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1712597

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	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	Regional Planning and Development: Transport
	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 had discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on incorporating connectivity measures into National Development Management Policies.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	902415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Work is underway to prepare National Development Management Policies, and officials will be working with their counterparts in other departments where they have an interest, including the Department for Transport. We are aware that access to services is an area that a number of departments have an interest in. We intend to consult fully on both the scope and content of the policies before any are put in place.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 22/04/2024 16:32:37 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1660591

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2023
	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	Local Government Pension Scheme: Climate Change
	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 his Department's expected timeline is to publish its response to the consultation entitled Local Government Pension Scheme (England and Wales): Governance and reporting of climate change risks.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	199498
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government wrote to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Advisory Board on 15 June confirming the proposed requirements will not be implemented relating to the governance or disclosure of climate-related financial risks for the financial year 2023/24. The Government will respond to the consultation in due course.</p><p>As set out in <em>The Local Government Pension Scheme (Management and Investment of Funds) Regulations 2016</em>, the term “proper advice” means the advice of a person whom the authority reasonably considers to be qualified by their ability in and practical experience of financial matters.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 199529 question first answered 22/09/2023 14:02:28 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1660626

	registered interest
	date	13/09/2023
	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	Local Government Pension Scheme: Climate Change
	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 is meant by proper advice in the Local Government Pension Scheme’s proposed responsibilities on climate risk.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	199529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>The Government wrote to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Advisory Board on 15 June confirming the proposed requirements will not be implemented relating to the governance or disclosure of climate-related financial risks for the financial year 2023/24. The Government will respond to the consultation in due course.</p><p>As set out in <em>The Local Government Pension Scheme (Management and Investment of Funds) Regulations 2016</em>, the term “proper advice” means the advice of a person whom the authority reasonably considers to be qualified by their ability in and practical experience of financial matters.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 199498 question first answered 22/09/2023 14:02:28 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1648084

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2023
	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: Construction
	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 he plans to publish the technical consultation for the Future Homes Standard.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	191315
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-06-19%2F190088&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C2e85619dda9945c8100908db7d30ce85%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638241420791783702%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Vf1FSssqHUoZa9IOZvr6yGhcUVAiwY3DyBGmUMrh54c%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">190088</a> on 22 June 2023</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 05/07/2023 10:00:20 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1641483

	registered interest
	date	02/06/2023
	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	Local Government Finance
	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 his Department takes to assess the adequacy of (a) funding and (b) other resources for local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	187470
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my answer to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2023-05-09%2F184131&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C87e11eb19c624400193008db68e464bc%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638219102364604100%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=TxAHMPoD1LkgCJDtQCK7B5PYrWpa6RYlgEKY5nOv56A%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">184131</a> on 15 May 2023.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 12/06/2023 12:57:22 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1625865

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2023
	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	Elections: Proportional Representation
	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 an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of introducing a system of proportional representation for Parliamentary elections.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	904865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government strongly believes that it would be a profound mistake to abandon the British system of voting and move to a system more favoured on the European continent of so-called ‘proportional representation’. The Government was elected on a manifesto which included a commitment to continue to support the use of the First Past the Post voting system which “allows voters to kick out politicians who don’t deliver, both locally and nationally”.</p><p>The Government believes the First Past the Post system is a robust and secure way of electing MPs and provides for direct local accountability. It ensures a clear link between elected representatives and their electors in a manner that other voting systems do not</p><p><br>There was a significant vote in favour of retaining First Past the Post for Parliamentary elections at 2011 Referendum while the proposal to introduce an Alternative Vote was rejected by a significant majority (67.9%) of voters. This Government strongly believes in respecting the results of referendums.</p><p>Experience of countries across the world with so-called proportional representation (PR) voting systems show that those with that voting system risk fragmented political parties, not grounded in local accountability. PR systems can create Governments which are less stable and more fragile, where inter-party ‘back room’ deals determine policy, and where minority and arguably fringe political parties can hold the balance of power. PR can also mean that political parties’ central establishments are strengthened versus local political parties.</p><p>First Past the Post is part of the voting system of the world’s oldest, biggest and greatest democracies including in the United Kingdom, India, and the United States.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 11/05/2023 16:44:03 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1610356

	registered interest
	date	14/04/2023
	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	Land: Sales
	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 an assessment of the potential merits of proscribing uplift clauses in new land sale agreements.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	180489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>We are introducing new transparency measures through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill so that we can better understand interests in land.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 25/04/2023 08:38:13 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1607581

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2023
	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	Affordable Housing: Construction
	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 increase the availability of affordable housing.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	904325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>This Government is determined to increase levels of affordable housing, and as my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State has outlined already, we are investing £11.5 billion through our Affordable Homes Programme which will deliver tens of thousands of much needed affordable homes right across the country.</p><p>Additionally, we remain committed to delivering at least as much on-site affordable housing through our proposed new Infrastructure Levy.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 27/03/2023 16:20:46 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1489215

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2022
	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 Tax: Energy Bills Rebate
	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 households have received the council tax rebate as of 14 July 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	36846
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>All councils are paying the £150 council tax rebate. The Government intends to publish monitoring data outlining the progress of the scheme’s delivery shortly.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/07/2022 13:09:16 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1488973

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2022
	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	Insulation: 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, whether his Department has made a comparative regional assessment of the impact of higher temperatures on homes across England during heat waves in the context of a potential variance in the standards of building insulation.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	36055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The English Housing Survey collects a range of information about England's housing stock, including the insulation and construction of dwellings and whether occupants have reported that parts of their home get overheated. According to the 2020-21 survey, occupants in dwellings built with timber, concrete or steel frames or with insulated cavity walls were more likely to report overheating (between 9% and 18%) than those living in masonry or uninsulated solid walled dwellings (between 5% and 8%).</p><p>The findings also show that dwelling construction types vary by region. London had the lowest proportion of masonry dwellings and the highest proportion of concrete dwellings compared with other regions.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 21/07/2022 15:46:53 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse