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1250797

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
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: Energy
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 representations his Department has received on the compatibility of U-values and energy ratings for doors and their fire safety rating.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	114139
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>We are not aware of any representations that have been made on this specific issue. We are in regular discussions with relevant industry bodies and consult widely before making any changes to ensure that the standards we set are achievable.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 19/11/2020 16:55:01 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1250798

registered interest
date	11/11/2020
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: Energy
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 plans to review legislation regarding energy efficiency standards for doors to address the potential conflict between energy efficiency and fire safety.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	114140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2020 answer text <p>We are currently undertaking technical reviews of both Part B (Fire safety) and Part L (Conservation of fuel and power) of the Building Regulations and are in regular discussions with relevant industry bodies. We consult widely before making any changes to ensure that the standards we set are achievable.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 19/11/2020 16:55:34 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1217882

registered interest
date	25/06/2020
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	Planning Permission
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 planning applications have been referred to him due to non-determination by a local authority in each year since 2015, by local authority.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	64883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2020 answer text <p>Since 1 January 2015 up until 30 June 2020, there were 3,918 s78 planning appeals and householder appeals where the appellant appealed to The Planning Inspectorate before the local planning authority had made a decision on the relevant planning application (non-determination). This represents approximately 4 per cent of all s78 planning appeals and householder appeals received in the same time period.</p><p>The attached table provides the number of appeals against each Local Planning Authority and the year the appeal was submitted</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 03/07/2020 09:55:50 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher attachment 1 file name PQ 64883 table - Planning appeals against each Local Planning Authority.xlsx title Appeals against each Local Planning Authority
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1189064

registered interest
date	21/04/2020
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	Small Business Grants 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 local authorities sent letters to businesses informing them how to apply for the Small Business Grants Fund, listed by each local authority; how many businesses eligible for that fund are in each local authority area; how many businesses responded to those letters with payment details by 17 April 2020; and how many businesses each local authority had paid a grant to by 21 April 2020.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	38472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2020 answer text <p>Government has made £12.3 billion available under the Small Business Grants Fund and the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants Fund. The funding is being delivered by local authorities and Government is working closely with them to ensure grant payments are made to businesses as soon as possible, whilst safeguarding public funds. Local authorities are contacting businesses directly to deliver these grants. We have encouraged businesses who believe they are eligible for a grant to check the arrangements in their area on their local authority website if they have yet to be contacted, and to contact their local authority where relevant.</p><p>As of 20 April, over 480,000 business premises have received grants, totalling over £6 billion. Please see a full breakdown of grant funding allocated to and distributed by each local authority here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcoronavirus-grant-funding-local-authority-payments-to-small-and-medium-businesses&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C5a6fa449312f4307c27808d7eaa57394%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637235868630575120&amp;sdata=vIhEIIngPzUJTM8dCbaqrZcvGrHUUVriFy%2FgBRvn1Gs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-grant-funding-local-authority-payments-to-small-and-medium-businesses</a></p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 27/04/2020 13:39:03 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1180859

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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	Parking: Fees and Charges
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 the (a) lowest and (b) average car parking price in council owned car parks in town centres was in 2018-19 in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	21230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not collect this information. However, as part of our work to implement the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 and support local authority provision of off-street parking, we are working closely with both local government and private parking stakeholders to gather data and information to inform policy-making in this area.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke grouped question UIN 21233 question first answered 05/03/2020 11:22:18 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1180868

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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	Parking: Fees and Charges
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 the total surplus earned through car parking charges was by each local authority in 2018-19; and what proportion of the total annual income that surplus was for each of those local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	21231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>In November 2019, the Department published final outturn data of local authority revenue expenditure and financing for the financial year April 2018 to March 2019. This includes data of income from on-street and off-street parking, including sales, fees and charges. It can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F846282%2FRO2_2018-19_data_by_LA.xlsx&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSusie.Child%40communities.gov.uk%7Cd306c032bb7f4cd7eec208d7bf9dd78a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637188556948199129&amp;sdata=ZgyyY%2BN3P%2BefkJA5fpaglNk42yRxg35dXQMoY3kDwaA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/846282/RO2_2018-19_data_by_LA.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 05/03/2020 11:20:50 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1180873

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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	Planning Permission
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 each local authority in England has (a) allocated to planning services and (b) raised in planning fees and charges in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	21232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>My Department collects data from local authorities on the total amount of expenditure for development control and building control combined. Expenditure for 2018-19 was reported as approximately £828 million, with funding raised by sales, fees and charges in 2018-19 as approximately £528 million. These figures are set out in the MHCLG local government revenue outturn table RO5 which is available at <em> <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Flocal-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2018-to-2019-individual-local-authority-data-outturn&amp;data=02%7C01%7CStephen.Gee%40communities.gov.uk%7C30680f07cb1a4b41fb3c08d7beaac4d0%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637187512958834055&amp;sdata=p74Dn3eB0TLbCOAKokac3n1pzex5jhKweXmCTtT2J%2Fo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2018-to-2019-individual-local-authority-data-outturn</a></em></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 05/03/2020 11:04:06 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1180875

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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	Parking: Fees and Charges
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 fee-paying car parks in each local authority in England are owned by (a) local authorities and (b) private companies.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	21233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not collect this information. However, as part of our work to implement the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 and support local authority provision of off-street parking, we are working closely with both local government and private parking stakeholders to gather data and information to inform policy-making in this area.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke grouped question UIN 21230 question first answered 05/03/2020 11:22:18 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1180876

registered interest
date	26/02/2020
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	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
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 local authorities to provide electric charging points in local authority owned car parks.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	21234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>Parking is the responsibility of local authorities and it is for them to determine what is best for their own area. However, the Government’s Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) offers a comprehensive package of support. This includes grants for supporting consumers to install charging infrastructure at home and funding for local authorities to support those households without off-street parking.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 04/03/2020 13:00:13 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1179536

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019
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 the timeframe is for the coming into force of the provisions of the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Mr Toby Perkins
uin	18604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>On 3 November 2019 we announced we were contracting with the British Standards Institution (BSI) to develop the Code of Practice as a British Standard. Work with BSI commenced in December 2019, and they are now convening a group of key stakeholders, representing consumers and the industry, to write the Code. We have committed to developing the Parking Code of Practice this year. A public consultation will take place within six months, to give the parking industry, the public and other interested parties the opportunity to have a say. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 02/03/2020 17:37:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins