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1309956

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps his Department has taken to tackle regional inequality.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	914330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>Government is tackling regional inequality through our commitment to level up all corners of the United Kingdom. Our actions include establishing the Levelling up Fund; the UK Community Renewal Fund; the Community Ownership Fund; creating Freeports whilst empowering our regions by devolving money, resources and control away from Westminster.</p><p>Alongside this, the Government has also committed over £35 billion to help councils support their communities and local businesses during the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 914322 question first answered 19/04/2021 16:35:40 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1309957

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When his Department plans to respond to the consultation on raising accessibility standards for new homes, which closed on 1 December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	914324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>Evidence gathered will help government work out the best way to raise accessibility standards and we will respond the consultation – once we’ve had the time to give full consideration to the responses received.</p><p>However, most homes were built before standards were introduced; this is why the Disabled Facilities Grant is so important. By the end of this financial year, the Government will have invested over £4 billion through the Disabled Facilities Grant, funding home adaptations – including stair lifts, wet rooms and ramps - to almost 450,000 homes since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 19/04/2021 16:33:18 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1309958

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent steps his Department has taken to tackle regional inequality.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	914322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>Government is tackling regional inequality through our commitment to level up all corners of the United Kingdom. Our actions include establishing the Levelling up Fund; the UK Community Renewal Fund; the Community Ownership Fund; creating Freeports whilst empowering our regions by devolving money, resources and control away from Westminster.</p><p>Alongside this, the Government has also committed over £35 billion to help councils support their communities and local businesses during the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 914330 question first answered 19/04/2021 16:35:40 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1309959

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Planning: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to reform planning rules in England.
tabling member constituency	South Suffolk
tabling member printed	James Cartlidge
uin	914321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>We are transforming the planning system, through recently announced changes and our proposals for ambitious long-term reforms.</p><p>Our White Paper, published in August 2020, proposed comprehensive reform of the planning system.</p><p>We have also published changes to calculating local housing need, to enable more homes to come forward where we need them most, and a National Model Design Code, which will drive up the quality of new development.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 19/04/2021 16:28:16 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge

1309960

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to increase the supply of new homes.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Anthony Browne
uin	914318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>This Government cares deeply about building more homes. We are working tirelessly with industry to keep the sector open safely through every level of restriction to continue building the new homes this country needs, support home movers, and sustain hundreds of thousands of jobs. I would like to pay tribute to the sector for their support.</p><p>We are investing in supply, with over £12 billion in affordable housing over five years, the largest investment in a decade; and £7.1 billion in the National Home Building Fund, including much-needed new homes on brownfield land.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 19/04/2021 16:27:33 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne

1309961

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Owner Occupation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to promote homeownership.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	914317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>This Government cares deeply about helping even more people to achieve the dream of owning their own home, and turning Generation Rent into Generation Buy.</p><p>And today we see many of the country’s largest lenders launch the new 95% mortgages – backed by the Government’s new mortgage guarantee announced by the Chancellor at last month’s Budget.</p><p>This comes on top of our Shared Ownership reforms, our new Help to Buy scheme, and our First Homes scheme – all of which will help more people get onto the housing ladder and have a home they can call their own.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/04/2021 16:29:59 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1309962

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Neighbourhood Plans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that neighbourhood plans continue to be prioritised as part of the reformed planning system.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Anthony Mangnall
uin	914313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>Neighbourhood plans are a valuable tool that empower communities to proactively shape what their areas will look like.</p><p>As we set out in the Planning White Paper – neighbourhood plans will continue to play a key role in our reformed planning system.</p><p>Indeed under the new system neighbourhood planning groups will have a stronger role in producing local design codes – setting out the preferences of the local community and the high standards that new development will be expected to meet.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 19/04/2021 16:29:30 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4762 label Biography information for Anthony Mangnall

1309963

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Public Sector and Supported Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to implement the policies set out in his Department's recent response to its consultation on supporting housing delivery and public service infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	914312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>To support our town centres, we laid legislation on 31 March for a new permitted development right to allow conversions from the Commercial, Business and Service uses to residential.</p><p>The same legislation gives additional flexibility for development at ports and allows for extensions of hospitals, schools, colleges and prisons.</p><p>Separately, we are aiming to implement a faster planning application process from 1 August for new schools, prisons and hospitals.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 19/04/2021 16:26:31 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

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