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1131230

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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	Council Tax: Arrears
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 estimate he has made of the increase in council tax arrears since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	263136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>Council tax arrears reported by local authorities in England for 2014-15 to 2017-18 can be found in Table 7 of the 'Collection rates for Council Tax and non-domestic rates in England' statistical release. The link to the latest table is <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743738/Table_7_2017-18_revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743738/Table_7_2017-18_revised.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 13/06/2019 16:33:50 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1131231

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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	Council Tax: Debt Collection
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the Citizens Advice Costs of Collection report finding that council tax collection practices are adding nearly half a billion pounds a year to personal debt.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	263137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>I am aware of concerns of charities, debt advice bodies and local councils about council tax debt. That is why my Department is engaging with, and reviewing evidence compiled by these bodies with a view to making council tax debt collection fairer, more efficient and compassionate. Following these discussions we intend to publish updated guidance on good collection practices, before considering the scope for further reforms.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 18/06/2019 13:37:24 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1131232

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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	Council Tax: Non-payment
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 plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992 to remove the sanction of imprisonment for non-payment of council tax.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	263138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is currently engaging with a range of stakeholders to consider how to improve council tax collection. Following those discussions, we intend to publish updated guidance on good collection practices, before considering the scope of further reforms. The Government is clear that imprisonment should only ever be the last resort for non-payment of council tax. Before a magistrates’ court commits someone to prison for failure to pay their council tax, it must inquire as to the debtor’s means, and satisfy itself that failure to pay is due to “wilful refusal or culpable neglect”. This is to prevent persons who are genuinely unable to pay their council tax from being committed to prison.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 18/06/2019 13:38:21 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1131246

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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: Environment Protection
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 is taking to encourage the use of green (a) roofs and (b) spaces in new housing developments.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	263205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework requires developments to incorporate an appropriate amount of green and other public space. It also states that greater weight should be given to designs which promote high levels of sustainability. We recognise that green roofs can improve the thermal performance of buildings. The Building Regulations set minimum energy performance standards for new homes and non-domestic buildings. The principal way that developers demonstrate compliance is through a whole building energy calculation. For a new building, the properties of green roofs would be taken into account in the calculation of overall energy performance and therefore the carbon emissions from the building.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/06/2019 14:37:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1131290

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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	Social Rented 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 recent steps he has taken to increase the standard and quality of social housing for tenants.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	263240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>Progress has been made on improving standards of decency in social housing. The number of social homes failing to meet the Decent Homes Standard is down 32 per cent since 2010.</p><p>The Social Housing Green Paper ‘A new deal for social housing’ (August 2018) recognised that the Decent Homes Standard has not been revised since 2006 and asked whether it should be reviewed to consider whether it delivers the right standards for social housing. We are assessing the consultation responses and are finalising our response.</p><p>The Government also supported the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 which will require social landlords to ensure that their properties are free from potentially serious hazards at the start of and throughout a tenancy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/06/2019 14:32:13 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1131296

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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	Social Rented Housing: Regulation
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 recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a new consumer regulator for social housing.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	263119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Nothing is more important than ensuring people are safe in their homes. Residents’ voices need to be heard to ensure proper standards are maintained and that where things are going wrong they are picked up and addressed. We want to ensure that there is a coherent and consistent approach to regulation to deliver these objectives, and achieve the best deal for tenants and landlords. Our review of social housing regulation is exploring the most appropriate way of doing so, and we will publish the results of that review in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 263023 263024 263025 263026 263120 263121 263122 263219 263220 263221 263222 263242 263243 263244 question first answered 17/06/2019 16:16:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1131297

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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	Social Rented Housing: Inspections
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 assessment he has made of the potential effect on consumer standards of a regime of regular inspections of social housing stock.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	263120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Nothing is more important than ensuring people are safe in their homes. Residents’ voices need to be heard to ensure proper standards are maintained and that where things are going wrong they are picked up and addressed. We want to ensure that there is a coherent and consistent approach to regulation to deliver these objectives, and achieve the best deal for tenants and landlords. Our review of social housing regulation is exploring the most appropriate way of doing so, and we will publish the results of that review in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 263023 263024 263025 263026 263119 263121 263122 263219 263220 263221 263222 263242 263243 263244 question first answered 17/06/2019 16:16:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1131298

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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	Social Rented Housing: Regulation
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report entitled A vision for social housing, published in January 2019, published by Shelter.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	263121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Nothing is more important than ensuring people are safe in their homes. Residents’ voices need to be heard to ensure proper standards are maintained and that where things are going wrong they are picked up and addressed. We want to ensure that there is a coherent and consistent approach to regulation to deliver these objectives, and achieve the best deal for tenants and landlords. Our review of social housing regulation is exploring the most appropriate way of doing so, and we will publish the results of that review in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 263023 263024 263025 263026 263119 263120 263122 263219 263220 263221 263222 263242 263243 263244 question first answered 17/06/2019 16:16:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1131299

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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	Social Rented Housing: Regulation
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of the recommendations made by Shelter in its report A vision for social housing, published in January 2019, for a new consumer protection regulator for social housing to complement the current economic regulator.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	263122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>Nothing is more important than ensuring people are safe in their homes. Residents’ voices need to be heard to ensure proper standards are maintained and that where things are going wrong they are picked up and addressed. We want to ensure that there is a coherent and consistent approach to regulation to deliver these objectives, and achieve the best deal for tenants and landlords. Our review of social housing regulation is exploring the most appropriate way of doing so, and we will publish the results of that review in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 263023 263024 263025 263026 263119 263120 263121 263219 263220 263221 263222 263242 263243 263244 question first answered 17/06/2019 16:16:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1131326

registered interest
date	11/06/2019
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	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to place on a statutory basis the good practice guidance to local authorities in relation to their use of powers on unauthorised encampments.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	263209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>As stated in the Government response to the consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments , we will in due course create a power to place new guidance on a statutory footing.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/06/2019 14:38:07 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately