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1255876

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	Holiday Accommodation: Business Rates
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 progress he has made on the Business rates treatment of self-catering accommodation consultation.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	121224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to those who responded to the consultation, and is considering how to address the questions raised.</p><p>This includes considering the impact on local authorities’ income and the Exchequer, the deliverability of possible reforms, and the impact of coronavirus on the UK’s tourism industry.</p><p>The Government will set out its next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 01/12/2020 16:02:20 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1255941

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	Collective Worship: 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, with reference to the latest guidance on places of worship in tier 3 remaining open, what acts of collective worship are allowed in areas in tier 3.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	121343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>We are pleased that from 3 December, places of worship can open for communal worship in all tiers, including tier 3. They must ensure that they are Covid-secure, taking account of the social distancing guidance. Marriage and Civil Partnership ceremonies are also permitted in places of worship in all tiers, with up to 15 people in attendance, as are funerals, with up to 30 people in attendance.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 01/12/2020 12:27:46 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1256056

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	Levelling Up Fund
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 publish the criteria by which bids for funding from the Levelling Up Fund will be assessed.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	121264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government is launching a new Levelling Up Fund worth £4 billion for England, that will attract up to £800 million for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in the usual way. This will invest in local infrastructure that has a visible impact on people and their communities and will support economic recovery.</p><p>The Fund will be open to all local areas and allocated competitively. In its assessment process, the Fund will adopt the approach in the refreshed Green Book to ensure that investment supports levelling up and spreads opportunity across the UK – with projects assessed on how well they deliver policy aims and their impact on local areas.</p><p>We will publish a prospectus for the Fund and launch the first round of competitions in the New Year.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 121265 121266 121267 question first answered 01/12/2020 16:03:05 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1256057

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	Levelling Up Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, over what period local areas will be able to bid for funding from the Levelling Up Fund.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	121266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government is launching a new Levelling Up Fund worth £4 billion for England, that will attract up to £800 million for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in the usual way. This will invest in local infrastructure that has a visible impact on people and their communities and will support economic recovery.</p><p>The Fund will be open to all local areas and allocated competitively. In its assessment process, the Fund will adopt the approach in the refreshed Green Book to ensure that investment supports levelling up and spreads opportunity across the UK – with projects assessed on how well they deliver policy aims and their impact on local areas.</p><p>We will publish a prospectus for the Fund and launch the first round of competitions in the New Year.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 121264 121265 121267 question first answered 01/12/2020 16:03:05 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1256058

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	Levelling Up Fund
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 funding from the Levelling Up Fund will be available to local areas to bid for in (a) 2022-23, (b) 2023-24 and (c) 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	121267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government is launching a new Levelling Up Fund worth £4 billion for England, that will attract up to £800 million for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in the usual way. This will invest in local infrastructure that has a visible impact on people and their communities and will support economic recovery.</p><p>The Fund will be open to all local areas and allocated competitively. In its assessment process, the Fund will adopt the approach in the refreshed Green Book to ensure that investment supports levelling up and spreads opportunity across the UK – with projects assessed on how well they deliver policy aims and their impact on local areas.</p><p>We will publish a prospectus for the Fund and launch the first round of competitions in the New Year.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 121264 121265 121266 question first answered 01/12/2020 16:03:05 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1256060

registered interest
date	26/11/2020
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	Levelling Up Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Levelling Up Fund announced in the Spending Review 2020, how his Department will assess which local authority areas are able to bid for funding.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	121265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government is launching a new Levelling Up Fund worth £4 billion for England, that will attract up to £800 million for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in the usual way. This will invest in local infrastructure that has a visible impact on people and their communities and will support economic recovery.</p><p>The Fund will be open to all local areas and allocated competitively. In its assessment process, the Fund will adopt the approach in the refreshed Green Book to ensure that investment supports levelling up and spreads opportunity across the UK – with projects assessed on how well they deliver policy aims and their impact on local areas.</p><p>We will publish a prospectus for the Fund and launch the first round of competitions in the New Year.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 121264 121266 121267 question first answered 01/12/2020 16:03:05 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1255288

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	Derelict Land
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 of proposals in the Planning for the Future White Paper, published in August 2020 on prioritisation of brownfield over (a) greenfield and (b) agricultural land.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	120827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government continues to prioritise brownfield redevelopment. The reforms put forward in our White Paper <em>Planning for the Future </em>made clear that local authorities need to give preference to the re-use of suitable brownfield and under-used land wherever possible, as set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. Brownfield redevelopment is being boosted by funding such as the £4.5 billion Home Building Fund, the £4.1 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund, and the £400 million Brownfield Fund.</p><p>We recognise the importance of greenfield and agricultural land. The Framework makes clear that local authorities should recognise the character and beauty of the countryside and the benefits from natural capital and ecosystem services, including woodland and our best and most versatile farmland.</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 question first answered 30/11/2020 17:46:10 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1255362

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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, what estimate he has made of the proportion of buildings which do not have cladding material as part of the building’s external wall system, by region.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	121004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Data estimating the proportion of high-rise residential buildings in England with little or no cladding can be found in this release: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fbuilding-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england%2Fbuilding-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBSP_PQ%40communities.gov.uk%7C9f8437d1dfc44e0fd1a108d891fee8d5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637419871293203277%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=zep7t%2BM95FXDQmd%2FaZoNVSlUvlV8hIB4ISPDDZXGC4A%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england/building-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england</a>.</p><p>Regional analysis is not available. In time, we will publish appropriate summary information from the External Wall Systems data collection in our monthly Building Safety Programme data release.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/11/2020 17:45:18 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1255366

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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: Coventry
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 many new home builds have been (a) started and (b) completed in (i) Coventry North East constituency and (ii) Coventry in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	120876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Estimates of building control reported new build dwelling starts and completions for Coventry in each year to March 2020 are shown in Live Table 253 at the following link.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building</a></p><p>These estimates cover new build dwellings only and should be regarded as a leading indicator of overall housing supply. The Department also publishes an annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply</p><p><br>Data by parliamentary constituency are not centrally collected or held by the Department. Coventry Council are best placed to advise on local new build data collection in Coventry.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/11/2020 17:47:59 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1255375

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	Smoke Alarms
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 many and what proportion of households did not have functioning smoke alarms in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	120879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Each year MHCLG publishes data on the number and proportion of households in England with a working smoke alarm. Data up to and including 2018-19 are available in Annex Table 2.16 here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/859758/2018-19_Section_2_Housing_Stock_Annex_Tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/859758/2018-19_Section_2_Housing_Stock_Annex_Tables.xlsx</a> <br> <br> The English Housing Survey also collects data on the prevalence of working smoke alarms in the West Midlands, see below for each of the last five years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Households in the West Midlands with at least one working smoke alarm</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>percentage of homes with working smoke alarm West Midlands</p></td><td><p>87.9</p></td><td><p>91.7</p></td><td><p>89.4</p></td><td><p>88.6</p></td><td><p>89.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>number of homes with working smoke alarm West Midlands (000s)</p></td><td><p>2,041</p></td><td><p>2,148</p></td><td><p>2,137</p></td><td><p>2,125</p></td><td><p>2,199</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> The Department does not collect data on the number and proportion of households in Coventry North East constituency or Coventry with or without working smoke alarms.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/11/2020 17:47:08 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher