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1700322

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing: Suffolk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the availability of homes in Suffolk.
tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
uin	21032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We are taking significant steps to address the challenges to increasing housing supply around the country, including in Suffolk. We recognise the scale of challenges facing the housebuilding sector in the current macro-economic climate. Against this challenging backdrop, we have invested billions in housing since the start of this Parliament. This investment will support bringing forward land for development, enabling the market to deliver the homes and infrastructure that communities need, and support increasing local authority planning capacity.</p><p>We have also taken significant measures through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act, and National Planning Policy Framework, to reform the planning system. These measures aim to reduce planning delays, bureaucracy, slow build-out rates, and wider barriers to growth and development.</p><p>We want decisions about homes to be driven locally and we want to get more local plans in place to deliver the homes we need. This is why we have revised the National Planning Policy Framework (published 19 December 2023) to be clearer about the importance of planning for homes and other development that our communities need.</p><p>The Department publishes an annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply, with estimates of new homes delivered in each local authority, including East Suffolk, in each financial year since 2001-02, shown in Live Table 122 at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing</a>.</p><p>Figures at parliamentary constituency level are not centrally collected.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21024 question first answered 22/04/2024 16:41:27 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1700332

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Park Homes: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish a response to the report commissioned by his Department entitled The impact of a change in the maximum park home sale commission, published in June 2022.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	21176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2024 answer text <p>In September 2023 the department published a discussion document which sought the views of the park homes sector on the 2022 report’s recommendations. The Government is considering the response to that discussion document and we will announce next steps shortly.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 17/04/2024 13:50:24 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1700345

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Voting Rights: Commonwealth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he has taken to communicate information on voting rights to eligible commonwealth citizens resident in the United Kingdom.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	21232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The entitlement of resident Commonwealth citizens to vote reflects our close historical ties with Commonwealth countries. The right to reside, whether under refugee status or any other status, does not confer the right to participate in democratic processes in the UK.</p><p>Accordingly, the Government has no plans to review such voting rights.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare grouped question UIN 21230 21231 question first answered 22/04/2024 15:30:20 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1700382

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Antisemitism Policy Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Second Report of the House of Lords Conduct Committee of Session 2023-2024 on The conduct of Lord Mann, HL95, published on 27 March 2024, what discussions he has had with the Antisemitism Policy Trust on the use of staff funded by his Department for non-Departmental work.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	Brendan Clarke-Smith
uin	21269
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Government regularly engages with the Trust among a range of other stakeholders to understand and respond to antisemitism.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 22/04/2024 16:49:01 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4756 label Biography information for Brendan Clarke-Smith

1700393

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Business Rates: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of businesses that were eligible for business rates relief in the 2023-24 financial year are no longer eligible in the 2024-25 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	21280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The department does not hold the data required to answer this question. Information on the number of hereditaments eligible for business rates relief is available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-non-domestic-rates-collected-by-councils" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 22/04/2024 15:27:30 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1700416

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Council Tax: Eligibility
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether people registered as a proxy voter for someone who resides permanently abroad are eligible for single person discount on their council tax.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	21303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The legislation does not provide for proxy voting status to be taken into account when determining whether a single person discount should be applied to a council tax bill. The 25% single person discount applies where there is only one liable adult living in a property. Individual councils are responsible for determining whether the discount should be applied to a bill.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 22/04/2024 11:00:09 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1700429

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Parish and Town Councils: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the restraint of council tax precepts set by (a) town and (b) parish councils.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Anthony Mangnall
uin	21316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Precept levels are decided by individual town and parish councils and the Government has been clear that proposed increases should be well evidenced and justified. The Government expects the sector to take all available steps to mitigate the need for council tax increases and will take into account councils’ decisions when considering future action.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 22/04/2024 10:59:07 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4762 label Biography information for Anthony Mangnall

1700446

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that risk assessors commissioned by participant developers in the self-remediation scheme are (a) independent and (b) not reliant on one developer for their entire income.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	21333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The developer remediation contract requires that relevant assessors are suitably experienced, qualified, independent and competent. The department also requires the developer and the assessor to sign statements confirming that they are separate financial entities, in line with guidance issued by authorities including RICS, the International Arbitration Board, the International Bar Association and ISO/IEC 17020:2012 Conformity assessment.</p><p>The department does not recommend a list of assessors to developers. The British Standards Institution’s PAS 9980 standard and the developer remediation contract make clear that relevant assessors must meet the required standard, and the department regularly commissions independent audits of assessments obtained by developers to make sure that those standards have been met.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21334 question first answered 22/04/2024 14:01:15 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1700447

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing developers participating in the self-remediation scheme with a list of firms from which the Cladding Safety Scheme will accept Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls assessments.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	21334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The developer remediation contract requires that relevant assessors are suitably experienced, qualified, independent and competent. The department also requires the developer and the assessor to sign statements confirming that they are separate financial entities, in line with guidance issued by authorities including RICS, the International Arbitration Board, the International Bar Association and ISO/IEC 17020:2012 Conformity assessment.</p><p>The department does not recommend a list of assessors to developers. The British Standards Institution’s PAS 9980 standard and the developer remediation contract make clear that relevant assessors must meet the required standard, and the department regularly commissions independent audits of assessments obtained by developers to make sure that those standards have been met.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21333 question first answered 22/04/2024 14:01:15 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1700448

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many buildings with life-critical fire-safety defects are excluded from the developer self-remediation terms because a signatory to the developer contract is a joint venture partner who is entitled to less than 50% of the economic return from a building.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	21335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>No developer has provided the evidence required by the joint venture clause to show that they are less than 50% responsible for any of their listed buildings, so all developers are liable for 100% of the costs of remediating the relevant buildings. Developers are obligated to remediate buildings covered by the contract as soon as they are able.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21337 question first answered 22/04/2024 13:53:31 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury