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1241198

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2020
	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	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 the £1 billion fund announced for the removal of dangerous cladding from high rise buildings, on 26 May 2020, whether the fund will cover the cost of removal for unsafe flammable materials other than Grenfell-type cladding.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	100367
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>Government has provided £600 million of financial support to remove Grenfell type unsafe Aluminium Composite Material cladding from high rise residential buildings. The £1 billion the Government is providing through the Building Safety Fund is in addition to that, aimed at removing other types of unsafe cladding from high rise residential buildings. More details on what materials are covered by the Building Safety Fund can be found in the Prospectus at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSH_BSPCorrespondence%40communities.gov.uk%7Cb5ca80d91db14fa3cc0f08d86c3f135a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637378365444969505&amp;sdata=LZbhJJGesogZ1iVOBnmJ8%2BaMp4ljIfLpe1%2FudN48ziw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund.</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 15/10/2020 16:54:10 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1242526

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2020
	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	Buildings: 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, with reference to the recommendation of the Construction Industry Council's interim report entitled, Raising the Bar, published in August 2019, if he will make it his policy to establish a building safety regulator.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	102045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to establish a new Building Safety Regulator within the Health and Safety Executive. The regulator has begun operating in shadow form in order to prepare for transition to the new regulatory regime. Two of the regulator’s priorities will be to support industry-led work to strengthen professional competence across the sector, and to establish a committee to oversee its progress.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/10/2020 13:47:02 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1284778

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	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	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 oral contribution of the Minister for Housing of 1 February 2021, Official report column 691, when the Department plans to make the further announcement on the removal of cladding.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	150774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State made an announcement in Parliament on 10 February of a decisive five-point plan to end the cladding scandal once and for all.</p><p>To protect leaseholders, we are providing direct funding for the remediation of unsafe cladding from buildings over 18m in height. This is in line with longstanding expert advice on which buildings are at the highest risk.</p><p>Buildings below 18m will not carry the same inherent risk as a building above 18m, however some will need remediation, so to give residents in lower-rise buildings peace of mind, we are also establishing a generous scheme to ensure, where required, cladding removal can take place on buildings between 11 and 18 metres.</p><p>We are also committed to making sure no leaseholder in these buildings will have to pay more than £50 per month towards this remediation.</p><p>This builds on steps already taken to support leaseholders, including £1.6 billion of funding to remediate unsafe cladding, the £30 million waking watch fund to help end excessive costs and new legislation in the Building Safety Bill which will ensure homes are made and kept safer in future.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 16/02/2021 14:45:07 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1337249

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2021
	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: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
	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 Court of Appeal case of R (Khodari) v Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council and another [2017] EWCA Civ 333 (Khodari), whether he has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of (a) section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and (b) section 16 of the Greater London Council General Powers Act 1974.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	16841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>The legal provisions described are intended to provide authorities with the power to mitigate, where appropriate, adverse effects arising from development and other actions.</p><p>A local planning authority makes planning decisions based on policies in their Local Plan and other material considerations. The authority is able to seek a planning obligation under section 106 of the Town and Country Act 1990 to mitigate the implications of a specific development, to make it acceptable in planning terms. The authority must meet three legal tests in seeking to apply the section 106 planning obligation: the obligation must be necessary to make the development acceptable in planning terms; it must be directly related to the proposed development; and it must be fairly and reasonably related in scale and kind to the proposed development.</p><p>A section 106 agreement attached to a planning permission can restrict the development or use of the land in any specified way; require specified operations or activities to be carried out in, on, under or over the land; require the land to be used in any specified way; or require a sum or sums to be paid to the authority on a specified date.</p><p>The Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974 provides authorities in London with various powers, including regarding traffic management. Section 16 of the Act allows a local authority to enter into an agreement with the owner of land where the agreement is ‘given or made under seal in connection with the land'.</p><p>In our White Paper 'Planning for the Future', published in August last year, we set out a proposal to reform the system of developer contributions, including s106 planning obligations. We are analysing consultation responses thoroughly, and engaging further with authorities and developer organisations, and will be announcing our intentions shortly.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/06/2021 16:10:31 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1233528

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2020
	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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
	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 guidance on covid-19 lockdown restrictions, what his Department defines as a place of worship.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	88294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2020 answer text <p>As outlined in our guidance for the safe use of places of worship, a place of worship refers to a building used for regular religious ceremonies, communal worship or similar gatherings by religious organisations. It includes the use of surrounding grounds, for example, adjoining carparks, courtyards or gardens for which the venue managers are also responsible</p><p><br> The guidance also covers premises when being used for religious gatherings, even when their primary purpose is not for religious gatherings, such as a community centre. These premises will only be able to be used where they are permitted to be open, and additional guidance may be applicable.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 18/09/2020 13:46:23 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1286492

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2021
	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	Building Safety Fund
	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 the residential property levy announced on 10 February 2020 will be hypothecated to the Building Safety Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	153223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>We announced on 10 February 2021 plans to introduce a developer levy at Gateway 2 of the new Building Safety Regime, and a new tax on the residential property development sector. We will be setting out details of the levy and tax.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 25/02/2021 18:06:03 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1286489

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2021
	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	Building Safety Fund
	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 the repayment of loans under the Building Safety Fund will be means tested.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	153222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government is conscious of the need to make any financing scheme affordable for leaseholders. That is why we have said that any financing scheme will have a £50 a month cap. Further details of the financing scheme will be made available soon. We will work with the sector to develop the details and make sure it protects leaseholders, prioritising affordability and transparency and accelerates remediation where required.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 25/02/2021 18:05:46 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1286495

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2021
	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	Building Safety Fund
	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 the Government plans to recoup the costs of the Building Safety Fund from residential property developers.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	153224
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The Building Safety Fund should not be the only means of funding the remediation of unsafe cladding on high-rise residential buildings. Building owners should meet the costs without passing them on to leaseholders wherever possible, through their own resources or by recovering costs from applicable warranty schemes or from the developers or contractors who were responsible for the installation of unsafe cladding, as is happening with more than half of the private sector buildings with ACM cladding. Applicants to the Building Safety Fund are required to demonstrate that they have taken all reasonable steps to recover the costs of replacing the unsafe cladding from those responsible.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, as announced on 10 February 2021, we are going to introduce a developer levy through the Building Safety Bill to be targeted and applied when developers seek permission to develop certain high-rise buildings in England. In addition, we will introduce a new tax for the UK residential property development sector in 2022. The levy and tax will ensure that the largest property developers make a fair contribution to the remediation programme. The Government will consult on the policy design of the tax in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 25/02/2021 18:06:39 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1286473

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2021
	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	Building Safety Fund
	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 the Building Safety Fund will cover the cost of (a) cavity walls, (b) external balconies, (c) waking watches and (d) other remedial work.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	153214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The eligibility criteria for the Building Safety Fund can be found in Prospectus Annex A: Technical Information of the Building Safety Fund Prospectus. It is available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBSP_PQ%40communities.gov.uk%7Cb5d7ff834c6c4e0b1b2708d8d263370b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637490670850799031%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=opZJqG%2FvY6Q7aRlmb9viRVtOGXLI%2BjQ%2BhNmNpNwsngA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund.</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 153210 question first answered 25/02/2021 17:55:51 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1286428

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2021
	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	Building Safety Fund
	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 the Building Safety Fund will cover non-cladding fire defects.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	153210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The eligibility criteria for the Building Safety Fund can be found in Prospectus Annex A: Technical Information of the Building Safety Fund Prospectus. It is available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBSP_PQ%40communities.gov.uk%7Cb5d7ff834c6c4e0b1b2708d8d263370b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637490670850799031%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=opZJqG%2FvY6Q7aRlmb9viRVtOGXLI%2BjQ%2BhNmNpNwsngA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund.</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 153214 question first answered 25/02/2021 17:55:51 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord