process, so that routine tasks are automated and decision-making is improved by better access to data and digital services. This will allow local authorities to focus attention on plan making and place shaping. We are also exploring options to introduce a new planning fee structure to ensure that local planning authorities are properly resourced to improve the speed and quality of their decisions.</p><p>We will continue to work with local planning authorities, as well as professional bodies and the wider planning sector, as we develop our proposals.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 17/12/2020 16:07:57 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1258642

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2020
	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	Community Infrastructure Levy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on local authority finances of the proposed delay in the collection of the Community Infrastructure Levy until a building is in occupation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL11141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s White Paper, Planning for the Future proposes that a new ‘Infrastructure Levy’ will replace section 106 planning obligations and the Community Infrastructure Levy and be set in a way which delivers at least as much - if not more - onsite affordable housing than at present. It also proposes that the Levy will be payable on the completion of development. To better support the timely delivery of infrastructure, local authorities would be allowed to borrow against Infrastructure Levy revenues so that they could forward fund infrastructure.</p><p>The consultation on ‘Planning for the Future’ closed on 29 October. We are analysing the consultation feedback thoroughly and holding meetings with industry and local authority representatives to understand the impacts of our proposals. We will respond formally in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL11139 question first answered 17/12/2020 16:08:15 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1278419

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2021
	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: Legal Opinion
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether a local planning authority can be required to disclose the details of any legal opinions it has received regarding a planning application to those who may be affected by the planning application; and if so, how the requirement for disclosure can be imposed.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL12297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2021 answer text <p>The Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Environmental Information Regulations 2004 provide public access to information held by public authorities, subject to any exemptions which may apply. Exemptions include legal professional privilege which is subject to a public interest test.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 29/01/2021 14:48:44 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1284240

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2021
	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	Construction: Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of labour shortages in the construction industry on (1) their plans to support house building; and (2) costs in the construction sector.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
	uin	HL13001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/02/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government has regular contact with the housebuilding sector. Since the start of the year developers have not reported any significant labour shortages or cost increases. We continue to monitor as part of our engagements with the sector.</p><p>The construction industry is responsible for training the workforce it needs. The industry, via its Industry Recovery Plan, is currently focussing on measures to address the pandemic and ensure resilience in the sector as a priority.</p><p>There is a cross-Government programme to address the construction skills challenge, including the Construction Skills Fund and the new Construction T Levels, which launched in September 2020.</p><p>The Government has also introduced new financial incentives for employers to hire apprentices and provided £111 million for traineeships, so that firms can continue to provide opportunities for people starting out in their careers in construction and invest in upskilling their workforce.</p><p>This is in addition to the ongoing work to improve skills provision, support modernisation and increased productivity, and create a fair migration system.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 17/02/2021 14:32:38 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham