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1697185

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2024
	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	Retail Trade: Empty Property
	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 he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Levelling-Up and Regeneration Act 2023 to initiate high street rental auctions; and what steps he has taken to support local authorities to use these powers.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	19464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The framework of the High Street Rental Auction policy is set out in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023, which is now law, however many aspects need to be defined by secondary legislation before local authorities can begin to use the power. The Government is working to introduce the associated statutory instruments.</p><p>We recognise the resource constraints faced by local authorities and have considered how the burden on local authorities can be reduced. We are providing up to £2 million of financial support to make sure that areas which need this the most are not priced out by prohibitive refurbishment costs to bring the properties up to standard. We will also publish guidance for local authorities and relevant stakeholders to support them in implementing High Street Rental Auctions.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 26/03/2024 14:24:02 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1694661

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2024
	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	New Homes Ombudsman
	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 progress he has made on putting the New Homes Ombudsman on a statutory footing.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	17690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government legislated in the Building Safety Act 2022 to establish a statutory New Homes Ombudsman. They will provide dispute resolution for, and determine complaints by, buyers of new build homes against developments.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 17443 question first answered 13/03/2024 16:41:01 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1693139

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2024
	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	Freehold: Service Charges
	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 steps he is taking to help prevent unreasonable service charges on freehold estates.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	901781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>This Government is implementing significant reforms to support homeowners through the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill.</p><p>As part of this, we will introduce measures to enable homeowners to hold estate management companies to account for what they spend.</p><p>This includes giving homeowners more information on what they are paying for, and the ability to challenge the reasonableness of their costs.</p><p>As Continued at Report Stage, the Government understands the strength of feeling on this issue, and we are considering it further.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 04/03/2024 18:24:37 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1691765

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2024
	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	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Equality
	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 staff in his Department have job titles which include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	15740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is auditing the cost-effectiveness of all activities that support the equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) of the workforce, through the review of EDI spending announced last June. As stated in the Autumn Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Minister for Cabinet Office will be outlining the final proposals in response to the review in due course.</p><p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities currently has three employees working in roles with job titles including the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gen-der, (e) LGBT and (f) race.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 04/03/2024 13:31:43 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1691780

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2024
	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	Homes England: Equality
	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 staff in Homes England have job titles which include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	15751
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is auditing the cost-effectiveness of all activities that support the equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) of the workforce, through the review of EDI spending announced last June. As stated in the Autumn Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Minister for Cabinet Office will be outlining the final proposals in response to the review in due course.</p><p>There is one member of staff in Homes England with the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race included in their job title.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 04/03/2024 13:32:09 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1683161

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2024
	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	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Equality
	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 equalities impact assessments his Department completed in each of the last five years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	10320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 24/01/2024 15:20:46 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1680581

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2024
	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	Social Rented Housing: Foreign Nationals
	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 number and proportion of general needs housing lettings were to non-UK nationals in each year since 1994.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	8571
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2024 answer text <p>The information requested can be derived from the published table 3e on the Tenants data tables as part of the 2021/22 statistics release: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/social-housing-lettings-in-england-april-2021-to-march-2022&amp;data=05|02|Jenna.Hunt@levellingup.gov.uk|8a2b4f0893ac4e62667608dc11172c59|bf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8|0|0|638404038419450433|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|3000|||&amp;sdata=hvYblMxG/WPHjisuAgDmIz+Xq2x3qsDvy/K4pdOiDM4=&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/social-housing-lettings-in-england-april-2021-to-march-2022</a>. We do not hold data before 2007/08.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 11/01/2024 15:48:40 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien