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1418748

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2022
	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	Housing Revenue Accounts
	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 data his Department holds on the level of the Housing Revenue Account Capital Finance Requirement as of 1 February 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
	tabling member printed	Dan Carden
	uin	116027
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department publishes annual data on local authority borrowing including the Housing Revenue Account Capital Financing Requirement (HRA CFR). <br> <br> The latest data available were published on 2 December 2021 and can be found in the table here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1037859/6_COR_2020-21_outputs_HRASUPP.ods" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-capital-expenditure-and-receipts-in-england-2020-to-2021-individual-local-authority-data</a>.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 07/02/2022 14:28:21 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 49051 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1418047

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	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	Green Belt
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to retain current protections afforded to greenbelt areas in future Government planning proposals.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Green
	uin	115016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>This Government has a manifesto commitment to protect and enhance the Green Belt. Our National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that a local authority can take land out of Green Belt only in exceptional circumstances, through the local plan process, and only if it can demonstrate that it has explored all other reasonable options. These strong protections for Green Belt land will remain firmly in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 03/02/2022 17:51:59 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1418103

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	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	Building Safety Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the Building Safety Fund revised Grant Funding Agreement will be made available to applicants.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	114645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The revised Grant Funding Agreement (GFA) for the Building Safety Fund (BSF) will be made available to Applicants shortly. There should be no obstacle to the remediation of unsafe cladding being carried out without further delay.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 114646 question first answered 03/02/2022 17:51:29 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1418104

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	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	Building Safety Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many stage 2 funding applications are being held up pending the publication of the revised Building Safety Fund Grant Funding Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	114646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The revised Grant Funding Agreement (GFA) for the Building Safety Fund (BSF) will be made available to Applicants shortly. There should be no obstacle to the remediation of unsafe cladding being carried out without further delay.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 114645 question first answered 03/02/2022 17:51:29 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1418159

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	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	Right to Buy Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many tenants of (a) councils and (b) social landlords have exercised the right to buy, voluntary or otherwise, in each year since 2005, by (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
	uin	114968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>We maintain our commitment to the Right to Buy for council tenants. Right to Buy gives people from a broad sector of the community the opportunity to own their home, encouraging stronger links and a wider interest in their local communities.</p><p>The Government is grateful for the participation of the Midlands housing associations in piloting the VRTB and for the valuable partnership working with the sector. This has enabled over 1,800 housing association tenants to become homeowners, and enjoy the benefits that homeownership brings. The Government is looking at the findings from the Midlands evaluation, which will be used to help inform future policy. We will announce further details on Voluntary Right to Buy in the coming months.</p><p>The statistics on local authority Right to Buy sales, as well as information on the total number of sales to tenants by local authority area (which includes Right to Acquire and other social landlord schemes) can be found in the open data here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-social-housing-sales%23social-housing-sales-open-data&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5b823da821f24a81e89408d9ea3b30cd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637798362199093828%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=DDweWC%2BRp092HolsdrQ74ReJhSuRwsPooNBqp2POaUU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales#social-housing-sales-open-data</a>.</p><p>There is no information by parliamentary constituency, as it is all collected by local authority area.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 08/02/2022 13:45:42 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1418160

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	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	Council Housing and Social Rented Housing
	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 recent estimate he has made of the total amount of (a) council housing and (b) social housing in each (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
	uin	114969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>Statistics on numbers of dwellings owned by local authorities and private registered providers as at 31 March by local authority area are published by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the gov.uk website in live tables 116 and 115 respectively, which can be found at the following link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5b823da821f24a81e89408d9ea3b30cd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637798362199093828%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=A4BN6Dg%2Fp0GgkhZeHsCc8AWpSIjUkVIbwEUd5uhU9a4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a>.</p><p>Statistics on the supply of new affordable housing in each local authority area, including acquisitions of existing stock for affordable housing, are also published on the gov.uk website, in live tables 1008C and 1011 at the following link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5b823da821f24a81e89408d9ea3b30cd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637798362199093828%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=biLkuafitRKUDYsHf5ccUAo9FrQYIgVYRtiRyw3APK4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a>. The open datafile available at the same link breaks these statistics down into those that are new build and acquisitions of existing stock, and by provider. The Department does not collect these data by parliamentary constituency.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 114970 question first answered 08/02/2022 13:45:55 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1418161

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	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	Council Housing and Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many new (a) council and (b) social landlord properties have been built in each year since 2005 in each (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	North West Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
	uin	114970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>Statistics on numbers of dwellings owned by local authorities and private registered providers as at 31 March by local authority area are published by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the gov.uk website in live tables 116 and 115 respectively, which can be found at the following link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5b823da821f24a81e89408d9ea3b30cd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637798362199093828%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=A4BN6Dg%2Fp0GgkhZeHsCc8AWpSIjUkVIbwEUd5uhU9a4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a>.</p><p>Statistics on the supply of new affordable housing in each local authority area, including acquisitions of existing stock for affordable housing, are also published on the gov.uk website, in live tables 1008C and 1011 at the following link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5b823da821f24a81e89408d9ea3b30cd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637798362199093828%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=biLkuafitRKUDYsHf5ccUAo9FrQYIgVYRtiRyw3APK4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a>. The open datafile available at the same link breaks these statistics down into those that are new build and acquisitions of existing stock, and by provider. The Department does not collect these data by parliamentary constituency.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 114969 question first answered 08/02/2022 13:45:55 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1418266

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2022
	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	First Homes Scheme: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many new homes are planned to be built in Waltham Forest under the First Homes Scheme; which developers are building homes under that scheme in Greater London; and what steps people need to take to (a) confirm their eligibility for and (b) monitor the availability of homes under that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Walthamstow
	tabling member printed	Stella Creasy
	uin	114727
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>We are not aware of any First Homes schemes planned in Waltham Forest or Greater London. However, as of 28 June 2021, national planning policy now sets an expectation that new local plans should ensure 25% of all affordable homes delivered through developer contributions should be First Homes.</p><p>Prospective purchasers should look for First Homes on new developments in their area and approach developers directly. Developers and local authorities should publicise the necessary steps to demonstrate eligibility.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 03/02/2022 17:51:42 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4088 label Biography information for Stella Creasy

1417619

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2022
	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	Listed Buildings: Double Glazing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating planning guidance on allowing windows of listed buildings and buildings in conservation areas to be replaced with double-glazed windows.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol West
	tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
	uin	113747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>There is no legislation or national planning policy which specifically prohibits the installation of double-glazed windows in listed buildings or buildings in conservation areas. Original windows can be central to the special historic or architectural character of a building or area and so each case needs to be considered on its own merits. Historic England, the Government's adviser on heritage, produces a range of guidance on this matter, including <em>Traditional Windows: Their Care, Repair and Upgrading</em> : <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhistoricengland.org.uk%2Fimages-books%2Fpublications%2Ftraditional-windows-care-repair-upgrading%2Fheag039-traditional-windows-revfeb17%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5b823da821f24a81e89408d9ea3b30cd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637798362198937603%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=3VFamO5XYPLrQjMiWniFwGOaqHfldeiUfPDLn1YbDfg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/traditional-windows-care-repair-upgrading/heag039-traditional-windows-revfeb17/</a> .</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 07/02/2022 17:48:42 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1417358

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2022
	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	Buildings: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the new proportionate approach that the Government plans to apply to building safety will result in fire and building safety assessments being revisited for buildings (a) over 18 metres, (b) between 11-18 metres and (c) under 11 metres.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
	tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
	uin	113077
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>Whole building fire risk assessments are already required in England for residential premises including common parts under the Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order 2005 (FSO). Not all buildings require statutory fire risk assessments. For example, single private dwellings with no common parts are not within the scope of the Regulatory Reform Fire Safety Order 2005. Buildings which already have a suitable and proportionate assessment of their external walls will not need to be reassessed.</p><p>We have worked with BSI to develop new guidance for fire safety professionals on the undertaking of fire risk appraisals of the external wall construction and cladding of existing residential buildings. This guidance (PAS 9980) will enable more proportionate appraisals when necessary.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 07/02/2022 14:24:16 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood