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1170267

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
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 he is taking to support local authorities increase their provision of local welfare assistance schemes.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	2547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>Local welfare assistance funding is delivered through the local government finance settlement on a non ring-fenced basis which gives local authorities maximum flexibility to deliver services as they see fit according to local needs. We recognise the vital role local government plays in delivering a range of vital front line services and this is why they will receive an additional £2.9 billion next year, the largest increase in spending power in almost a decade.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 20/01/2020 16:04:23 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1170269

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Building Regulations: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the insertion of the term filler material into Approved Document B of the Building Regulations was intended as a catch-all intended to stop the overuse of can-applied foam and similar materials to fill gaps within the façade of a building.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	2549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>Can-applied expanding polyurethane foam is used for a wide variety of purposes. The application of the guidance in paragraphs 10.5 and 10.6 of Approved Document B Volume 1 (replicated in Volume 2) to the use of expanding polyurethane foam would need to be considered on a case by case basis taking in to consideration paragraph 10.4. <br> <br> These products are commonly used as a joint sealant and as such would not be covered by paragraphs 10.5 or 10.6, but there may be other circumstances, such as being used as a void filler between two layers of construction in an external wall, where paragraph 10.6 and 10.4 would apply. <br> <br> The guidance in approved documents should be considered in full and in the context to the requirements of the regulations themselves this has been clarified in the clarified version of Approved Document B published in July 2019.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/01/2020 17:35:29 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1170329

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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: 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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of the Future Homes Standard on the UK’s commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	2615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to introduce a Future Homes Standard by 2025. This means new homes will be future proofed, with low carbon heating and lower energy use through high levels of energy efficiency. We propose that new homes built to the Future Homes Standard from 2025 should have carbon dioxide emissions up to 80 per cent lower than those built to current building regulations standards.</p><p>We are currently consulting on a meaningful and achievable increase to the energy efficiency standards for new homes to be introduced through the Building Regulations in 2020, as a stepping stone to this commitment. The preferred option is to set a standard that should result in a 31 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions. The consultation is open until 7 February and we welcome further evidence.</p><ul><li>Our consultation includes estimates as described above, and also includes a ‘roadmap’ that provides an indicative vision of how the 2025 standards will be achieved. We will undertake further modelling and analysis as we prepare the detail of the changes that will be needed in 2025.</li><li>We are consulting on proposed minimum standards for carbon dioxide emissions, primary energy use, and building fabric. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li><li>Requiring householders to disclose the energy use of their homes once occupied sits outside the scope of the Building Regulations and its enforcement regime. We have not proposed a post-occupancy monitoring system as part of the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>To consider embodied carbon at a building-level would require a standardised method of calculation supported by a robust evidence base and underpinned by widely adopted product standards. There is currently no widely agreed standardised method for certifying the embodied carbon of building products, so it was not included the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>The Future Homes Standard consultation is considering local planning authority powers in respect of energy efficiency. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li></ul> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 2616 2617 2618 2619 question first answered 21/01/2020 17:34:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1170330

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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: 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, whether he is taking steps to prioritise energy efficiency provisions in the Future Homes Standard; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	2616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to introduce a Future Homes Standard by 2025. This means new homes will be future proofed, with low carbon heating and lower energy use through high levels of energy efficiency. We propose that new homes built to the Future Homes Standard from 2025 should have carbon dioxide emissions up to 80 per cent lower than those built to current building regulations standards.</p><p>We are currently consulting on a meaningful and achievable increase to the energy efficiency standards for new homes to be introduced through the Building Regulations in 2020, as a stepping stone to this commitment. The preferred option is to set a standard that should result in a 31 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions. The consultation is open until 7 February and we welcome further evidence.</p><ul><li>Our consultation includes estimates as described above, and also includes a ‘roadmap’ that provides an indicative vision of how the 2025 standards will be achieved. We will undertake further modelling and analysis as we prepare the detail of the changes that will be needed in 2025.</li><li>We are consulting on proposed minimum standards for carbon dioxide emissions, primary energy use, and building fabric. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li><li>Requiring householders to disclose the energy use of their homes once occupied sits outside the scope of the Building Regulations and its enforcement regime. We have not proposed a post-occupancy monitoring system as part of the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>To consider embodied carbon at a building-level would require a standardised method of calculation supported by a robust evidence base and underpinned by widely adopted product standards. There is currently no widely agreed standardised method for certifying the embodied carbon of building products, so it was not included the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>The Future Homes Standard consultation is considering local planning authority powers in respect of energy efficiency. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li></ul> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 2615 2617 2618 2619 question first answered 21/01/2020 17:34:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1170331

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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: 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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including in the Future Homes Standard a requirement for monitoring post-occupancy the compliance of work with building regulations.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	2617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to introduce a Future Homes Standard by 2025. This means new homes will be future proofed, with low carbon heating and lower energy use through high levels of energy efficiency. We propose that new homes built to the Future Homes Standard from 2025 should have carbon dioxide emissions up to 80 per cent lower than those built to current building regulations standards.</p><p>We are currently consulting on a meaningful and achievable increase to the energy efficiency standards for new homes to be introduced through the Building Regulations in 2020, as a stepping stone to this commitment. The preferred option is to set a standard that should result in a 31 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions. The consultation is open until 7 February and we welcome further evidence.</p><ul><li>Our consultation includes estimates as described above, and also includes a ‘roadmap’ that provides an indicative vision of how the 2025 standards will be achieved. We will undertake further modelling and analysis as we prepare the detail of the changes that will be needed in 2025.</li><li>We are consulting on proposed minimum standards for carbon dioxide emissions, primary energy use, and building fabric. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li><li>Requiring householders to disclose the energy use of their homes once occupied sits outside the scope of the Building Regulations and its enforcement regime. We have not proposed a post-occupancy monitoring system as part of the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>To consider embodied carbon at a building-level would require a standardised method of calculation supported by a robust evidence base and underpinned by widely adopted product standards. There is currently no widely agreed standardised method for certifying the embodied carbon of building products, so it was not included the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>The Future Homes Standard consultation is considering local planning authority powers in respect of energy efficiency. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li></ul> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 2615 2616 2618 2619 question first answered 21/01/2020 17:34:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1170332

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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: 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, for what reason embodied carbon emissions related to the building of houses was not included in the calculations on emissions for the Future Homes Standard.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	2618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to introduce a Future Homes Standard by 2025. This means new homes will be future proofed, with low carbon heating and lower energy use through high levels of energy efficiency. We propose that new homes built to the Future Homes Standard from 2025 should have carbon dioxide emissions up to 80 per cent lower than those built to current building regulations standards.</p><p>We are currently consulting on a meaningful and achievable increase to the energy efficiency standards for new homes to be introduced through the Building Regulations in 2020, as a stepping stone to this commitment. The preferred option is to set a standard that should result in a 31 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions. The consultation is open until 7 February and we welcome further evidence.</p><ul><li>Our consultation includes estimates as described above, and also includes a ‘roadmap’ that provides an indicative vision of how the 2025 standards will be achieved. We will undertake further modelling and analysis as we prepare the detail of the changes that will be needed in 2025.</li><li>We are consulting on proposed minimum standards for carbon dioxide emissions, primary energy use, and building fabric. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li><li>Requiring householders to disclose the energy use of their homes once occupied sits outside the scope of the Building Regulations and its enforcement regime. We have not proposed a post-occupancy monitoring system as part of the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>To consider embodied carbon at a building-level would require a standardised method of calculation supported by a robust evidence base and underpinned by widely adopted product standards. There is currently no widely agreed standardised method for certifying the embodied carbon of building products, so it was not included the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>The Future Homes Standard consultation is considering local planning authority powers in respect of energy efficiency. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li></ul> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 2615 2616 2617 2619 question first answered 21/01/2020 17:34:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1170333

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to ensure that local authorities have the power to require in new build homes greater (a) energy efficiency levels and (b) reductions in carbon emissions than central Government.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	2619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to introduce a Future Homes Standard by 2025. This means new homes will be future proofed, with low carbon heating and lower energy use through high levels of energy efficiency. We propose that new homes built to the Future Homes Standard from 2025 should have carbon dioxide emissions up to 80 per cent lower than those built to current building regulations standards.</p><p>We are currently consulting on a meaningful and achievable increase to the energy efficiency standards for new homes to be introduced through the Building Regulations in 2020, as a stepping stone to this commitment. The preferred option is to set a standard that should result in a 31 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions. The consultation is open until 7 February and we welcome further evidence.</p><ul><li>Our consultation includes estimates as described above, and also includes a ‘roadmap’ that provides an indicative vision of how the 2025 standards will be achieved. We will undertake further modelling and analysis as we prepare the detail of the changes that will be needed in 2025.</li><li>We are consulting on proposed minimum standards for carbon dioxide emissions, primary energy use, and building fabric. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li><li>Requiring householders to disclose the energy use of their homes once occupied sits outside the scope of the Building Regulations and its enforcement regime. We have not proposed a post-occupancy monitoring system as part of the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>To consider embodied carbon at a building-level would require a standardised method of calculation supported by a robust evidence base and underpinned by widely adopted product standards. There is currently no widely agreed standardised method for certifying the embodied carbon of building products, so it was not included the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>The Future Homes Standard consultation is considering local planning authority powers in respect of energy efficiency. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li></ul> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 2615 2616 2617 2618 question first answered 21/01/2020 17:34:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1170374

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Stronger Towns Fund: Ipswich
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allocating funding from the Stronger Towns Fund to Ipswich based on the work of the Ipswich Vision Board.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	2644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2020 answer text <p>We are pleased to confirm that Ipswich has been selected as one of the first 100 places to benefit from the £3.6 billion Towns Fund. We have been in touch with colleagues in Ipswich and will be working with them to develop their Town Deal. I hope you will continue to play an active role in shaping their plans.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 24/01/2020 12:11:04 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1170387

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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: Costs
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 information he holds on monthly housing costs as a proportion of income (a) in each region, (b) among different types of tenure and (c) in other categories; and what assessment he has made of trends in the level of that proportion in those categories.
tabling member constituency	East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Damian Hinds
uin	2484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>MHCLG routinely reports housing costs as a proportion of income by tenure in the English Housing Survey (EHS) Headline Report. The most recent data are available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2017-to-2018-headline-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2017-to-2018-headline-report</a> (see Annex Table 1.13)<br> <br> The latest assessment of housing costs as a proportion of income by region and other characteristics can be found in the following reports:</p><ul><li>For the private rented sector, see: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2017-to-2018-private-rented-sector" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2017-to-2018-private-rented-sector</a> (see Annex Table 2.3).</li><li>For the social rented sector, see: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2017-to-2018-social-rented-sector" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2017-to-2018-social-rented-sector</a> (see Annex Table 2.14).</li><li>And for households with a mortgage, see: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2017-to-2018-home-ownership" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2017-to-2018-home-ownership</a> (see Annex Table 2.2).</li></ul> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/01/2020 17:32:27 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds

1170407

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Right to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much money local authorities have (a) retained and (b) returned to the Government in right to buy receipts in each year since 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>The following receipts arising from Right to Buy sales made in each of the following financial years are currently retained by English local authorities:</p><p>2012-2013: £236,920,130.34</p><p>2013-2014: £570,685,987.04</p><p>2014-2015: £721,393,565.02</p><p>2015-2016: £697,584,949.20</p><p>2016-2017: £871,903,613.22</p><p>2017-2018: £857,884,462.47</p><p>2018-2019: £721,239,679.49</p><p>The following receipts arising from Right to Buy sales made in each of the following financial years have been returned by English local authorities to the Government:</p><p>2012-2013: £130,617,318.95</p><p>2013-2014: £179,476,121.32</p><p>2014-2015: £211,246,008.53</p><p>2015-2016: £288,779,009.85</p><p>2016-2017: £269,938,950.09</p><p>2017-2018: £196,041,811.99</p><p>2018-2019: £184,405,064.41</p><p>All figures are provisional.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 28/01/2020 11:46:44 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell