Ministers are overseeing the Department's work comparing international fire safety approaches in various regions including Europe, Australasia and the Middle East.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4014", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Reading West"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alok Sharma"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-07-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-07-20T16:35:09.823Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-07-17", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Buildings: Insulation"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) France, (b) Australia and (c) Dubai on incidents of fire in high-rise buildings where cladding has been used.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1506", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Gwynne"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Denton and Reddish"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Andrew Gwynne"} ], "uin" : "5405"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/752547", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/752547/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Government recognises the issue of unauthorised encampments and the effect they can have on local communities. Local authorities and the police have a range of powers which enable them to take action and the Government wants to see them working together to address this issue. A summary of the powers available to deal with unauthorised encampments has been published on the Government website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dealing-with-illegal-and-unauthorised-encampments<\/a><\/p> We will consider whether these powers are adequate.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of powers available to local authorities to deal with illegal traveller encampments in (a) England and (b) Birmingham.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/301", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Richard Burden"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/752557/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Mayor has overall responsibility for affordable housing policy and delivery in London. To support this, the Government has provided a record-breaking £3.15 billion package of funding for affordable housing in London, for at least 90,000 new affordable homes by March 2021.<\/p> The Mayor recently announced winning bids for the Affordable Homes Programme in London which can be found at: https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/record-17bn-deal-for-new-homes<\/a><\/p> The delivery of affordable housing in England is reported in live tables 1000 \u2013 1009 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply<\/a><\/p> Planning for future social and affordable housing is the responsibility for the local authority and the department does not centrally hold figures on future expected delivery.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of homes for social rent that will be delivered in (a) the London Borough of Haringey, (b) London and (c) England in (i) 2017, (ii) 2018, (iii) 2019 and (iv) 2020.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/752558", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the affordability of affordable homes available at up to 80 per cent of market rent for people on low and middle incomes.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/752859/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " There are no requirements for carbon dioxide alarms in England and so there are no plans to make the use of professional equipment mandatory for the testing of them.<\/p> On carbon monoxide alarms, building regulations in England require that an alarm be provided when a solid fuel appliance is installed, and sets standards for the quality of that alarm. The Building Regulations set requirements when building work is carried out and do not set on-going requirements for testing.<\/p> We have made no such estimate but there is a legal duty under the Control of Asbestos at Work Regulations 2012 for the owners of non-domestic premises (public or otherwise) to identify and record the presence of asbestos in their buildings.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of public buildings which contain asbestos in (a) South Yorkshire, (b) Yorkshire and (c) in England and Wales.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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