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1691337

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2024
	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	Members: Correspondence
	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 respond to the correspondence of 31 January 2023 from the hon. Member for Harrow West on the funding of the Inter Faith Network.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	15402
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>A response to the Hon Member’s letter was issued by my Hon Friend Baroness Scott on 28 February 2024.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 28/02/2024 14:42:01 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1639324

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2023
	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	Harrow Council: Bankruptcy
	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 had recent discussions with Harrow Council on the potential impact of bankruptcy at that council on public services; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	186003
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for setting and maintaining their own balanced budget. Harrow set a balanced budget at Full Council on 23 February and the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2023/24 made available additional funding to Councils to assist in their work.</p><p>The Department does not performance manage or inspect the financial position of councils. Officials do talk to local authorities regularly, and any authority worried about its ability to maintain a balanced budget should contact the department.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 30/05/2023 09:43:51 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1627630

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2023
	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	Planning Permission: Appeals
	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 estimate he has made of average appeal handling times for appeals considered by the Planning Inspectorate; what steps he plans to take to reduce appeal handling times; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	184876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the monthly statistics published <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fplanning-inspectorate-statistical-release-19-may-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CPatrick.Kelly%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C4beeb750cb92491be47508db5ade5bde%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638203683282082792%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=iwvy6iubopgCMOyfFdl3tDOCc5L0ItYtOgRAX6Q22tc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>. The Secretary of State has also recently written to a number of authorities regarding planning performance. Copies of these letters can be found on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 23/05/2023 18:25:28 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1626022

	registered interest
	date	05/05/2023
	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	Origin Housing: Complaints
	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 complaints his Department has received against Origin Housing in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	183850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Information on the performance of social housing landlords is available on the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.housing-ombudsman.org.uk%2Flandlords%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C45360cc53fcd4f6bb89008db561cec60%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638198454436757290%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=hqINMfDWMZhNrABM1%2FjCyjhn5tYylBbhSZ8s0mI4ceo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Housing Ombudsman’s website</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 16/05/2023 15:12:20 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1606415

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2023
	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	Council Tax: Disability
	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 alternative provision to the Council Tax Disabled Band Reduction Scheme is available for people whose homes have been adapted for use as a result of their disability and who do not meet the criteria for structural changes to a property under the Council Tax (Reduction for Disabilities) Regulations 1992.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	171343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The disabled band reduction scheme lowers the council tax band for those householders who, as a result of the disability of one or more occupants, have to create specific facilities in at least one separate room to meet the needs of that individual.</p><p>Under section 13A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, local councils have discretion to provide their own council tax discounts where they consider it appropriate.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 30/03/2023 14:05:58 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1520588

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	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	Buildings: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to Answer of 20 July 2022 to Question 34871, when the cladding remediation fund for buildings between 11 and 18 metres will be launched; when the fund will open for applications; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	60913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government is launching a new 11-18m cladding remediation scheme to fund work on buildings where a responsible developer cannot be identified.  We are planning to open the scheme on an interim basis, initially targeting a small number of high-risk buildings in interim measures.  Further details on eligibility and the application process of the 11–18m Remediation Fund will be announced as soon as they are ready. We will make a statement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 18/10/2022 15:57:10 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1467348

	registered interest
	date	30/05/2022
	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	Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
	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 potential merits of providing financial support to not-for-profit social housing providers to assist with the funding of mandatory fire safety repairs for buildings they manage; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	11539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities operates two schemes offering financial support for registered providers of social housing to remediate unsafe cladding on buildings over 18 metres in height.</p><p>Under its Social Sector ACM fund, the Department has committed £400 million to support registered providers of social housing to remove and replace unsafe ACM cladding on buildings over 18 metres, of which £277 million has been allocated.</p><p>Under its £4.5 billion Building Safety Fund, the Department has to date committed £133 million to support registered providers of social housing to remove and replace unsafe non-ACM cladding on buildings over 18 metres. Registered providers of social housing are able to apply for support under the Building Safety Fund under the following conditions:</p><ul><li>To meet the cost of remediation where a registered provider of social housing becomes financially unviable due to the cost of remediation.</li><li>To provide funding equivalent to the amount which providers would otherwise be entitled to pass on to leaseholders, including shared owners.</li></ul><p>The Department continues to work closely with Registered Providers of social housing to look at ways to make sure that buildings with unsafe cladding are remediated quickly and proportionately.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 13/06/2022 17:01:39 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1453574

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2022
	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	Public Houses: Planning Permission
	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 (a) encourage the Planning Inspectorate to review the adequacy of local authorities enforcement powers to ensure appropriate remedy in cases where plans submitted by pub chains were inaccurate, (b) take steps to strengthen accountability of (i) pub chains and (ii) their agents submitting planning applications and (c) make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the planning application submitted by agents on behalf of Fullers of London for enlargement of the garden of the Castle pub in Harrow on the Hill; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	145794
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2022 answer text <p>While I appreciate the members concerns, and those raised, due to my role within the planning system I cannot comment on the specifics of individual cases.</p><p>What I can say is that if a development differs from that shown on the plans approved, and no consent has been given for this change, it may be subject to enforcement action if the local planning authority considers such action to be in the public interest.</p><p>The Government has given local authorities a wide range of planning enforcement powers with strong penalties for non-compliance, and that local authorities are best placed to decide what, if any, action to take depending on the particular circumstance of each case</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 01/04/2022 13:33:55 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1401344

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2022
	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	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Consultants
	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 had any (a) financial contract and (b) meetings with (i) Clifford Chance LLP, (ii) FTI Consulting and (iii) Fenchurch Advisory Partners in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	100410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>.</p><p>Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly and can be found on Gov.uk. <br> <br></p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 18/01/2022 17:21:05 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1388639

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2021
	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	Building Safety Fund
	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 the Building Safety Fund will cover the cost of spandrel replacements; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	94273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2022 answer text <p>Government funding covers all works directly related to the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding systems on residential buildings of 18 metres and above in height. Detailed information on works eligible for funding can be found in the Building Safety Fund prospectus, available at: <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%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C3f7de48739714410616808d9c46fc9db%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637756806661724236%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=RKEiBZ0gLuS0vpNKtPeDDvIkBt1WnTVJr7YJ9p9yNTg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund</a> . Eligible works can cover other structural and fire safety works but only where it integral to the remediation of the unsafe cladding system.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 94274 94275 question first answered 11/01/2022 13:43:35 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas