1 2024-03-28T13:16:47.42Z North East Derbyshire Lee Rowley false 2024-03-28 Biography information for Lee Rowley <p>The UK Government and Fire Services have offered our assistance to the Spanish authorities of the lessons we have learned from the Grenfell Tower fire and our subsequent work. It is our intention to work with them to understand the precise details of the fire in Valencia and to consider what lessons might be learned.</p><p>The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has been closely following the terrible event in Valencia. We understand that the investigations into the incident remain ongoing and BSR will continue to monitor any findings to ensure that any applicable learnings are made.</p> 19946 19945 House of Commons 1 211 To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate of the number of homes in England that have the same type of cladding installed as the residential building in the Campanar neighbourhood of València which was engulfed by fire on 22 February 2024. Weaver Vale Biography information for Mike Amesbury 2024-03-21 Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Mike Amesbury High Rise Flats: Insulation Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Levelling Up, Housing and Communities false 2024-03-21 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Mike Amesbury false To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to undertake a lessons learned exercise from the residential building fire in Campanar, Valencia. 211 High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention 2024-03-28T13:16:47.467Z North East Derbyshire Lee Rowley false 2024-03-28 <p>The UK Government and Fire Services have offered our assistance to the Spanish authorities of the lessons we have learned from the Grenfell Tower fire and our subsequent work. It is our intention to work with them to understand the precise details of the fire in Valencia and to consider what lessons might be learned.</p><p>The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) has been closely following the terrible event in Valencia. We understand that the investigations into the incident remain ongoing and BSR will continue to monitor any findings to ensure that any applicable learnings are made.</p> 19945 1 19946 Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Weaver Vale Leasehold: Reform 2024-03-28T13:22:01.73Z North East Derbyshire Lee Rowley false 2024-03-28 <p>Under Part 5 of the Building Safety Act 2022 leaseholders in enfranchised buildings, either individually or collectively, can pursue developers – and their associated companies – via a remediation contribution order, for funds they have spent or will spend remediating their buildings for relevant defects.</p><p>We are building on the legislation brought forward by the Act. The Government has tabled several amendments for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill to clarify and extend the protections in some specific areas. These amendments will further prevent freeholders and developers from escaping their liabilities to fund building remediation work – protecting leaseholders by allowing the Building Safety Act 2022 to operate as intended, as well as adding further protections in some specific scenarios.</p><p>For example, we have made clear that a remediation contribution order can, among other things, order the landlord or developer to make payments for the costs of:</p><ul><li>steps which reduce the risk of a relevant defect;</li><li>obtaining an expert report; and,</li><li>temporary alternative accommodation and associated costs in connection with a decant from a building in connection with a relevant defect.</li></ul> Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Mike Amesbury false 211 Weaver Vale 19947 2024-03-21 To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Leasehold reforms give more rights and protections to homeowners, published on 27 November 2023, when he plans to bring forward legislative measures to amend the Building Safety Act 2022 to make it easier to ensure that those who caused building-safety defects in enfranchised buildings are made to pay. Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 1 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Buildings: Safety Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities false 211 Mike Amesbury Weaver Vale To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many residents have been displaced from their homes due to (a) building safety evacuations and (b) fires that have spread to more than one floor due to building safety defects since 15 June 2017. 2024-03-28T13:23:21.817Z North East Derbyshire Lee Rowley false 2024-03-28 <p>Major decants are a local operational matter, and decisions on enforcement action are made by local regulators, local authorities and Fire and Rescue Services.</p><p>Where there are major decants, the department does offer support where appropriate, such as pressing building owners and developers to fulfil their obligations. Since December 2023 the department has assisted local regulators in preventing at least 800 residents from being decanted by identifying mitigating measures (such as a waking watch), allowing these residents to remain safely in their homes.</p> 19948 1 2024-03-21 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 19709 211 Weaver Vale 2024-03-28T09:27:16.27Z North East Derbyshire Lee Rowley false 2024-03-28 <p>The Government is very aware that leaseholders in some affected buildings have been burdened with paying extremely high premiums for too long. We have repeatedly called for an industry-led scheme.</p><p>It has taken far too long but the Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility is due to launch on 1 April and the Government will monitor the implementation and impact of the Facility and will remain engaged with industry regarding whether any further steps may be required.</p> To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in the Treasury on the potential merits of introducing a Government-sponsored building safety insurance pooling scheme. Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Mike Amesbury false Buildings: Insurance Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 2024-03-20 1 Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 2024-03-25T16:57:34.01Z North East Derbyshire Lee Rowley false 2024-03-25 <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-01-25/11533" target="_blank">11533</a> on 8 February 2024.</p> Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Mike Amesbury 211 To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the buildings warranty market. 2024-03-19 Construction: Warranties false 1 Weaver Vale 19449 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 1 2024-03-25T16:57:58.09Z North East Derbyshire Lee Rowley false 2024-03-25 <p>Eligibility criteria for the First Homes Scheme is publicly available and can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/first-homes-scheme" target="_blank">First Homes scheme: first-time buyer's guide: Overview - GOV.UK</a>.</p> 19450 Mike Amesbury Weaver Vale 211 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities false Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 2024-03-19 To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his Department's eligibility criteria for a First Home scheme is. Levelling Up, Housing and Communities First Homes Scheme 2024-03-25T17:41:31.967Z East Hampshire Damian Hinds false 2024-03-25 Biography information for Damian Hinds <p>In academy trusts, trust boards must ensure there is a procedure to deal with complaints from parents and carers and other individuals to meet their legal duties. In maintained schools, governing bodies must establish procedures to deal with all complaints about the school and any community facilities or services it provides, unless alternate statutory procedures apply as outlined in Section 29(1) of the Education Act 2002.</p> 2024-03-18 Department for Education To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of measures available to school governing bodies to investigate complaints. 60 Weaver Vale Schools: Governing Bodies Mike Amesbury Education false 19168 Education 1 1 Asylum: Weaver Vale Home Office 2024-03-22T12:04:26.383Z Corby Tom Pursglove false 2024-03-22 Biography information for Tom Pursglove <p>By the end of this month, we will have successfully closed 100 hotels. We continue to work with accommodation providers on closing further hotels across the estate and will write to local authorities and MPs when a decision to close a site has been made.</p> Mike Amesbury false To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department plans to end the use of hotels in Weaver Vale constituency for (a) adults and (b) children seeking asylum. 1 19169 2024-03-18 Weaver Vale Home Office Home Office 1 2024-03-22T12:01:45.807Z Corby Tom Pursglove false 2024-03-22 <p>Since September 2023, all individuals receive a minimum of 28 days’ support (including accommodation) after being issued with a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP). There are no current plans to extend the 28 days prescribed in legislation due to the huge pressures on the asylum system.</p><p>We offer move on support to all individuals through Migrant Help or their partner organisation. This includes providing advice on accessing the labour market, on applying for Universal Credit and signposting to local authorities for assistance with housing. Individuals do not need to wait for their BRP to make a claim for benefits and are encouraged to do so as early as possible if they require them.</p><p>We work closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to ensure the right asylum decision data is being shared with local authorities to enable effective planning and to lessen the impact on existing homelessness and rough sleeping pressures. Our accommodation providers are directly working with local authorities to notify them when an individual is due to have their asylum support ended. We are working with our partners, including local authorities, to provide timely notification of key events that impact them. We are working with our Strategic Migration Partners (SMPs) to facilitate regional sessions with councils and to share data.</p><p>We are also utilising Home Office Liaison Officers (HOLOs) to replicate part of the Afghan resettlement move on process. We have been working in three local authority areas since December 2023; Glasgow, Brent and Hillingdon. This has now been expanded to Manchester and Liverpool.</p> Asylum: Hotels Home Office false Home Office Home Office 19170 1 2024-03-18 To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing exit plans from hotel accommodation to give settled residents 56 days notice. Weaver Vale Mike Amesbury 0 1271 10