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42613

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to prevent married couples from fraudulently claiming council and housing tax-related benefit available only for single people.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	191456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2014 answer text <p>There are no social security benefits relating to housing costs or council tax that are available only to single people. There is a reduction of 25% in the council tax payable available to those who live alone, but the administration of this is a matter for local authorities. </p><p> </p><p>Generally, suspicions that claimants may be living together as if they were married or in a civil partnership without informing the relevant benefit payer come from various sources, including members of the public and members of staff. The Department currently does not investigate cases that only involve housing benefit as these are a matter for local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Council tax benefit ceased to exist on 1 April 2013 and has been replaced by the local council tax reduction (LCTR) scheme, the administration of which is a matter for local authorities. </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Steve Webb question first answered 18/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 220 label Biography information for Steve Webb
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1166941

	registered interest
	date	28/10/2019
	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	Local Government Finance: Romford
	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 much financial support Romford constituency has received from publicly funded projects and infrastructure investment over the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	6280
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 05/11/2019 16:19:06 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1177860

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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	Housing: Romford
	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 families were recorded as living in overcrowded conditions in Romford constituency in (a) 2015 and (b) the most recent date for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government does not hold this data. The 2018-19 English Housing Survey does estimate levels of overcrowding, based on three-year averages, but not at a constituency level.</p><p>The local authority or local authorities who cover the Romford constituency may be able to provide this information. Local authorities have a legal duty to keep housing conditions in their area under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 19/02/2020 11:08:08 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1178621

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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	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, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to assess the viability of flat-pack housing as a means of tackling housing shortages.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	14970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting modern methods of construction (MMC), including modular and panellised systems. It is well recognised that new technology and innovation have improved productivity, quality and choice across a range of sectors and we are keen to see the same happen in housing.</p><p>Homes England provide development finance to developers using MMC and have also invested directly into an MMC factory using the £4.5 billion Home Building Fund.</p><p>Our Local Authority Accelerated Construction programme aims to increase the speed of build out and encourage widespread use of MMC. Homes England currently has contracts in place with local authorities for over 7,400 units, all of which include some aspects of MMC.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 19/02/2020 11:14:57 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1178626

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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	Council 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 his Department is taking to help ensure that new council housing is of adequate quality.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	14974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>All new housing, including council housing, must meet the requirements of the building regulations and any development plan policies on design quality through the planning system.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 19/02/2020 11:13:43 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1178630

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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	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 his Department is taking to enforce building regulation inspections to help ensure the quality of housing builds.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	14978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>Building Regulations set standards for the design and construction of new homes and the primary responsibility for compliance with these requirements rests with the person carrying out the building work, such as the developer or builder. The Building Act 1984 provides local authorities with a general duty to enforce compliance with building regulations and formal enforcement powers for dealing with breaches of the Building Regulations.</p><p>The Government agreed with the recommendations in Dame Judith Hackitt’s independent review of the building regulations and fire safety system and is committed to putting stronger accountability at the heart of a more effective system. As part of our reforms to building safety, we are establishing a new Building Safety Regulator which will provide enhanced oversight of the building safety regulatory system - driving competence amongst professions and trades working on buildings, as well as leading oversight of the tougher regime for high risk buildings.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 19/02/2020 11:15:43 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1226145

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2020
	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	Sleeping Rough: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress he has made on finding accommodation for rough sleepers during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	904981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>On 26<sup>th</sup> March I wrote to local authority leaders, asking them to bring ‘Everybody In’.</p><p>We saw a phenomenal response; due to the hard work of councils, charities and volunteers, 15,000 rough sleepers and vulnerable people have been housed in hotels and other forms of emergency accommodation, since the start of the pandemic.</p><p>We are also providing £105 million for interim accommodation and £160 million for long term accommodation, which includes funding to make 3,300 new supported homes available in the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 20/07/2020 16:27:21 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1247790

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2020
	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	Religious Buildings: Coronavirus
	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 his Department has made of the risk of covid-19 spreading in places of worship where hygiene and social distancing measures are followed.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	110078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>We are very grateful to our faith communities for all their efforts to ensure their places of worship are as Covid-secure as possible. However, the evidence from the scientific community, and from SAGE is that the rate of infection continues to rise and we need to reduce the level of interaction and the number of gatherings that take place. The closure of places of worship for communal prayer is one such decision.</p><p>These restrictions have not been introduced lightly. We recognise that religious practice is of fundamental importance to millions of people which is why we are enabling individual prayer in places of worship for those religions who practice in this way.</p><p>The regulations now in force will expire on 2 December, at which point we hope to be able to ease restrictions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 10/11/2020 17:12:45 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1247791

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2020
	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	Religious Buildings: Coronavirus
	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 his Department has made of the potential effect of the closure of places of worship in response to covid-19 lockdown restrictions on the (a) mental health and (b) physical wellbeing of people who regularly attend religious services and gatherings.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	110079
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>We know how vital places of worship are to many people’s health and wellbeing. They play an important role in spiritual and mental health, and in bringing our communities together.</p><p>However, we cannot ignore the fact that the rate of infection is rising. The closure of our places of worship for communal prayer is to limit the number of interactions, thereby protecting the health of our community and the NHS.</p><p>The regulations now in force will expire on 2 December, at which point we hope to able to ease restrictions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 10/11/2020 17:13:10 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1304118

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2021
	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	Local Government: Flags
	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 his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of flying the flags of the Historic Counties for the full week in the lead up to Historic County Flags Day.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	171533
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government attaches great importance to the history and traditions of this country and recognises that the tapestry of our historic counties is one of the bonds that draws the nation together. We remain committed to the celebration of historic counties. We are considering with colleagues across Government how best to repeat the 2019 display in Parliament Square to mark Historic County Flags Day in the week of the 23 July, so as to raise the profile of this national celebration.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 25/03/2021 17:35:37 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell