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1064675

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2019
	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: Older People
	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 housing support his Department provides to people over 55.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	224333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of local funding for support services for vulnerable people including those over 55.</p><p>The funding for housing related support services is subsumed within the local government finance settlement. This funding was ring-fenced until 2009, when the ring-fence was removed thus allowing all local authorities to manage funding according to local priorities. It is up to local authorities to decide which services they wish to fund.</p><p>We are currently undertaking a review of housing related-support, to help us better understand how housing and support fit together. The review will give us a fuller picture into how housing-related support is provided for supported housing across England.</p><p>The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) can also support all eligible, including older, people to adapt their homes, to make them safe and suitable for their needs. Since 2012-13, the Government has invested more than £2.2 billion into the Grant, providing around 280,000 adaptations by the end of 2018-19. The grant has more than doubled from £220 million in 2015-16 to £505 million in 2019-20. The DFG is ring-fenced ensuring local authorities are providing necessary adaptations and not re-purposing it elsewhere.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 28/02/2019 12:53:26 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1015007

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	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	World War I: Anniversaries
	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 commemorate the Chinese men recruited to provide front-line support for British soldiers in the World War I.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	195594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>For the past four years of the First World War centenary, we have supported a number of projects that have highlighted the contribution of the Chinese Labour Corps. We supported the ‘Unremembered Project’, which recognised the contribution made by labour corps from across Asia, Africa and the Caribbean, and this included a focus on the Chinese Labour Corps. We also supported the Meridian Society to work in schools and communities to highlight the almost 100,000 men recruited by Britain to provide essential logistical support in Europe. Currently, we are also supporting the <a href="http://ensuringweremember.org.uk/" target="_blank"> ‘Ensuring We Remember</a> ’ campaign, to create a permanent memorial in central London, to be unveiled in 2019. This memorial is backed by the Chinese in Britain Forum and the Chinese embassy.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 04/12/2018 15:47:25 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

997547

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2018
	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, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Healthy Homes and Buildings all party parliament group green paper Building our Future: Laying the Foundations for Healthy Homes and Buildings; and what steps the Government is taking to improve the overall standard of new and existing homes to ensure that people live in comfortable, warm, dry, well-lit and well designed homes.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	185598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government will consider the Healthy Homes and Buildings all party parliament group green paper, &quot;Building our Future: Laying the Foundations for Healthy Homes and Buildings&quot;, in taking forward its work on reviewing the guidance in relevant Building Regulations’ Approved Documents. This follows recommendations by Dame Judith Hackitt in her independent review of building regulations and fire safety, and in the review announced on 26 October to assess how well the Housing Health and Safety Rating System works in practice, whether it needs to be updated and, if so, to what extent.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 184964 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:47:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

997548

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2018
	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 hold discussions with the all-party group on Healthy Homes and Buildings on the (a) extent of the problems caused by poor quality homes and buildings and (b) steps that are being taken to incentivise home providers and builders to build and retrofit homes to the highest standards.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	185599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my previous answer to Question UIN 177311 on 15 October 2018.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/11/2018 17:46:20 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

997123

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2018
	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: Health
	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 effect on peoples health of the quality of (a) ventilation, (b) lighting and (c) acoustics in house building; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	184964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government will consider the Healthy Homes and Buildings all party parliament group green paper, &quot;Building our Future: Laying the Foundations for Healthy Homes and Buildings&quot;, in taking forward its work on reviewing the guidance in relevant Building Regulations’ Approved Documents. This follows recommendations by Dame Judith Hackitt in her independent review of building regulations and fire safety, and in the review announced on 26 October to assess how well the Housing Health and Safety Rating System works in practice, whether it needs to be updated and, if so, to what extent.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 185598 question first answered 05/11/2018 17:47:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

984353

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	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, what recent representations he has received on the effect on the health of the UK population of poor air quality, ventilation, lighting and acoustics in home building; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	177310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department regularly receives correspondence on a range of issues with respect to the Building Regulations and matters relating to the indoor environment. I am aware of work that the All Party Parliamentary Group on Healthy Homes and Buildings has been doing in this area and would be happy to meet the group to discuss the issues further.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 177311 question first answered 15/10/2018 15:16:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

984354

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	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 meet the All-Party Group on Healthy Homes and Buildings to (a) discuss the extent of the problems caused by poor quality homes and buildings and (b) assess the steps that are being taken to incentivise home providers and builders to build and retrofit to the highest standards.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	177311
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department regularly receives correspondence on a range of issues with respect to the Building Regulations and matters relating to the indoor environment. I am aware of work that the All Party Parliamentary Group on Healthy Homes and Buildings has been doing in this area and would be happy to meet the group to discuss the issues further.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 177310 question first answered 15/10/2018 15:16:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

934379

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	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, what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) direct and (b) indirect funding from (i) the Government, (ii) local government and (iii) public agencies in financial year (A) 2016-17 and (B) 2017-18 that was spent on new affordable or public timber construction housing.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	160218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>We do not record the proportion of timber construction housing delivered through the Affordable Homes Programme.</p><p>Since 2010, we have delivered a total of over 378,000 new affordable homes.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 11/07/2018 09:38:07 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

934382

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	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	Fire Prevention
	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 non-combustible structural materials are used for publicly-funded projects to provide an increased level of fire protection.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	160219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s proposed ban on the use of combustible materials in external wall systems will apply to all high rise residential buildings subject to building regulations’ requirements, where building work is being undertaken, where they are public buildings or private buildings.</p><p>Applicants for the £400 million social sector Aluminium Cladding Material cladding remediation fund will need to confirm that the proposed materials that are being used in the refurbishment are European Class A1 or Class A2.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 11/07/2018 11:03:04 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

934383

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2018
	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, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the increased risk of extensive fire damage in multi-occupancy dwellings constructed from timber.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	160220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government intends to consult shortly on a clarified version of building regulations fire safety guidance (Approved Document B). The provisions of the regulations and the approved document apply equally to all forms of construction including timber frame.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 11/07/2018 09:38:28 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon