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1315755

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	answering body	Church Commissioners
	answering dept id	9
	answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
	answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
	hansard heading	St Paul's Cathedral
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Member for South West Bedfordshire, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the Church of England is taking to ensure the future of St. Paul's Cathedral.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	2912
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>The Church Commissioners and other National Church Institutions have been in regular contact with the Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral throughout the pandemic as they have with all the Anglican cathedrals in England. The Church Commissioners made additional financial support available to all cathedrals and dioceses throughout the pandemic over and above the financial support they regularly make available. <br> <br> The Third Church Estates Commissioner, Dr Eve Poole, has also been in touch with both the Dean and the Chair of Council of St Pauls in the wake of recent headlines and conversations about the additional specific needs of St Paul's are ongoing. Currently, the Church Commissioners are aware that St Paul's Cathedral has received the following financial support during the pandemic from the Church Commissioners and the Government. This does not account for any support received through the Government's furlough scheme:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Church Commissioners Financial Support to St Paul's Cathedral</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dean and 2 Residentiary Canons - Standard Grant</p></td><td><p>£158,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cathedral Sustainability Grant - staff and administration</p></td><td><p>£172,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heritage Trade and Skills Grant</p></td><td><p>£96,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Music Grant - Lay Clerks</p></td><td><p>£131,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Government Financial Support to St Paul's Cathedral</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Culture Recovery Fund round 1 &amp; 2</p></td><td><p>£3 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Culture Recovery Fund Capital Works Grant</p></td><td><p>£320,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The pandemic has impacted the finances of all cathedrals and churches right across the country to varying degrees, and this is not an experience unique to the Church of England. However, the Church of England is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of 45% of all grade one listed buildings in the country and the lack of in-person worshipers, educational visits and events have impacted not just the charitable giving and income of all cathedrals and churches but also the social and community and education work the Church supports and funds. Prior to the pandemic, the '<a href="https://www.houseofgood.nationalchurchestrust.org/" target="_blank">House for Good</a>' report by the National Churches Trust showed clearly the positive social and economic impact a church and cathedral have on their local community, with over 70% of parishes operating over 35,000 social action projects across the country.</p><p><br> The Church of England is grateful to the Government for the continued support of DCMS via the Culture Recovery Fund. The Church looks forward to the opportunity to engage with the Government to look at the future sustainability of its buildings following the publication of the Government's <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-taylor-review-sustainability-of-english-churches-and-cathedrals" target="_blank">Taylor Review: Sustainability of English Churches and Cathedrals</a> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-taylor-review-sustainability-of-english-churches-and-cathedrals" target="_blank">2017</a>.</p> answering member constituency South West Bedfordshire answering member printed Andrew Selous question first answered 20/05/2021 15:51:07 answering member 1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1420781

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many people illegally carrying knives have been charged for manslaughter in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	120673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of people illegally carrying knives who have been charged with the offence or offences of manslaughter. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>There is no system of plea bargaining in courts in England and Wales. It may be appropriate for a plea to be accepted to alternative charges in some cases. However, the CPS do not capture any data on cases where this occurs centrally; therefore, the information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost. The CPS uses the Code for Crown Prosecutors to decide the charge and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-acceptance-of-pleas-and-the-prosecutors-role-in-the-sentencing-exercise" target="_blank">Attorney General’s guidelines on acceptance of pleas</a>, in deciding whether to accept a guilty plea to a lesser charge. In both its Legal Guidance on Offensive Weapons and the Knife Crime Practical Guidance, the CPS state that the weapon offence should be charged in addition to the substantive offence.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 120674 question first answered 18/02/2022 12:51:02 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1420782

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2022
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Knives: Crime
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many offenders involved in violent knife crime have engaged in a charge bargain to lessen their sentence in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	120674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2022 answer text <p>The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of people illegally carrying knives who have been charged with the offence or offences of manslaughter. This information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>There is no system of plea bargaining in courts in England and Wales. It may be appropriate for a plea to be accepted to alternative charges in some cases. However, the CPS do not capture any data on cases where this occurs centrally; therefore, the information could only be obtained by an examination of CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost. The CPS uses the Code for Crown Prosecutors to decide the charge and the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-acceptance-of-pleas-and-the-prosecutors-role-in-the-sentencing-exercise" target="_blank">Attorney General’s guidelines on acceptance of pleas</a>, in deciding whether to accept a guilty plea to a lesser charge. In both its Legal Guidance on Offensive Weapons and the Knife Crime Practical Guidance, the CPS state that the weapon offence should be charged in addition to the substantive offence.</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk grouped question UIN 120673 question first answered 18/02/2022 12:51:02 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1315353

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2021
	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	Leasehold: Service Charges
	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 he is taking to help ensure that service charges for leaseholders are (a) fair and (b) transparent.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	2221
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government believes very strongly that service charges should be transparent and communicated effectively. The law is clear that service charges and any increase in costs must be reasonable and, where costs relate to work or services, the work or services must be of a reasonable standard. A summary of leaseholders’ rights and responsibilities must also be provided with the demand for charges. The Government believes that there should be a clear route to challenge or redress if things go wrong. Leaseholders may make an application to the First-tier Tribunal for it to make a determination on the reasonableness of their service charges.</p><p>We established an independent working group chaired by Lord Best to raise standards across the property sector, which also considered improvements to the transparency of service charges. The working group published its final report to Government (available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fregulation-of-property-agents-working-group-report&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Cf9b1521118ed443253b908d91ecca0d5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637574686477378205%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=uKDWW6ovJYZbG99s6zodYlLhlSlE19mdY6cqzRDzw4g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulation-of-property-agents-working-group-report</a>) and we are considering the report’s recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 2222 question first answered 24/05/2021 16:12:56 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1315355

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2021
	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	Leasehold: Service Charges
	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 protections are in place for leaseholders to prevent unaffordable rises to service charges.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	2222
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government believes very strongly that service charges should be transparent and communicated effectively. The law is clear that service charges and any increase in costs must be reasonable and, where costs relate to work or services, the work or services must be of a reasonable standard. A summary of leaseholders’ rights and responsibilities must also be provided with the demand for charges. The Government believes that there should be a clear route to challenge or redress if things go wrong. Leaseholders may make an application to the First-tier Tribunal for it to make a determination on the reasonableness of their service charges.</p><p>We established an independent working group chaired by Lord Best to raise standards across the property sector, which also considered improvements to the transparency of service charges. The working group published its final report to Government (available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fregulation-of-property-agents-working-group-report&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Cf9b1521118ed443253b908d91ecca0d5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637574686477378205%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=uKDWW6ovJYZbG99s6zodYlLhlSlE19mdY6cqzRDzw4g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulation-of-property-agents-working-group-report</a>) and we are considering the report’s recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 2221 question first answered 24/05/2021 16:12:56 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1315680

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	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: Repairs and Maintenance
	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 relevant stakeholders on who is financially liable for the cost of remediation work to make buildings safe where a building has been found not to meet the building regulations at the time it was built.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	2902
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>We have been clear that building owners and industry should make buildings safe without passing on costs to leaseholders. Where they have not stepped up, we have intervened by providing grant funding for the removal of unsafe cladding on all buildings over 18 metres. The total amount of this grant funding scheme represents a globally unprecedented investment of over £5 billion in building safety which will protect hundreds of thousands of leaseholders from the cost of replacing unsafe cladding on their homes.</p><p>Ministers regularly meet with relevant external stakeholders. <br> <br>Details of Ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on the gov.uk website: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F956236%2FMinisterial_meetings_July_to_Sept_2020.csv%2Fpreview&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C090d7e4d38d8406a22c708d91f86117c%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637575482951779747%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=GG4dolglXTnVsY6H6Cq4O1BgnOcxalhvHMkRgbcOlmc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/956236/Ministerial_meetings_July_to_Sept_2020.csv/preview</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 26/05/2021 15:59:25 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1329369

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	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	Antisemitism
	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 discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the recent increase in antisemitic attacks.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	10195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>There is no place in our society for antisemitism and we condemn it whole-heartedly. The Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government have published a joint letter in the Jewish Chronicle reassuring the Jewish Community of the Governments steadfast commitment to combatting antisemitism. This was accompanied by a visit to Golders Green and Finchley Road, with police and community representatives and we remain in dialogue with leaders of the Jewish community.</p><p>We are providing £14 million this year to the protective security grant to protect Jewish schools and community buildings. We were also the first country to take the important step of adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism in 2016; and, following our encouragement, over three quarters of local councils have adopted the definition.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 14/06/2021 15:58:06 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1329530

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	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	Green Belt: Greater London
	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 protect Green Belt areas in outer London.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	10196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>As set out in our manifesto, the Government is committed to protecting and enhancing the Green Belt. Through national planning policy, we have put strong protections in place for Green Belt land, which should be reflected in the Local Plan for an area. A local authority can propose a Green Belt boundary change only in exceptional circumstances, and it must show that all other reasonable options for development have been explored. The authority needs to demonstrate that as much brownfield land has been used as possible, that density of development has been optimised, and that it has discussed whether neighbouring authorities can take some of the necessary development.</p><p>Most new building in Green Belt is inappropriate and should be refused planning permission unless there are very special circumstances. Protection of Green Belt land will continue under the reforms of the planning system currently under consideration. It will rightly continue to be for each local authority to plan for its area in consultation with local people and to apply national planning policy as outlined in the National Planning Policy Framework. Due to the Secretary of State’s quasi-judicial role in the planning system, a duty of impartiality is in place and I cannot comment on specific local policies or decisions.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 14/06/2021 16:48:40 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1344261

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2021
	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	Churches: Music
	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 his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing worshippers to sing in church prior to 19 July 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	28114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>Places of worship play an important role in providing spiritual leadership and bringing communities together. However, their communal nature can make them particularly vulnerable to the spread of coronavirus.</p><p>Congregational singing has been suspended due to the increased risk of transmission through small droplets and aerosols.</p><p>This means that those taking part in such activities are at higher risk of transmitting the virus and spreading infection.</p><p>However, in line with Government's proposals to move to Step 4 of the roadmap out of lockdown, congregational singing indoors, with or without masks, will be able to resume from 19 July.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 13/07/2021 16:46:42 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1348660

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2021
	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	Monuments: World War II
	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 he has made of the potential merits of a civilian memorial to the people who lived under Nazi occupation in Jersey and the Channel Islands during the Second World War.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	36576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2021 answer text <p>There are a number of memorial plaques to the people who suffered under Nazi occupation in the Channel Islands. For example, Jersey erected a memorial in the late 1940s to occupied civilians, and erected liberation memorials to them in 1985 and 1995, 2000 and 2016. Guernsey has erected liberation memorials in memory of its occupied citizens in 1985, 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 28/07/2021 15:03:03 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell