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1241156

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	Evictions: 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 effectiveness of the stay on eviction proceedings during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Wycombe
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Baker
uin	100375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>This Government took urgent and necessary steps in the immediate face of a public health emergency to suspend housing possession action in the county courts between 27 March 2020 until 20 September 2020. This meant that neither cases in the system nor any about to go into it could progress to the stage at which someone could be legally evicted from their home. The latest government statistics for the period between April to June 2020 show that, as a result of the stay on possession proceedings, there were no bailiff repossessions recorded during this time.</p><p>The suspension of possession proceedings ended on 20 September 2020 and landlords are now able to progress their possession claims through the courts. We have published guidance on the possession action process which includes new rules to protect tenants and new processes and procedures which landlords need to follow.</p><p>To further protect renters over winter, we have legislated to increase notice periods to 6 months in all but the most serious circumstances and asked bailiffs not to carry out evictions over Christmas or in areas that are subject to a local lockdown where that includes a restriction on gatherings in homes</p><p><br>These measures build on the Government’s major economic package of support including assistance for businesses to pay wages; boosting the welfare safety-net by more than £9 billion; increasing Local Housing Allowance rates to the 30th percentile; and providing £180 million funding for Discretionary Housing Payments, for local authorities to distribute to support renters needing additional help.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 15/10/2020 17:01:41 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4064 label Biography information for Mr Steve Baker

1241189

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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 agreements are in place between hsi Department and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors stating that a building owner must produce a valid EWS1 form for the purposes of sale or remortgaging.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	100361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The External Wall System form (EWS1) and process is not a Government regulatory requirement. It was introduced by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) to assist in the valuation of high-rise residential buildings for mortgage purposes. Not all lenders request an EWS1 form and the Government does not support a blanket approach in EWS1 use for lower risk properties.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 15/10/2020 16:50:23 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1241190

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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, if he will publish guidance clarifying whether all properties require an EWS1 form for the purposes of sale or remortgage.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	100362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The External Wall System form (EWS1) and process is not a Government regulatory requirement. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) designed and implemented the EWS1 form in conjunction with mortgage lenders to assist with valuation. Use of the EWS1 form is determined by the lending policies of banks and building societies. RICS have issued guidance on the use of the EWS1 form.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 15/10/2020 16:50:49 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1241191

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	Mortgages
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 work with mortgage lenders and providers to ensure that sources of evidence other than the EWS1 form are available to provide accurate valuation information for property owners.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	100363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The Building Safety Minister is pressing lenders to accept other forms of evidence on building safety to support their valuations. The EWS1 process should only be used where there is clear need, and where no reasonable assurances or regulatory evidence exists to support valuations.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 15/10/2020 16:51:11 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1241192

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	Mortgages
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 officials of his Department last met mortgage providers; and whether the use of the EWS1 form was raised at that meeting.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	100364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>My Departmental officials formally met with mortgage providers in September and the use of EWS1 forms was discussed. In addition, officials have held a number ad-hoc bilateral meetings with mortgage lenders on the use of EWS1 form.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 15/10/2020 16:51:31 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1241193

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	Leasehold
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 support or guidance is available to leaseholders on their rights with regard to leases on residential properties.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	100365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>Leaseholders can seek free initial advice via the Leasehold Advisory Service, the specialist body funded by the Department to provide assistance to leaseholders. Further information on the rights of leaseholders and other leasehold matters can be provided through the website (https://www.lease-advice.org/), via a telephone appointment with one of LEASE's advisers (020 7832 2500), or by email (info@lease-advice.org).</p><p>There are other specialist advisers who leaseholders might want to consult including:</p><ul><li><a title="https://www.leaseholdknowledge.com/" href="https://www.leaseholdknowledge.com/" target="_blank">Leasehold Knowledge Partnership</a> (LKP) – an independent registered charity providing help for leaseholders on leasehold issues, including cladding. LKP also acts as secretariat to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform.</li><li><a title="https://www.alep.org.uk/" href="https://www.alep.org.uk/" target="_blank">Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners</a> (ALEP) – an association of professionals who specialise in lease extensions, freehold acquisitions and leasehold enfranchisement.</li><li>specialist legal firms</li></ul><p>There are also a number of other organisations or groups who leaseholders may want to consult including:</p><ul><li>other leaseholders or residents’ groups in their building</li><li>their managing agent, management company or landlord</li><li><a title="https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/" href="https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/" target="_blank">Citizen’s Advice</a></li><li><a title="https://www.gov.uk/courts-tribunals/first-tier-tribunal-property-chamber" href="https://www.gov.uk/courts-tribunals/first-tier-tribunal-property-chamber" target="_blank">First Tier Property Tribunal</a></li></ul> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 15/10/2020 16:52:38 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1241198

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	High Rise Flats: 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, with reference to the £1 billion fund announced for the removal of dangerous cladding from high rise buildings, on 26 May 2020, whether the fund will cover the cost of removal for unsafe flammable materials other than Grenfell-type cladding.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	100367
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>Government has provided £600 million of financial support to remove Grenfell type unsafe Aluminium Composite Material cladding from high rise residential buildings. The £1 billion the Government is providing through the Building Safety Fund is in addition to that, aimed at removing other types of unsafe cladding from high rise residential buildings. More details on what materials are covered by the Building Safety Fund can be found in the Prospectus at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSH_BSPCorrespondence%40communities.gov.uk%7Cb5ca80d91db14fa3cc0f08d86c3f135a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637378365444969505&amp;sdata=LZbhJJGesogZ1iVOBnmJ8%2BaMp4ljIfLpe1%2FudN48ziw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund.</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 15/10/2020 16:54:10 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1241199

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	High Rise Flats: 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 his Department has made of the number of residential blocks of over 18 metres in height which have unsafe cladding in (a) England, (b) London, (c) the Hendon constituency.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	100368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department publishes data on the number of high-rise residential and publicly owned buildings in England with Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations, including for the area of London. The latest data is available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fbuilding-safety-programme-monthly-data-release-august-2020&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSH_BSPCorrespondence%40communities.gov.uk%7C1a92835f42b143eb2b8e08d86c41f7b7%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637378377863022407&amp;sdata=HUaEnLB1mnNDt5ol5NLYkXp6KSTHcXpkTJFnAF7%2B6Jk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>. Data is not published at parliamentary constituency level but local authority level data is available in <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F918474%2FTable_3_Building_Safety_Data_Release_August_2020.csv%2Fpreview&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSH_BSPCorrespondence%40communities.gov.uk%7C1a92835f42b143eb2b8e08d86c41f7b7%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637378377863032369&amp;sdata=E%2BT7etggcxsGtp28%2FW4p33VDtlef2IxadVoG6cXDoAg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">WebTable 3</a>. The Department is reviewing its estimate of the number of residential blocks over 18 metres in height which have unsafe non-ACM cladding. Information on the registrations to the Building Safety Fund is available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F923245%2FBSF_statistics.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSH_BSPCorrespondence%40communities.gov.uk%7C1a92835f42b143eb2b8e08d86c41f7b7%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637378377863032369&amp;sdata=ZicKFlgLMqtZxcTp38DaawJLHB9wArTzju5jw%2BFAJ7g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 100369 question first answered 16/10/2020 11:18:19 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1241200

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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	High Rise Flats: 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 proportion of building owners of properties with unsafe non-ACM cladding systems on high-rise residential buildings have registered for his Department’s £1 billion fund announced on 26 May 2020.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	100369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2020 answer text <p>The Department publishes data on the number of high-rise residential and publicly owned buildings in England with Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations, including for the area of London. The latest data is available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fbuilding-safety-programme-monthly-data-release-august-2020&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSH_BSPCorrespondence%40communities.gov.uk%7C1a92835f42b143eb2b8e08d86c41f7b7%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637378377863022407&amp;sdata=HUaEnLB1mnNDt5ol5NLYkXp6KSTHcXpkTJFnAF7%2B6Jk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>. Data is not published at parliamentary constituency level but local authority level data is available in <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F918474%2FTable_3_Building_Safety_Data_Release_August_2020.csv%2Fpreview&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSH_BSPCorrespondence%40communities.gov.uk%7C1a92835f42b143eb2b8e08d86c41f7b7%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637378377863032369&amp;sdata=E%2BT7etggcxsGtp28%2FW4p33VDtlef2IxadVoG6cXDoAg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">WebTable 3</a>. The Department is reviewing its estimate of the number of residential blocks over 18 metres in height which have unsafe non-ACM cladding. Information on the registrations to the Building Safety Fund is available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F923245%2FBSF_statistics.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSH_BSPCorrespondence%40communities.gov.uk%7C1a92835f42b143eb2b8e08d86c41f7b7%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637378377863032369&amp;sdata=ZicKFlgLMqtZxcTp38DaawJLHB9wArTzju5jw%2BFAJ7g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 100368 question first answered 16/10/2020 11:18:19 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1241201

registered interest
date	07/10/2020
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, how much funding has been allocated to the cladding remediation fund.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	100370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government has allocated £600 million for funding to remove unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding from high rise residential buildings. In addition to this, the Government is allocating £1 billion for the Building Safety Fund in 2020/21 to support the remediation of other types of unsafe cladding systems (‘non-ACM’) on high rise residential buildings.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 15/10/2020 16:55:37 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord