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1285772

registered interest
date	10/02/2021
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	Duchy of Cornwall: 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 steps he is taking to ensure that tenants on land owned by the Duchy of Cornwall have the same rights as other leaseholders in England.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	152630
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 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, and last month 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 the applicability of these to leaseholders of the Crown. We will bring forward a response to these and the other remaining Law Commission recommendations.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 152551 question first answered 25/02/2021 17:54:28 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1284962

registered interest
date	08/02/2021
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	Evictions and Repossession Orders: 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 recent representations he has received on (a) extending the ban on (a) evictions and (b) repossessions while the national lockdown remains in place.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	150932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2021 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is in regular contact with landlord and tenant stakeholder groups and is working closely with the Ministry of Justice to consider the effects of the current measures relating to evictions and bailiff enforcement.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 16/02/2021 14:46:06 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1260243

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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 assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the delivery of funding to support the remediation of private buildings with ACM cladding.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	128257
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>Leaseholders are protected from the cost of removing unsafe aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding on high rise residential buildings. The remediation of over 50 per cent of privately owned high-rise residential buildings with unsafe ACM cladding is being paid for by building owners and developers, or through warranty or insurance claims, without passing the cost to residents. The Government has committed to fund the remediation of all unsafe ACM on private sector high rise residential buildings, except where a warranty claim has been accepted.</p><p>Where funding alone has not been enough to increase the pace of remediation we have provided direct expert support to projects. We have also appointed construction experts who are reviewing remediation timescales and identifying what can be done to increase pace. Where building owners have failed to act, despite Government support, the Government has supported enforcement action by Fire and Rescue Services and local authorities. From December, those responsible for buildings where remediation is not forecast to start on site by the end of 2020 will be publicly named, and we are clear that works to remove unsafe ACM cladding must be completed by the end of 2021. Information on the progress and pace of ACM remediation and fund allocation is available in the Building Safety Data Release at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Faluminium-composite-material-cladding%23acm-remediation-data&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C6a2d994b07d4418e7ded08d8a1e15a9a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637437336538441416%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=qyqZUs0wczjyveo1M%2FPO3Z8PwLDM71Xh2ZPt%2BCOgZmI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/aluminium-composite-material-cladding#acm-remediation-data</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 128258 128260 128261 question first answered 18/12/2020 12:52:28 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1260244

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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 his Department will accelerate the speed at which funding for the remediation of private buildings with ACM cladding is delivered.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	128258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>Leaseholders are protected from the cost of removing unsafe aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding on high rise residential buildings. The remediation of over 50 per cent of privately owned high-rise residential buildings with unsafe ACM cladding is being paid for by building owners and developers, or through warranty or insurance claims, without passing the cost to residents. The Government has committed to fund the remediation of all unsafe ACM on private sector high rise residential buildings, except where a warranty claim has been accepted.</p><p>Where funding alone has not been enough to increase the pace of remediation we have provided direct expert support to projects. We have also appointed construction experts who are reviewing remediation timescales and identifying what can be done to increase pace. Where building owners have failed to act, despite Government support, the Government has supported enforcement action by Fire and Rescue Services and local authorities. From December, those responsible for buildings where remediation is not forecast to start on site by the end of 2020 will be publicly named, and we are clear that works to remove unsafe ACM cladding must be completed by the end of 2021. Information on the progress and pace of ACM remediation and fund allocation is available in the Building Safety Data Release at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Faluminium-composite-material-cladding%23acm-remediation-data&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C6a2d994b07d4418e7ded08d8a1e15a9a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637437336538441416%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=qyqZUs0wczjyveo1M%2FPO3Z8PwLDM71Xh2ZPt%2BCOgZmI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/aluminium-composite-material-cladding#acm-remediation-data</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 128257 128260 128261 question first answered 18/12/2020 12:52:29 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1260251

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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: 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 Second Report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee: Cladding: progress of remediation, HC 172, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the conclusion that £15 billion may be required to address all fire safety defects in every high-rise or high-risk residential building.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	128259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made £1.6 billion of public funding available for the remediation of unsafe cladding on high rise residential buildings to make homes safer, quicker. In addition to funding the removal of unsafe cladding, Government is also providing expert technical and pre-tender financial support for successful fund applicants. The Government’s focus on unsafe cladding on high rise residential buildings reflects the exceptional fire risk that certain cladding products pose at that height, and funding will remove the biggest obstacle to remediation proceeding. Government funding should not be the only means of remediating high-rise residential buildings with unsafe cladding and both the Social and Private sector are expected to play a part in ensuring that their buildings are made safe. The remediation of over 50 per cent of privately owned high-rise residential buildings with unsafe ACM cladding will be paid for by building owners and developers, or through warranty or insurance claims - without passing the cost to residents and leaseholders. We expect building owners and developers to step up in a similar way for other kinds of unsafe cladding.</p><p>It is unacceptable for leaseholders to have to worry about the costs of fixing historic safety defects in their buildings that they did not cause. The Government has asked Michael Wade to accelerate work with leaseholders and the financial sector to develop proposals which help to protect leaseholders, whilst also helping to protect the taxpayer, on which will be providing an update.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 18/12/2020 12:54:15 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1260253

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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: 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 assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the level of funding available for the remediation of residential dwellings with ACM cladding.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	128260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>Leaseholders are protected from the cost of removing unsafe aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding on high rise residential buildings. The remediation of over 50 per cent of privately owned high-rise residential buildings with unsafe ACM cladding is being paid for by building owners and developers, or through warranty or insurance claims, without passing the cost to residents. The Government has committed to fund the remediation of all unsafe ACM on private sector high rise residential buildings, except where a warranty claim has been accepted.</p><p>Where funding alone has not been enough to increase the pace of remediation we have provided direct expert support to projects. We have also appointed construction experts who are reviewing remediation timescales and identifying what can be done to increase pace. Where building owners have failed to act, despite Government support, the Government has supported enforcement action by Fire and Rescue Services and local authorities. From December, those responsible for buildings where remediation is not forecast to start on site by the end of 2020 will be publicly named, and we are clear that works to remove unsafe ACM cladding must be completed by the end of 2021. Information on the progress and pace of ACM remediation and fund allocation is available in the Building Safety Data Release at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Faluminium-composite-material-cladding%23acm-remediation-data&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C6a2d994b07d4418e7ded08d8a1e15a9a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637437336538441416%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=qyqZUs0wczjyveo1M%2FPO3Z8PwLDM71Xh2ZPt%2BCOgZmI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/aluminium-composite-material-cladding#acm-remediation-data</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 128257 128258 128261 question first answered 18/12/2020 12:52:29 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1260255

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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: 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 his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of (a) increasing and (b) accelerating the availability of funding for the remediation of residential buildings with ACM cladding.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	128261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>Leaseholders are protected from the cost of removing unsafe aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding on high rise residential buildings. The remediation of over 50 per cent of privately owned high-rise residential buildings with unsafe ACM cladding is being paid for by building owners and developers, or through warranty or insurance claims, without passing the cost to residents. The Government has committed to fund the remediation of all unsafe ACM on private sector high rise residential buildings, except where a warranty claim has been accepted.</p><p>Where funding alone has not been enough to increase the pace of remediation we have provided direct expert support to projects. We have also appointed construction experts who are reviewing remediation timescales and identifying what can be done to increase pace. Where building owners have failed to act, despite Government support, the Government has supported enforcement action by Fire and Rescue Services and local authorities. From December, those responsible for buildings where remediation is not forecast to start on site by the end of 2020 will be publicly named, and we are clear that works to remove unsafe ACM cladding must be completed by the end of 2021. Information on the progress and pace of ACM remediation and fund allocation is available in the Building Safety Data Release at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Faluminium-composite-material-cladding%23acm-remediation-data&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C6a2d994b07d4418e7ded08d8a1e15a9a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637437336538441416%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=qyqZUs0wczjyveo1M%2FPO3Z8PwLDM71Xh2ZPt%2BCOgZmI%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/aluminium-composite-material-cladding#acm-remediation-data</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 128257 128258 128260 question first answered 18/12/2020 12:52:29 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1260256

registered interest
date	10/12/2020
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: 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 his Department plans to make funding available for (a) waking watch or (b) other interim measures for residential dwellings undertaking remediation work to remove ACM cladding.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	128262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>The most effective way to make buildings with unsafe cladding safe and eliminate the need for interim measures and associated costs is to have the unsafe cladding removed as quickly as possible. That is why we have prioritised £1.6 billion of public subsidy on remediation of unsafe cladding. However, we recognise residents’ concerns about the cost of waking watch measures. The Government has therefore announced a new £30 million fund to pay for the costs of installing an alarm system in buildings with unsafe cladding. Common alarm systems will enable costly waking watch measures to be replaced in buildings waiting to have unsafe cladding removed.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 18/12/2020 13:00:25 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1258929

registered interest
date	07/12/2020
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	Council Tax Reduction Schemes: Greater Manchester
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 value was of unclaimed council tax support in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) Manchester Gorton constituency in the last 12 months for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	126192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>Local council tax support schemes are the responsibility of individual local authorities. The Government does not collect data on the value of unclaimed council tax support.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 15/12/2020 17:46:31 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1247840

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
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	Religious Buildings: 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 steps his Department is taking to provide updated covid-19 guidance for places of worship in advance of the forthcoming national lockdown.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	110237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>On 2 November, we convened a meeting of the Places of Worship Taskforce and held a series of roundtables with representatives of our major faiths. This gave us the opportunity to provide the latest information to our faith representatives and to hear their concerns. This has helped us to shape the guidance ahead of the new regulations coming into effect on 5 November.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 05/11/2020 17:25:18 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan