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1183522

	registered interest
	date	09/03/2020
	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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
	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 he plans to meet representatives of third sector organisations to discuss the Shared Prosperity Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	26864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The 2019 Conservative Manifesto committed to creating a UK Shared Prosperity Fund which binds together the whole of the United Kingdom, tackling inequality and deprivation in each of our four nations. The Government recognises the importance of reassuring local areas on the future of local growth funding and of providing clarity on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. <br> <br> Government officials have been working closely with interested parties and will continue to do so as we develop the Fund. To date, officials have held 26 engagement events in total, including 25 across the UK and one in Gibraltar. These were attended by over five hundred representatives from a breadth of sectors and were designed to aid the development of the Fund.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 17/03/2020 16:06:48 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1218197

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2020
	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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
	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 make an assessment of the effect on beneficiaries of the transition from the European Social Fund to the Shared Prosperity Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	65117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of local growth funding to places and people and is committed to creating the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to succeed European structural funds, providing vital investment in local economies, cutting out bureaucracy and levelling up those parts of the UK whose economies are furthest behind. <br> <br> Furthermore, the 2019 Conservative Manifesto committed to targeting the UK Shared Prosperity Fund at the UK’s specific needs, at a minimum matching the size of European structural funds in each nation and ensuring that £500 million of the Fund is used to give disadvantaged people the skills they need to make a success of life. <br> <br> As we approach the transition from the European Social Fund to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, we will continue to engage with partners, in order to aid policy development. Under the terms of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020, the UK continues to participate in EU annual budgets under the current Multiannual Financial Framework (2014-2020 MFF). As a result, England and the devolved administrations continue to have access to EU Structural and Investment Funds and spending through these programmes will continue until 2023. <br> <br> Final decisions on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will need to be made through a cross-Government Spending Review, and we will set out further plans for the fund in due course.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 06/07/2020 15:33:38 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1175986

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2020
	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	Troubled Families Programme
	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 he plans to extend the Troubled Families programme beyond 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	12258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2020 answer text <p>The Troubled Families Programme (England only) is working to achieve significant and sustained progress with families struggling with multiple complex needs such as worklessness and debt, health problems, including drug and alcohol addiction, and involvement in crime and anti-social behaviour. The additional funding of up to £165 million that has been made available to extend the programme for an extra year means that it is now backed by up to £1.085 billion of government investment. This will mean more people in need get access to the programme's early, practical and coordinated support to transform their lives for the better. We want to build on the success of the programme in the coming year, delivering on the manifesto commitment to ensure the programme reaches all those who could benefit – from the early years and throughout their lives. We are currently considering options and next steps.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 11/02/2020 15:54:20 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1224977

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2020
	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	Social Rented Housing: Locks and Keys
	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 his Department will issue guidance to local authorities to encourage use of bluetooth key safes in the social housing sector to provide contactless exchange of keys between (a) contractors, (b) local authority personnel and (c) tenants.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	74582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2020 answer text <p>On 13 May the Government issued <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fnew-guidance-on-moving-home&amp;data=02%7C01%7CFrances.Walker%40communities.gov.uk%7Ca81074f511c3414502a508d8297df5ca%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637304968249811575&amp;sdata=fhPjBDjw%2Bn3LBQyTuQNZlhkK8aVqKLWFi4f9WHKVQ4c%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">new guidance on moving homes</a> which provides important public health information to ensure that moving home and key activities around this can happen safely. This includes advice to social landlords about the allocation of social housing which recognises that practices will need to be altered in line with the guidance, including in relation to inspections for vacating tenants, collecting returned keys, conducting viewings and tenancy sign-ups, and preparing homes to be re-let.</p><p>On 7 April the Chartered Institute of Housing published a practice guide for social landlords on <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cih.org%2Fresources%2FPDF%2FPolicy%2520free%2520download%2520pdfs%2FCV19%2520Lettings%2520and%2520empty%2520homes.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CFrances.Walker%40communities.gov.uk%7Ca81074f511c3414502a508d8297df5ca%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637304968249811575&amp;sdata=jDVfHXLg5SVFKDzBK2A9IbZ4WuHU5OhtX2ezK1IMCU4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">managing lettings and empty homes</a> which includes advice on the use of key safes as a secure and contact-free way of handling keys during the vacancy process.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/07/2020 13:48:29 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1224974

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2020
	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	Social Rented Housing: Empty Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many vacant social housing properties there are through the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	74579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2020 answer text <p>Each of the countries of the United Kingdom produces its own statistics on social housing. Statistics on vacant dwellings in England and in each local authority district are published in the Ministry’s live table 615 which is available at the following link. This table shows the annual total numbers of empty homes and those vacant longer than six months and also vacants in the local authority, housing association and other public sector tenures.</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants&amp;data=02%7C01%7CNeil.Higgins%40communities.gov.uk%7C273680179b4943d618aa08d8299f422b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637305111263843260&amp;sdata=Dz3pcOZ%2FnvMq6lXvzOVDAZMATxkGU3rJj9RDVkuA%2BII%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/07/2020 13:47:20 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1224975

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2020
	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	Social Rented Housing: Empty Property
	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 his Department has taken to reduce the number of vacant social housing properties throughout the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	74580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2020 answer text <p>As at March 2019, only 1.2 per cent of social homes in England were vacant.</p><p><br> It is in the interests of social landlords to ensure that their properties are used efficiently, and that includes minimising the periods during which they are vacant and unable to generate rental income.</p><p><br>As housing is a devolved matter, it is for the devolved administrations to decide whether and what steps to take in relation to vacant social housing in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/07/2020 13:47:37 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1224976

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2020
	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	Social Rented Housing: Coronavirus
	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 his Department will issue guidance to local authorities on the deep cleaning of social housing properties between the attendance of different contractors working on those properties to allow for faster turnaround times between those contractors to enable those properties to more swiftly be made available to new tenants during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	74581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2020 answer text <p>Existing guidance in England is clear that where workforce is available and resources allow, there is no reason why landlords should not undertake work on empty and void properties to prepare them for being let to new tenants. When undertaking such work, landlords should follow relevant guidance on social distancing in the workplace, available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fworking-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C841001e5205b4e8130f308d82cd4d534%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637308639900849172&amp;sdata=5AHd3V2MUnJEPDSfLa4Ac8oVA7508T76GEXNj3j2Iwc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19</a> . The Northern Ireland Executive is responsible for the preparation of any guidance for landlords and tenants in Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/07/2020 13:47:59 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1299176

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2021
	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	Planning Permission
	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’s plans to accelerate planning permission have taken into account any of the unintended consequences caused by relaxing permitted development rights for the indoor and outdoor built environment; and what assessment he has made of the effect of those changes to planning permission on people's health and wellbeing.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	162606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>We recently consulted on proposals for a new permitted development right which will allow more premises to change from a commercial, business or service use to residential use, so that more much needed new homes can be created. Other proposals would provide for the larger extension of schools and hospitals. The consultation closed on 28 January and we are currently considering the responses received.</p><p>In response to concerns raised in respect of the quality of some of the homes delivered through permitted development rights for change of use, we now require that adequate natural light be provided in all habitable rooms, and we have legislated to ensure that in future all new homes delivered through permitted development rights will meet Nationally Described Space Standards. We have also introduced temporary flexibilities enabling local authorities to hold outdoor markets, granting communities access to food and goods outdoors.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 10/03/2021 16:16:26 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1173823

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	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	Parking: Fines
	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 ensure equity in the level of fines that private parking companies levy on drivers.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	9026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>Privately managed parking is currently self-regulating through the two parking trade associations, the British Parking Association (BPA) and the International Parking Community (IPC). Both bodies have Codes of Practice that cap parking fines at £100. <br> <br> Government has had concerns about the current system of self-regulation and we are taking action to improve the situation for motorists through the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019.</p><p><br> On 3 November 2019, we announced we were contracting with the British Standards Institution (BSI) to develop a new Code of Practice for all private parking companies as a British Standard, to ensure the new regulation will be robust and of the highest quality. This will consider a range of issues including the cap on parking charges.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 05/02/2020 17:03:01 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1144603

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2019
	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: Standards
	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 has taken in response to the recommendations of the APPG for Healthy Homes and Buildings White Paper, Laying the foundations for healthy homes, published on 24 October 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	286754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 09/09/2019 16:42:58 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon