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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101533/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Housing Standards Review has clearly established the Government\u2019s policy to rationalise and simplify the many overlapping and confusing technical housing standards currently in operation. The Review will enable quality and sustainable housing developments to be brought forward more easily but without compromising essential safety and accessibility protections. The outcome of the Review also means that a number of the requirements of the Code for Sustainable Homes will be consolidated into the Building Regulations, which would require substantial changes to the content of the current Code, as well as reconsideration of its role. So in the light of this, the Government stated in the recent technical consultation that the current Code will be wound down to coincide with the changes incorporating the new standards coming into force, early in the new year. The consultation also set out proposals on the transitional arrangements, and for the handling of legacy developments being built out to current Code requirements.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to promote environmental and sustainable housebuilding following the abolition of the Code for Sustainable Homes.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/394", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Clive Betts"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101534/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development, which includes the health, social and cultural well-being of local communities. It:<\/p><p> <\/p><p>- sets out that good design is indivisible from good planning and should contribute to making places better for people;<\/p><p> <\/p><p>- asks planners to work to create safe and secure layouts which minimise conflicts between traffic and cyclists or pedestrians, and give priority to pedestrian and cycle movements;<\/p><p> <\/p><p>- enables local communities, through the preparation of local and neighbourhood plans, to identify for special protection green or open areas of particular importance to them as Local Green Space; and<\/p><p> <\/p><p>- seeks to conserve and enhance the natural environment and reduce pollution.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>My Department has this year published planning guidance which:<\/p><p> <\/p><ul><li>Sets a strong focus on design and includes tools which local authorities may use;<\/li><li>Sets out how local strategies to improve health and wellbeing and the provision of the required health infrastructure can be taken into account in local and neighbourhood plan making and when determining planning applications;<\/li><li>Seeks to promote walking and cycling, whilst avoiding unfairly penalising drivers;<\/li><li>Asks that councils\u2019 Local Plans consider how to support walking and cycling facilities, and assess cycle safety;<\/li><li>Promotes the provision of bike storage space in new developments;<\/li><li>Recommends removing street clutter, to make pavements clearer and more spacious for pedestrians;<\/li><li>Sets out how the impact on air quality and noise can be mitigated, including using green infrastructure, promoting infrastructure to promote modes of transport with low impact on air quality and incorporating good design to minimise noise transmission through the use of screening.<\/li><\/ul><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>Furthermore, through the Housing Standards Review, the Government has developed a nationally described space standard to offer a consistent set of requirements with regard to the size of new homes. Local authorities will not be required to adopt a space standard, but where they choose to do so, it should be the nationally described space standard.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>I also refer the hon. Member to the Government\u2019s cycling delivery plan, published on 16 October, which can be found online at: <a href=\"http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/cycling-delivery-plan-informal-consultation\" target=\"_blank\">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/cycling-delivery-plan-informal-consultation<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p><p>It is for councils and local communities to use their local and neighbourhood plans and existing planning powers to shape where development can go and create well-designed, safe and attractive places.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the planning system addresses (a) size and quality of housing, (b) opportunities for physical activity such as cycling and walking, (c) air and noise pollution, (d) access to green space, (e) isolation and loneliness and (f) other factors known to affect wellbeing.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1499", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Martin Horwood"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101535/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p><ins class=\"ministerial\">Street lighting plays an important role in road safety, as well as ensuring the personal safety of pedestrians. I refer my Hon Friend to the answer of 13 May 2014, Official Report, columns 535-36W, which provides a comprehensive answer on how there is no prescriptive Whitehall guidance, and places in context the policy of the last Administration which actively encouraged cuts to street lighting.<\/ins><\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">Street lighting plays an important role in road safety, as well as ensuring the personal safety of pedestrians. There may be some roads where lights could be dimmed in the very early hours, saving taxpayers\u2019 money. However, this should be a local decision by elected local councillors, reflecting local circumstances-specially in relation to any concerns about crime. Equally, not every neighbourhood wants street lighting, as some communities, especially in rural areas, value dark skies.<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">We believe that councils should listen to the views of their local residents, and then adopt appropriate local policies based on the neighbourhood, the precise location and the usage of the road/street. I previously noted that \u201cManual for Streets\u201d contains some useful guidance on getting the balance right when providing street lighting, taking into account the different issues around safety, crime prevention, street clutter and light pollution. Ultimately, there is no prescriptive Whitehall guidance, and any assessment will depend on local circumstances and local views.<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">Notwithstanding, I would observe that Her Majesty\u2019s Opposition seem to have a short memory about their actions on cutting street lighting when they were in office:<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><em>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs<\/em><em>:<\/em><\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">The right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn) (now Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government) when Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, his Department and its quangos lectured local councils to switch off or reduce street lighting to minimise carbon emissions. For example, in 2007, he personally launched the Carbon Trust Standard, which was tied to an extensive programme to reduce street lighting as part of the Local Authority Carbon Management Programme. As DEFRA Ministers told the House:<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">\u201cAll authorities should be seeking to reduce energy usage both to cut costs and to help combat climate change. As street lighting accounts for a significant proportion of the energy used by authorities, it should be readily identified as an area that should be examined for potential efficiency savings\u201d<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">(6 November 2006, <em>Official Report<\/em>, column 709W).<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><em>Department for Transport<\/em><em>:<\/em><\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">The Minister of State for Transport, the noble Lord Adonis (now a Shadow Treasury Minister) when asked about reducing the hours of operation of street lighting, noted that<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">\u201cthe Government also support the Carbon Trust\u2019s local authority carbon management programme, which provides councils with support and guidance to help them realise carbon emissions savings from street lighting\u201d<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">(17 December 2008, <em>Official Report<\/em>, <em>House of Lords<\/em>, column WA52). Transport Ministers also endorsed the Highways Agency\u2019s<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">\u2018Efficiency Strategy for Road Lighting\u2019 which led to switching off motorway lighting at night (21 April 2008,<\/del><\/p><p><br /><del class=\"ministerial\"><em>Official Report, <\/em>column 1444W; Highways Agency<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">\u201cEfficiency Strategy for Road Lighting Midnight Switch Off for Motorway Lighting\u201d, 2009).<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><em>Department for Communities and Local Government<\/em><em>:<\/em><\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">The right hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper) (now Shadow Home Secretary), when as Minister in the precursor Department to DCLG, noted there was nuanced debate on the extent of street lighting:<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">\u201cWe all recognise the fact that there is a series of tensions around light pollution. People in the cities will never have the same view of the night sky as one can get in the middle of Dartmoor... There can be tensions too at neighbourhood level between the security-obsessed householder who has glaring white security lights stuck to every corner of the house, which flicker on every time a little bird flies past or the cat runs across the garden, and the neighbour who... has a telescope and cannot see across the garden, let alone into the skies\u201d<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">(12 February 2004, <em>Official Report<\/em>, column 510WH).<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\"><em>Department <\/em><em>of<\/em><em> Energy and Climate Change<\/em><em>:<\/em><\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">In 2008, the right hon. Member for Leeds East (Hilary Benn) also personally launched the Carbon Reduction Commitment, which resulted in councils cutting carbon emissions from street lighting, including dimming or switching off lights. The Highway Agency\u2019s \u201cEnergy Strategy for Roadside Equipment\u201d (April 2010) explained that the approach of \u201cdimming, trimming and partial night lighting\u201d was a consequence of the requirements to meet the Carbon Reduction Commitment. As DECC Ministers said to the House:<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">\u201cDECC is working to include street lighting in the Carbon Reduction Commitment. This will provide an incentive for local authorities to improve the energy efficiency of street lights. DECC is working closely with Communities and Local Government to develop the policy, in so far as it relates to local authorities\u201d<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">(19 June 2009, <em>Official Report<\/em>, column 515W). Of course, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change at that time was the right hon. Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband) now Leader of HM Opposition.<\/del><\/p><p><del class=\"ministerial\">I hope this illuminates the historical fogginess of the Labour party\u2019s current campaign on municipal street lighting. I would suggest the last person out of Labour HQ tonight should turn off the lights.<\/del><\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the level of street lighting they should have in place.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/133", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Ruffley"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101536/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Government has policies and programmes in place to assist local authorities to build more homes. This includes the £122 million additional borrowing allocated to 22 councils to help them build new affordable homes and support local growth. We will make further announcements of additional borrowing to local councils later in the year. This is only possible thanks to the decisive action we have taken to reduce the deficit left by the last Labour Government. Further details of the actions we have taken recently to support house building, amongst other departmental work, are set out in the written statement made on13 October 2014 (Official Report, Written Ministerial Statements, Column 2WS).<\/p><p> <\/p><p>All new homes have to meet Building Regulations\u2019 requirements and in April strengthened energy performance standards came into effect. In the Housing Standards Review, the Government is streamlining the technical standards which apply to new housing development and consolidating as far as possible necessary requirements into Building Regulations to ensure new homes are sustainable. As part of the review, the Government intends to bring forward optional Building Regulations requirements in areas such as accessibility and water efficiency which will enable local authorities to apply higher standards than the Building Regulations national minimum standard where there is a local need, and viability is not compromised.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Furthermore, The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to sustainable development and local authorities should consider applications for housing development in that context.<\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1492", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephen Williams"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to assist local authorities build more sustainable homes.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/394", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Clive Betts"}
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      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Clive Betts"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101625", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101625/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The information is not centrally held in the form requested and could only be provided at disproportionate cost, although I am not aware of significant expenditure.<br><br>As outlined in the answer of 25 March 2014, <em>Official Report<\/em>, House of Lords, Column WA99, we have undertaken qualitative research into the experience of tenants who might take up the Right to Buy, to help inform ways of increasing the take-up of the Right to Buy.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>We have significantly reduced spending on surveys compared to the last Administration\u2013 for example, by abolishing the £4 million Citizenship Survey and the £5 million Place Survey.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4268", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Steve Reed"}
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      , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Croydon North"}
      , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Steve Reed"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101626", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101626/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The information requested can be found in the Local Government Ombudsman\u2019s annual report and accounts, which are presented to Parliament each year, and which are available online at:<\/p><p> <\/p><p><a href=\"http://www.lgo.org.uk/publications/annual-report/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.lgo.org.uk/publications/annual-report/<\/a><\/p><p> <\/p>"}
        , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4043", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Kris Hopkins"}
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      , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/286", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Joan Walley"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what actions have been taken in pursuance of the commitments undertaken by the Ministerial Working Group on tacking inequalities experienced by Gypsies and Travellers in their progress report of April 2012; and what further meetings have taken place, with what outcomes, since that date.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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    , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/101694", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what action are they taking to deal with the problems faced by coastal communities.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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