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1254315

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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	Help to Buy Scheme: Coronavirus
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 extending the Help to Buy Loan scheme to the end of 2021 to allow people whose purchases have been disrupted by the covid-19 outbreak to complete those purchases under that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	119175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that there have been delays caused by Covid-19. That is why on 31 July a two-month extension was announced to the building completion deadline from 31 December 2020 to 28 February 2021. The legal completion deadline for the purchase remains 31 March 2021.</p><p>The Government also announced an extra measure to protect existing customers who have experienced severe delays as a result of coronavirus. Homes England, who administer Help to Buy, will work with those who had a reservation in place before 30 June to assess their situation and look to provide an extension where necessary, in which case, they will have until 31 May 2021 to legally complete. More information can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/help-to-buy-scheme-extended" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/help-to-buyscheme-extended</a>.</p><p>We believe these measures provide sufficient time for developers to build out homes delayed by Covid-19 and protect customers whose purchases have been significantly delayed. There are no plans to extend the current scheme further.</p><p>Meanwhile the Government’s new Help to Buy scheme, which will replace the current scheme and is for first time buyers only, will commence on 1 April 2021 and run until March 2023. More information can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.helptobuy.gov.uk%2Fequity-loan%2Fhelp-to-buy-equity-loan-2021-2023%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C6f2c16d8d03d470c38d508d895df7d0c%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637424134406218537%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=ZumGqn3AFsQhtoXUILD0kQggxao56%2Filjn7LwZntdyg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.helptobuy.gov.uk/equity-loan/help-to-buy-equity-loan-2021-2023/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/12/2020 17:39:27 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1254345

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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	Buildings: Insulation
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 UK Finance has officially acknowledged that leaseholders of residential properties without external cladding do not need to provide an EWS1 form to finance, remortgage or sell their properties.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	119228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The EWS1 process is not a Government or regulatory requirement. Whether an EWS1 is needed is determined by lenders and the professionals valuing a building - not all lenders ask for an EWS1. The Department has come to an agreement with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) that flats in blocks without cladding do not need an EWS1 form. Government will continue to work with industry to support a more proportionate approach to valuations of flats.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/12/2020 17:42:50 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1254403

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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	Local Government: Sussex
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 fiscal steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in Sussex during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
tabling member printed	Andrew Griffith
uin	119436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>For 2020-21, we have now committed over £7.2 billion for local authorities to fund their response to the Covid-19 pandemic, even before the extension of the Contain Outbreak Management Fund for those authorities under the highest level of restriction – potentially worth over £200 million a month – which was announced as part of the Covid-19 Winter Plan. This is part of an unprecedented package of support for local authorities to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, including measures worth an estimated c. £3 billion of additional support next year. This takes the total support committed to councils in England to tackle the impacts of Covid-19 to over £10 billion.</p><p>Councils in the Arundel and and South Downs constituency have been allocated over £96 million in funding from Government, including over £53 million in unringfenced funding, and over £13 million from the Contain Outbreak Management Fund.</p><p>Looking ahead to next year, Spending Review 2020 provides councils with the funding and stability to support vital social care services and tackle Covid-19. Local authorities will be able to access an additional £2.2 billion in resources to support Adult and Children’s Social Care and maintain universal services. In addition, we are providing over £1.5 billion in unringfenced grant for ongoing Covid-19 pressures and extending support to offset the income losses councils are experiencing.</p><p>Provisional allocations for the annual local government finance settlement for local authorities in Sussex will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 01/12/2020 16:09:30 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith

1254426

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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	Property Development: Rural Areas
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 the Government has to protect (a) Beaconsfield and (b) similarly located constituencies from encroachment and urban sprawl.
tabling member constituency	Beaconsfield
tabling member printed	Joy Morrissey
uin	119384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government continues to prioritise protection for Green Belt. The reforms put forward in our White Paper <em>Planning for the Future</em> made clear that local authorities would need to categorise Green Belt as a protected area in the proposed new planning system.</p><p>The protections for the Green Belt set out in the National Planning Policy Framework, and the strong encouragement to prioritise re-use of suitable brownfield land, will remain in place, in line with our manifesto commitments.</p><p>The White Paper consultation closed on 29 October 2020 and we are currently considering the responses received. The Government will publish a response which will set out any decisions and associated proposed implementation.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 119383 question first answered 26/11/2020 15:25:47 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4759 label Biography information for Joy Morrissey

1254457

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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, how the drop off rate between permissions and completions will be calculated in the new standard method for assessing local housing need as part of the Government's proposed changes to the current planning system.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	119193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>We committed to reviewing the current formula for local housing need at this year’s budget and the proposals were out for consultation from 6 August until 1 October 2020.</p><p>Not all homes that are planned for are built, and the consultation noted that there is a drop off rate between permissions and completions. As part of the <em>Planning for the Future consultation, </em>we confirmed we will explore further options to support faster build out, as we develop our proposals for the new planning system.</p><p>Following consideration of the consultation responses received, the Government will publish a response. The response will set out any decisions and any associated proposed implementation.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/11/2020 17:52:54 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1254458

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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, for what reason the new standard method for assessing local housing need uses a house price to workplace-based earnings ratio rather than a house price to residence-based earnings ratio.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	119194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The consultation on changes to the current planning system set out the elements we want to balance when determining local housing need, including meeting our target of building 300,000 homes, tackling affordability challenges in the places people most want to live, regenerating brownfield sites, and renewing and levelling up our towns and cities. <br> <br> The affordability adjustment used in the proposed standard method is based on the median house price to workplace-based earnings ratio, published annually by the Office for National Statistics. The house price to workplace-based earnings ratio compares the median salary earned in a local authority against the median house price in that same authority area. We have consulted on each element of the indicative formula, including affordability, and are considering carefully how they work together to achieve an appropriate distribution. <br> <br> The proposals were out for consultation until 1 October 2020. Following consideration of the consultation responses received, the Government will publish a response.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 119195 question first answered 01/12/2020 17:40:21 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1254459

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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, what comparative assessment he has made of the effect of using a (a) house price to workplace-based earnings ratio and (b) house price to residence-based earnings ratio on the assessed local housing need of towns where people commute to work in nearby cities.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	119195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The consultation on changes to the current planning system set out the elements we want to balance when determining local housing need, including meeting our target of building 300,000 homes, tackling affordability challenges in the places people most want to live, regenerating brownfield sites, and renewing and levelling up our towns and cities. <br> <br> The affordability adjustment used in the proposed standard method is based on the median house price to workplace-based earnings ratio, published annually by the Office for National Statistics. The house price to workplace-based earnings ratio compares the median salary earned in a local authority against the median house price in that same authority area. We have consulted on each element of the indicative formula, including affordability, and are considering carefully how they work together to achieve an appropriate distribution. <br> <br> The proposals were out for consultation until 1 October 2020. Following consideration of the consultation responses received, the Government will publish a response.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 119194 question first answered 01/12/2020 17:40:21 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1254467

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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	Members: Correspondence
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 respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport of 24 September 2020 on dangerous cladding in Plymouth.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	119370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The response was emailed to the Rt Hon Member on Wednesday 25 November 2020.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/12/2020 17:43:10 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1254494

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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	Domestic Abuse: Victim Support 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 the Government is taking to ensure adequate funding for the statutory duties in the Domestic Abuse Bill to ensure local authorities can provide support and protection to those experiencing domestic abuse and their children.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	119333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>Following the outcome of Spending Review, £125 million funding will be allocated to local authorities, to cover costs of the new duty to provide support in safe accommodation for 2021-22.</p><p>MHCLG has also provided £6 million to support relevant local authorities to undertake early planning and preparation work so they are ready to implement the new duty.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/12/2020 12:59:20 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1254518

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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: 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, what progress his Department has made on identifying solutions to support leaseholders with (a) the incidental costs of waking watches and (b) other incidental costs with the exception of remediation incurred as a result of dangerous cladding having been installed on their leasehold properties.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	119403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>The most effective way to make buildings with unsafe cladding safe and eliminate the need for interim measures and associated costs is to have the unsafe cladding removed as quickly as possible. That is why we are prioritising £1.6 billion public subsidy on remediation of unsafe cladding. However, we recognise residents’ concerns about the cost of waking watch measures and the lack of transparency of these costs. That is why we have collected and published information on waking watch costs. This will enable those that have commissioned it to make comparisons and challenge providers on unreasonable costs. The data is available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fbuilding-safety-programme-waking-watch-costs&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBSP_PQ%40communities.gov.uk%7C4db11ba02dce4885f76508d892017716%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637419882272607233%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=2eXuEIhc4hdlCHWXgoKr%2BtKao5jthlnRkLKDZ2A8kPo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-waking-watch-costs.</a></p><p>The Government also welcomes the National Fire Chiefs Council's update to its guidance on Simultaneous Evacuation published in October (available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk%2FSimultaneous-evacuation-guidance&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBSP_PQ%40communities.gov.uk%7C4db11ba02dce4885f76508d892017716%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637419882272617228%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=BS1NgYAVXuhG3TIVJj0e6trjllc%2B%2FdgPqWncnaeNYig%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.nationalfirechiefs.org.uk/Simultaneous-evacuation-guidance</a>). We have asked the Fire Protection Board to advise Fire and Rescue Services on how best to operationalise the revised guidance including looking into other measures such as installing building-wide fire alarm systems to reduce the dependency on waking watches wherever possible.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/11/2020 17:51:03 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt