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1278693

registered interest
date	20/01/2021
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: : UN Climate Conference 2021
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 Departmental staff will be attending COP26 in an official capacity with their expenses covered.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	140787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2021 answer text <p>Numbers on Departmental staff attending COP26 are still to be determined.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 29/01/2021 10:28:45 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1259277

registered interest
date	08/12/2020
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	High Rise Flats: Greater London
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 residential properties in London over 18 metres his Department has identified as being constructed with ACM cladding; and how many of those properties remain to be cleared of that cladding.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	126845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2020 answer text <p>The Department publishes data on the identification and remediation progress of high-rise residential and publicly owned buildings in England with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations. The latest data is available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Faluminium-composite-material-cladding%23acm-remediation-data&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C1b2dc5c60aed4f1599ad08d8a1204491%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637436507241020422%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=sefKq0q2NUafPfWnsv7pbJmYboNnPUtkc2y0IJjWU3o%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a> .</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 16/12/2020 16:56:23 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1258795

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	Community Infrastructure Levy: Exemptions
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 guidance his Department has issued to local authorities in the event that a planning applicant indicates they have an exemption from the Community Infrastructure Levy but do not supply evidence.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	125995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>Guidance on the application of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) has been published by the Government and is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/community-infrastructure-levy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/community-infrastructure-levy</a>. This explains the eligibility to claim an exemption from the Levy and the regulatory processes that must be followed by the applicant in applying for, obtaining and maintaining an exemption. It also explains the steps the local authority must follow. Legislation requires that any exemption from a levy charge must be obtained prior to the commencement of the development.</p><p>The CIL liability notice must include the chargeable amount and state the amount of any exemption. The local authority must issue a revised liability notice if the chargeable amount changes, including if there is a change to the exemption. Where an authority issues a liability notice any earlier liability notices cease to have effect.</p><p>The CIL regulations set out an appeal process, under which an applicant has 60 days from the issuance of their CIL liability notice, and prior to the commencement of development, to appeal the chargeable amount. We are not currently seeking to introduce an additional arbitration process to CIL. However, in developing the new Infrastructure Levy, we will carefully consider how best to address any disputes over liabilities.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 125997 125998 question first answered 15/12/2020 17:35:12 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1258797

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	Community Infrastructure Levy
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 local authorities have an obligation to seek all relevant information before imposing a Community Infrastructure Levy.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	125996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities must, when proposing to charge a Community Infrastructure Levy and when setting rates, strike an appropriate balance between the desirability of funding from the Levy, the estimated cost of infrastructure required to support the development of its area and the potential effects of the imposition of the Levy on the economic viability of development across its area. The local authority must consult on a draft charging schedule and demonstrate to an independent inspector that they have sufficiently considered the available evidence to support their proposals.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 15/12/2020 17:38:06 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1258798

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	Community Infrastructure Levy: Exemptions
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 a local authority must rescind a liability notice for a Community Infrastructure Levy when the planning applicant having started construction subsequently provides evidence of exemption.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	125997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>Guidance on the application of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) has been published by the Government and is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/community-infrastructure-levy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/community-infrastructure-levy</a>. This explains the eligibility to claim an exemption from the Levy and the regulatory processes that must be followed by the applicant in applying for, obtaining and maintaining an exemption. It also explains the steps the local authority must follow. Legislation requires that any exemption from a levy charge must be obtained prior to the commencement of the development.</p><p>The CIL liability notice must include the chargeable amount and state the amount of any exemption. The local authority must issue a revised liability notice if the chargeable amount changes, including if there is a change to the exemption. Where an authority issues a liability notice any earlier liability notices cease to have effect.</p><p>The CIL regulations set out an appeal process, under which an applicant has 60 days from the issuance of their CIL liability notice, and prior to the commencement of development, to appeal the chargeable amount. We are not currently seeking to introduce an additional arbitration process to CIL. However, in developing the new Infrastructure Levy, we will carefully consider how best to address any disputes over liabilities.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 125995 125998 question first answered 15/12/2020 17:35:12 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1258799

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	Community Infrastructure Levy: Exemptions
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 introduce an independent arbitrator for disputes between local authorities and planning applicants over exemption from a Community Infrastructure Levy.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	125998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2020 answer text <p>Guidance on the application of the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) has been published by the Government and is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/community-infrastructure-levy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/community-infrastructure-levy</a>. This explains the eligibility to claim an exemption from the Levy and the regulatory processes that must be followed by the applicant in applying for, obtaining and maintaining an exemption. It also explains the steps the local authority must follow. Legislation requires that any exemption from a levy charge must be obtained prior to the commencement of the development.</p><p>The CIL liability notice must include the chargeable amount and state the amount of any exemption. The local authority must issue a revised liability notice if the chargeable amount changes, including if there is a change to the exemption. Where an authority issues a liability notice any earlier liability notices cease to have effect.</p><p>The CIL regulations set out an appeal process, under which an applicant has 60 days from the issuance of their CIL liability notice, and prior to the commencement of development, to appeal the chargeable amount. We are not currently seeking to introduce an additional arbitration process to CIL. However, in developing the new Infrastructure Levy, we will carefully consider how best to address any disputes over liabilities.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 125995 125997 question first answered 15/12/2020 17:35:13 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1254345

registered interest
date	23/11/2020
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, whether UK Finance has officially acknowledged that leaseholders of residential properties without external cladding do not need to provide an EWS1 form to finance, remortgage or sell their properties.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	119228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The EWS1 process is not a Government or regulatory requirement. Whether an EWS1 is needed is determined by lenders and the professionals valuing a building - not all lenders ask for an EWS1. The Department has come to an agreement with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) that flats in blocks without cladding do not need an EWS1 form. Government will continue to work with industry to support a more proportionate approach to valuations of flats.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/12/2020 17:42:50 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1253764

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
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	Homelessness: 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 plans to take to ensure all people who were homeless before the covid-19 outbreak and subsequently accommodated continue to receive housing support.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	117980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2020 answer text <p>By September our ongoing ‘Everyone In’ campaign had supported over 29,000 vulnerable people, with over 10,000 in emergency accommodation and nearly 19,000 provided with settled accommodation or move on support. Launched in the summer, the Government’s Next Steps Accommodation Programme makes available the financial resources needed to support local authorities and their partners to prevent those accommodated during the pandemic from returning to the streets. We announced allocations of £91.5 million to local authorities on 17 September to pay for immediate support to ensure that as many people as possible do not return to the streets. On 29 October, we announced allocations of more than £150 million to local partners to deliver more than 3,300 new long-term homes for rough sleepers across the country.</p><p>Backed by a further £15 million, the ‘Protect Programme’ forms part of the ongoing targeted support to protect some of the most vulnerable people in our communities from COVID-19. This is on top of the previously announced £10 million Cold Weather Fund for all councils to help keep rough sleepers safe this winter. This takes the total we are spending to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in 2020/21 to over £700 million.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 27/11/2020 14:31:37 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1253765

registered interest
date	19/11/2020
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	Rented Housing: 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, if he will take steps to ensure that protections afforded under the Coronavirus Act (2020) to tenants in the private and social rented sectors are not removed without impact assessments being undertaken when covid-19 lockdown restrictions are lifted.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	117981
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government has established an unprecedented package of support to protect renters throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. This includes legislating through the Coronavirus Act 2020 to delay when landlords can evict tenants, a six month stay on possession proceedings in court and a range of financial support to enable renters to continue paying their living costs, including rental payments. <br> <br> To further protect renters over winter, we legislated in August to increase notice periods to six months in all but the most serious circumstances. This means that most tenants served notice now would not be asked to leave until at least May 2021. These increased notice period requirements will be in place until at least 31 March 2021. <br> <br> Alongside this, the Government has changed the law in England to ensure bailiffs do not enforce evictions over this period of national restrictions or the Christmas period. This means no eviction notices are to be served until 11 January 2021 at the earliest and, given the 14 day notice period required, no evictions are expected until 25 January 2021 at the earliest. The only exceptions to this are the most serious circumstances: illegal occupation, false statement, anti-social behaviour, perpetrators of domestic abuse, where a property is unoccupied following the death of a tenant in relation to housing association tenancies, and extreme rent arrears equivalent to 9 months’ rent with any arrears accrued since 23 March discounted. <br> <br> We believe this strikes the right balance between prioritising public health, supporting the most vulnerable renters and ensuring landlords can access and exercise their right to justice. <br> <br> We will continue to keep the need for emergency measures introduced by the Coronavirus Act 2020 under review, and will be informed by the latest public health situation and the effect on both tenants and landlords.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 26/11/2020 15:34:55 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1248335

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
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	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, what guidance he has issued to local councillors on considering planning applications over the internet.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	110784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made clear that local planning authorities should continue to prioritise decision-making during the coronavirus pandemic to ensure that the planning system continues to function, especially when this will support the local economy. Most planning applications are determined by planning officers through a local planning authority’s scheme of delegation. Where decisions need to be made by committee, we have introduced legislation that allow council planning committee meetings to be held virtually for a temporary period to allow the determination of applications to continue. The Planning Advisory Service has produced guidance for local planning authorities on how to adapt their planning services in response to Covid-19, including information on virtual planning committees.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 10/11/2020 15:33:06 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord