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1342248

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2021
	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
	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 Raising accessibility standards for new homes consultation, published on 8 September 2020, whether his Department has plans for all new homes to meet the accessible and adaptable standard proposed in that consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	24967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 18 June to Question UIN 13060.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 09/07/2021 12:08:19 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1344596

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2021
	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
	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 financial support the Government has provided to churches during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	29041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the impact the pandemic has had on the finances of our places of worship and religious groups.</p><p>As part of the response to the impact of Covid-19, the Government made available a package of support specifically for charities and businesses. Places of worship that are registered charities have been able to apply to a number of these schemes on the basis of being impacted organisations themselves, and for their work delivering community services in response to the pandemic. This included the Government's £750 million package of support specifically for charities, social enterprises and the voluntary sector.</p><p>The Government continues to engage regularly with a range of faith leaders and community groups - including through our Places of Worship Taskforce and regular roundtable meetings with major faith groups - to better understand how the Government can support them to respond to the pressures they face at this time.</p><p>I encourage places of worship and community groups to monitor the Government's web pages that offer information on the schemes currently available, and new schemes when they are launched, such as: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Ffinancial-support-for-voluntary-community-and-social-enterprise-vcse-organisations-to-respond-to-coronavirus-covid-19&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C616bbfe58f274655b58208d947aca9ff%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637619629169191381%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=2Q3j64p4T4FDUAaI%2FhjRx6%2F3LC43AN553c%2FbSyvb%2Fno%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/financial-support-for-voluntary-community-and-social-enterprise-vcse-organisations-to-respond-to-coronavirus-covid-19</a></p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 16/07/2021 10:27:26 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1344597

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2021
	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
	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 the Government is taking to ensure that accessible housing for older and disabled people remains a priority during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	29042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2021 answer text <p>Our reforms on housing for older and disabled people progress despite the Covid-19 pandemic. The Government has consulted on options to raise accessible housing standards, including options to review and potentially tighten the regulatory framework to deliver accessible new homes. <br> <br> Since 2010 the Government has invested over £4 billion into the Disabled Facilities Grant, including £573 million paid to local authorities in May for 2021-22, funding adaptations to almost 450,000 homes. In our Social Housing White Paper we said that we will look at how we can improve access to suitable homes for disabled people. <br> <br> Our planning rules already mean councils must consider the needs of older and disabled people when planning new homes, and we are significantly reforming the planning system to put a much greater emphasis on design and quality, creating a system which gives local people more of a voice to make clear what new development their areas need and where.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 16/07/2021 10:25:51 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1293259

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2021
	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	European Social 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, what steps the Government plans to take to ensure adequate continuity between the end of the European Social Fund programme and the commencement of its successor policy.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	160662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will be the domestic successor to the EU Structural Fund programme.</p><p>The November 2020 Spending Review set out the main strategic elements of the UKSPF in the Heads of Terms. The UKSPF profile will be set out at the next Spending Review, and we will publish further details in a UK-wide Investment Framework later in 2021.</p><p>In addition, to help local areas prepare over 2021/22 for the introduction of the UKSPF, we will provide £220 million additional funding under the UK Community Renewal Fund to support our communities to pilot programmes and new approaches.</p><p>The Fund aims to support people and communities most in need, and will invest in skills, community and place, local business, and supporting people into employment.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 160663 160664 question first answered 09/03/2021 11:39:12 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1293260

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2021
	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	European Social 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 end match-funding in the successor policy to the European Social Fund programme.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	160663
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will be the domestic successor to the EU Structural Fund programme.</p><p>The November 2020 Spending Review set out the main strategic elements of the UKSPF in the Heads of Terms. The UKSPF profile will be set out at the next Spending Review, and we will publish further details in a UK-wide Investment Framework later in 2021.</p><p>In addition, to help local areas prepare over 2021/22 for the introduction of the UKSPF, we will provide £220 million additional funding under the UK Community Renewal Fund to support our communities to pilot programmes and new approaches.</p><p>The Fund aims to support people and communities most in need, and will invest in skills, community and place, local business, and supporting people into employment.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 160662 160664 question first answered 09/03/2021 11:39:12 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1293261

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2021
	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	European Social 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, what steps the Government plans to take to help ensure gender equality of opportunity in a successor policy to the European Social Fund programme.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	160664
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2021 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will be the domestic successor to the EU Structural Fund programme.</p><p>The November 2020 Spending Review set out the main strategic elements of the UKSPF in the Heads of Terms. The UKSPF profile will be set out at the next Spending Review, and we will publish further details in a UK-wide Investment Framework later in 2021.</p><p>In addition, to help local areas prepare over 2021/22 for the introduction of the UKSPF, we will provide £220 million additional funding under the UK Community Renewal Fund to support our communities to pilot programmes and new approaches.</p><p>The Fund aims to support people and communities most in need, and will invest in skills, community and place, local business, and supporting people into employment.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 160662 160663 question first answered 09/03/2021 11:39:12 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1337236

	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	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, if he will make it his policy to hold discussions with residents from rural communities before encouraging a mass building of properties.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	16849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2021 answer text <p>The Planning for the Future White Paper proposed to make the planning system simpler, quicker and more accessible for local people to engage with. Our consultation received more than 40,000 responses which we are carefully considering.</p><p>Our proposed planning reforms will give communities, both rural and urban, a greater voice from the start of the planning process and will make it quicker and easier for local people to engage with the system, particularly at the local plan stage where the use of land is considered. This will give communities real influence over both the location and design of development, rather than having to react to unexpected and ad hoc planning applications</p><p><br>Local communities will also be empowered to create local design codes, ensuring planning rules reflect local priorities for character and design, and will continue to be able to have their say on specific proposals that come through the system.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/06/2021 16:11:19 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1347980

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2021
	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	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, when the Government plans to publish its response to the raising accessible housing standards consultation that concluded on 1 December 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	35644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 18 June to Question UIN 13060.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 35645 question first answered 27/07/2021 09:03:58 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1347981

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2021
	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	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, whether all new homes will be required to meet the accessible and adaptable standard following the consultation on raising accessibility standards for new homes, which concluded on 1 December 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	35645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 18 June to Question UIN 13060.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 35644 question first answered 27/07/2021 09:03:58 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1301201

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	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	Housing: Disability
	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 discussions he has had with homebuilders on providing accessible and adaptable housing.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	166427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government launched a consultation on raising accessible housing standards on 8 September. My Department wrote to a wide range of housebuilders, inviting them to respond with their views and evidence and my officials presented details of that consultation at the Home Builders Federation annual conference on 16 September.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 17/03/2021 16:47:28 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon