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1308955

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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: Ground Rent
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 any exclusions will apply to the proposed changes to enable leaseholders to have the right to extend their lease by a maximum of 990 years at zero ground rent.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	181151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for homeowners and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service. We are taking forward a comprehensive programme of reform to end unfair practices in the leasehold market, in January we announced reforms to the valuation process and length of lease extensions, in response to Law Commission recommendations.</p><p>The Law Commission’s report on enfranchisement includes recommendations relating to the qualifying criteria for enfranchisement and lease extensions, including any potential exemptions. We will bring forward a response to these and the other remaining Law Commission recommendations in due course.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 19/04/2021 16:53:51 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1308957

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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: Ground Rent
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 an estimate of costs to leaseholders other than legal fees of extending their lease by a maximum term of 990 years at zero ground rent.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	181152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for homeowners and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service. We are taking forward a comprehensive programme of reform to end unfair practices in the leasehold market.</p><p>Whilst the cost of a lease extension will vary depending on a number of factors including the time remaining on the existing lease, under the current system too many leaseholders find the process for extending their lease or buying their freehold (a process known as enfranchisement) too complex, lacking transparency and prohibitively expensive.</p><p>We will reform the process of enfranchisement valuation that leaseholders must follow to calculate the cost of extending their lease or buying their freehold. The Government will abolish marriage value, cap the treatment of ground rents at 0.1% of the freehold value, and prescribe rates for the calculations at market value. The Government will also introduce an online calculator, further simplifying the process for leaseholders and ensuring standardisation and fairness for all those looking to enfranchise. These changes to the enfranchisement valuation process will result in substantial savings for some leaseholders, particularly those with less than 80 years left on their lease. Our reforms to enfranchisement valuation also ensure that sufficient compensation is paid to landlords to reflect their legitimate property interests.</p><p>We will translate these measures into law as soon as possible, starting with legislation to set ground rents on newly created leases to zero in the upcoming session. This will be the first part of major two-part legislation to implement leasehold and Commonhold reforms in this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 19/04/2021 16:53:19 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1308961

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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 he plans to implement a time limit for building owners to carry out EWS assessments on buildings under 18 metres.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	181132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>All multi-occupancy residential buildings should have an up-to-date fire risk assessment which includes the external wall system. In view of the forthcoming Fire Safety Bill, building owners should ensure their buildings are promptly assessed.</p><p>The EWS1 valuation process is not a Government or regulatory requirement, therefore the Government has no intention to legislate on its delivery.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 23/04/2021 16:17:04 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1308962

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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: 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 recourse leaseholders have when a sale on their property falls through as a result of the building owner not undertaking an EWS assessment in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	181133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>The EWS1 process is not a Government or regulatory requirement.</p><p>The Government is providing nearly £700,000 funding to RICS to train up to 2,000 assessors to undertake EWS assessments. So far over 700 professionals have enrolled.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 23/04/2021 16:16:11 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1308965

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Social Rented Housing: Anti-social Behaviour
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 injunctions (a) local authorities and (b) social housing providers sought for anti-social behaviour in (a) England and (b) Stockport during (i) 2019 and (ii) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	181136
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>MHCLG does not collect information on the number of applications made by local authorities or social landlords in respect of injunctions concerning anti-social behaviour.</p><p>The Government is committed to tackling anti-social behaviour. The Social Housing White Paper sets out proposals to support the victims of anti-social behaviour by clarifying the responsibilities that police, local authorities and their landlords have in tackling anti-social behaviour. This will signpost tenants to the most relevant agency where they can receive the most appropriate support to deal with the issues they are facing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 22/04/2021 14:23:41 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1308973

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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 Associations: Complaints
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 cases the Housing Ombudsman received in respect of housing associations not tackling items of disrepair and carrying out maintenance in (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	181144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>Statistics on Housing Ombudsman cases are published annually in their Annual Report and accounts. These can all be found on the link below.</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.housing-ombudsman.org.uk%2Fabout-us%2Fcorporate-information%2Fpublications%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Cd3b787813f9f4be22c9e08d90416ac5b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637545317682635483%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=2gtSgH%2FhS2Ez1xlMi9NDgqNkgSjQrs8%2BvXR99b1tSiA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.housing-ombudsman.org.uk/about-us/corporate-information/publications/</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 23/04/2021 16:16:39 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1308974

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Council Tax Reduction 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, how many households were claiming under local council tax support schemes in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Stockport in the most recent period for which figures are available; and what additional support is available to local authorities that have experienced an increase in claimants for council tax support during that period.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	181145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>Data on local council tax support claimants at the end of each quarter, at both England and local authority level, is available in this published table: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F961905%2FLCTS_claimants_2020-21_Q3.xlsx&amp;data=04%7C01%7CRosie.Pearce%40communities.gov.uk%7C3f8c98de08024d572b8f08d90304b169%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637544140951340394%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=WP4waIxtiWYWpbrG0TVk9AeKZtUXdZ%2FRJ3eqtCBu3w8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/961905/LCTS_claimants_2020-21_Q3.xlsx</a></p><p>Through the local tax income guarantee, the Government is compensating councils for 75% of irrecoverable losses in council tax and business rates income for 2020-21, including those as a result of increased local council tax support claimants. We are also providing councils with £670 million of new funding to enable them to continue providing local council tax support in 2021-22, at a time when caseloads may be higher than in previous years.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 22/04/2021 15:25:32 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1308992

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Pay
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 officials from his Department receive remuneration for paid work for organisations or companies outside of Government.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	180986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department has procedures in place for the declaration of conflicts of interests which includes a requirement to declare remuneration for paid work for organisations or companies outside of Government in line with the Civil Service Code. Where the civil servant is a member of the Departmental Board any outside employment, as well as other relevant interests, will be published as part of the Annual Report and Accounts or other transparency publication. For more junior posts, this information is held within the Department.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 19/04/2021 16:47:20 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1309004

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Art Works
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 accountability structures exist for the (a) installation and (b) maintenance of public artwork.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	180927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>Any large outdoor public artwork, such as a sculpture or statue, which is installed on a permanent or long term temporary basis is likely to require planning permission. Public consultation will be required as part of the planning application process. Local planning authorities also have a range of enforcement powers available to them to address the instalment of public artworks which do not have planning permission.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 180928 180929 180930 question first answered 23/04/2021 16:18:49 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1309005

registered interest
date	14/04/2021
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	Art Works
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 requiring a full public consultation before public artwork can be installed.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	180928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2021 answer text <p>Any large outdoor public artwork, such as a sculpture or statue, which is installed on a permanent or long term temporary basis is likely to require planning permission. Public consultation will be required as part of the planning application process. Local planning authorities also have a range of enforcement powers available to them to address the instalment of public artworks which do not have planning permission.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 180927 180929 180930 question first answered 23/04/2021 16:18:49 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell