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1547428

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2022
	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	Housing: Standards
	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 plans the Government has to ensure housing providers provide accommodation in a habitable state.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	100937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>This Government is clear that all social landlords have a legal obligation to ensure their homes are decent and fit to live in under the Decent Homes Standard which we have committed to reviewing. We will also introduce a Renters Reform Bill in this Parliament and we will legislate to introduce a legally binding Decent Homes Standard for the first time. We have consulted on this proposal and are currently reviewing the responses. This is a key plank of our ambitious mission to halve the number of non-decent homes across all rented tenures by 2030, with the biggest improvements in the lowest performing areas.</p><p>Our Social Housing Regulation Bill will bring in a rigorous new regime where the Regulator of Social Housing will proactively inspect landlords and will have the power to issue unlimited fines. It will be able to intervene cases where tenants' lives are being put at risk and, in the very worst cases, it will have the power to instruct that properties are brought under new management.</p><p>The Secretary of State recently wrote to all local authority Chief Executives and council leaders, and all providers of social housing, on ensuring quality in social housing. The letters are available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fsecretary-of-state-calls-for-action-on-housing-conditions&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C31c807d71dfd445a0ced08dad9f507f2%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638061943658264465%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=YJCZQW3Zu0bYdhslu7Pz3mf2JREP%2F9LX07h6DVVbz3k%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 100940 question first answered 09/12/2022 14:58:31 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1547429

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2022
	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	Community Relations: Rural Areas
	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 community cohesion in rural communities.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	100938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to a vision of British society where people - whatever their background - live, work, learn and socialise together, based on shared rights, responsibilities and opportunities. Everyone in society has a role to play in ensuring that we live in a country where anyone can achieve anything, no matter where they live or come from.</p><p>Through its Levelling Up agenda the Government will help to bolster community empowerment and support local community spaces and relationships.</p><p>For example, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) provides £2.6 billion of new taxpayer subsidy for local investment by March 2025, with all areas of the UK receiving an allocation from the Fund. One of the Fund's investment priorities is 'communities and place' which aims to strengthen the social fabric of communities.</p><p>The Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) is a rural top up to the UKSPF, providing allocations for eligible local authorities in England to help address the additional needs and challenges facing rural areas. The REPF funds capital projects for small businesses and community infrastructure. This will help to improve productivity and strengthen the rural economy and rural communities.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 12/12/2022 16:07:08 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1547430

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Pancreatic Cancer
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to help decrease mortality rates for those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	100939
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2022 answer text <p>We have allocated more than £8 billion from 2022/23 to 2024/25, in addition to the £2 billion Elective Recovery Fund and £700 million Targeted Investment Fund already made available in 2021/2022 to increase elective activity, including in cancer services. In addition, the autumn statement provided an additional £3.3 billion in 2023/24 and 2024/25 to increase capacity in the National Health Service.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 13/12/2022 14:25:29 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1547431

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2022
	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	Housing Associations: Standards
	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 the Government will set up an independent review of the living standards maintained by housing associations.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	100940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2022 answer text <p>This Government is clear that all social landlords have a legal obligation to ensure their homes are decent and fit to live in under the Decent Homes Standard which we have committed to reviewing. We will also introduce a Renters Reform Bill in this Parliament and we will legislate to introduce a legally binding Decent Homes Standard for the first time. We have consulted on this proposal and are currently reviewing the responses. This is a key plank of our ambitious mission to halve the number of non-decent homes across all rented tenures by 2030, with the biggest improvements in the lowest performing areas.</p><p>Our Social Housing Regulation Bill will bring in a rigorous new regime where the Regulator of Social Housing will proactively inspect landlords and will have the power to issue unlimited fines. It will be able to intervene cases where tenants' lives are being put at risk and, in the very worst cases, it will have the power to instruct that properties are brought under new management.</p><p>The Secretary of State recently wrote to all local authority Chief Executives and council leaders, and all providers of social housing, on ensuring quality in social housing. The letters are available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fsecretary-of-state-calls-for-action-on-housing-conditions&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C31c807d71dfd445a0ced08dad9f507f2%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638061943658264465%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=YJCZQW3Zu0bYdhslu7Pz3mf2JREP%2F9LX07h6DVVbz3k%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 100937 question first answered 09/12/2022 14:58:31 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1548928

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	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	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 an assessment of the potential role of densification in helping to increase supply of housing.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	104173
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>Further to the Secretary of State’s <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-statements%2Fdetail%2F2022-12-06%2Fhcws415&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ccb6fe5fee688478e3e4608dadded7237%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638066309129535075%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=pE%2BiHx9vKkagjmOdr43RbIfH9iM5JM6lo4N9xtUHvis%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Written Ministerial Statement</a> of 6 December, the Department agrees that densification of our towns and cities can play an important part in meeting our housing needs in a way which makes effective use of previously developed land and the availability of infrastructure and services.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/12/2022 16:55:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1548929

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Refugees
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help Ukrainian refugees in the UK access dental care.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	104174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>Arrivals from Ukraine are guaranteed free access to National Health Service healthcare, including screening, vaccinations, mental health support, dental and hospital services. A welcome pack has been provided to all arrivals, which was translated into Ukrainian and Russian.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 19/12/2022 12:25:28 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1548932

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2022
	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	Holiday Accommodation and Second Homes: Urban Areas
	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 his Department will take steps to place a limit on the number of (a) holiday lets and (b) second homes in small cities.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	104175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>Further to the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2022-11-22%2F93582&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ccb6fe5fee688478e3e4608dadded7237%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638066309129535075%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Bl0UHvPXmuxOHgLqvRTYX%2BZH99LfoNrNP6WpkI6jYNY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">answer</a> given in response to Question UIN 93582 on 28 November, we have committed through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill to introduce a register of short term let properties. This will support the government's drive to improve holiday accommodation standards and provide local authorities with information on which properties are being used as a short term let. In addition, we have committed to consult on the introduction of a planning use class for short term lets. Subject to the outcome of the consultation, this would help local authorities better control the proliferation of such uses. We continue to keep the planning status of second homes under review.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 14/12/2022 16:55:26 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1549534

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2022
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Cyprus: Sovereignty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what plans he has to progress a comprehensive final Cyprus Settlement.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	105321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2022 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to supporting the UN efforts to reach a Cyprus settlement. The UK actively engages with all parties on this. The Foreign Secretary met Cypriot Foreign Minister Kasoulides on 15 November and stressed our commitment to work towards a just and lasting solution to the Cyprus settlement process. We support the UN led process and advocate a solution in line with UN parameters based on the model of a bi-zonal, bi-communal federation with political equality.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 12/12/2022 16:40:34 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1552608

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2022
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Crimes of Violence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to tackle (a) intimidation, (b) harassment and (c) violence directed towards public servants.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	112084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>The Civil Service is committed to creating a safe and supportive work environment for all its employees and does not tolerate any form of unacceptable behaviour or abuse towards an employee. Those found to be bullying, harassing, discriminating, or violent towards employees or customers can face disciplinary procedures including charges of gross misconduct, leading to dismissal.</p><p>Civil Service HR (CSHR) have provided a suite of products to support departments in managing bullying, harassment and violence in the workplace and by third parties, including Media Attention Guidance which sets out the responsibilities for handling instances of unwanted, intrusive or aggressive media attention.</p><p>Departments have their own guidance on dealing with unacceptable customer behaviour including handling situations of - for example - assault against staff. In every incident that involves violence or a targeted threat of violence towards civil servants the police are notified and appropriate action taken.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 22/12/2022 10:28:45 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

1552609

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2022
	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	Landlords: Government Assistance
	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 plans to provide additional support to landlords following the ban on Section 21 evictions.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	112085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital role that good landlords play in providing homes for millions of people across the country. The white paper, '<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fa-fairer-private-rented-sector&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ca4ae78ab547e44f887d808dae35cff42%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638072285794598901%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=5Hn7gTSV%2FlsjjG0ow9nt6YRceEpOtT8Iome9KaKzraQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">A fairer private rented sector</a>', sets out the government's plans to deliver a fairer deal for renters by abolishing section 21, while supporting the majority of good landlords operating in the sector. This includes introducing comprehensive, fair and efficient grounds to ensure landlords have confidence they can regain possession when it is reasonable.</p><p>When court action is needed for landlords to gain possession of their property, the courts should provide fair and efficient access to justice. We are working with the Ministry of Justice, the Judiciary and HM Courts and Tribunal Service to introduce improvements to make the possession process much more efficient for landlords.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 22/12/2022 09:56:01 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy