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1353741

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
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, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2021 to Question 15286 on Buildings: Insulation, whether there is a list of HPL cladding products approved by his Department; and where that list is located.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	45178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>High Pressure Laminate (HPL) panels can have a wide range of fire performance and so the Department has not published a list of approved HPL products.</p><p>However, following the test carried out by the Department in 2019, an advice note was published to provide advice to building owners on the fire performance of HPL cladding system. This advice note was then included in the Consolidated Advice Note which is available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F869532%2FBuilding_safety_advice_for_building_owners_including_fire_doors_January_2020.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C7df3ff7a751945d43a8008d977951112%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637672304377153538%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=L%2BA%2BFMjkzY5JZvxi9dDRPkPch6r%2FyuiLxSaByMEQHIo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/869532/Building_safety_advice_for_building_owners_including_fire_doors_January_2020.pdf</a></p><p>The Secretary of State has confirmed that we will shortly retire the consolidated advice note in favour of the development of new more risk-proportionate guidelines for fire risk assessors including PAS 9980 which will include information on HPL.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 16/09/2021 16:53:53 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1353822

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
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	Floods: Ellesmere Port and Neston
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 providing grants and support to Ellesmere Port and Neston constituents affected by flooding in January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	45173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>Following severe weather events which have significant and wide area impacts, support may be made available to impacted local authorities through the activation of the Flood Recovery Framework</p><p><br> Before activating the Framework, Government considers many factors - such as the severity, duration, and the extent of reported impacts and how these compare to past events. The overall reported impacts affecting areas including Ellesmere Port and Neston following Storm Christoph in January 2021 were far lower than the trigger for previous activations in November 2019 and February 2020, and therefore the Framework was not activated.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 16/09/2021 16:43:52 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1353834

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
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	Affordable Housing
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 steps his Department has taken to tackle (a) insecure tenancies and (b) overcrowding in social housing; and what recent assessment he has made of the effects of the covid-19 outbreak on equity of access to affordable housing in England.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	45290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government will improve security of tenure for renters with Assured Shorthold Tenancies by removing Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, putting an end to evictions where the landlord does not have to provide a reason. At the same time, we will ensure landlords have the tools they need to gain possession of their property when they have a valid reason to do so. We have rightly been focused on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic but will publish a White Paper detailing these reforms.</p><p>This Government is committed to reducing overcrowding, by increasing the supply of affordable housing and enabling councils and other social landlords to make better use of their existing stock. As such we are investing over £12 billion in affordable housing over 5 years, the largest investment in affordable housing in a decade. This includes the new £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme, which will provide up to 180,000 new homes across the country, should economic conditions allow.</p><p>The Localism Act 2011 has also maintained the statutory 'reasonable preference' requirements which ensure that social housing is prioritised for those who need it most, including people who are in overcrowded housing. Building on this, statutory guidance recommends local authorities consider giving 'additional preference' (high priority') to families in severe overcrowding which poses a serious health hazard.</p><p>The development of policy changes and local differences across England in terms of housing pressures has meant that the national picture of allocations is a complex one. We need to better understand how the system is playing out in local areas in order to understand if it is striking the right balance between fairness, support and aspiration.</p><p>MHCLG continues to monitor the effect of lockdown on households including with regards to savings, arrears, wellbeing, and housing costs.​ In addition throughout the entire pandemic the Household Resilience Survey has also been monitoring changes in employment and income as a result of COVID-19, as well households who are in rent or mortgage arrears.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 16/09/2021 16:54:07 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1353870

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
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	Community Ownership Fund: 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 and what proportion of 2020 first round applications for the Community Ownership Funds were for projects based in London.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	45230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>The first round of the Community Ownership Fund has now closed. Bids are now being reviewed and will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 16/09/2021 10:06:52 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1353872

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
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	Community Ownership Fund: 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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the £150 million Community Ownership Fund for projects based in London, to take into account the comparatively high cost of property in the capital.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	45231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>The Community Ownership Fund is a UK Government initiative to help ensure that communities across the United Kingdom can support and continue benefiting from the local facilities, community assets and amenities most important to them. <br> <br> We will review the first round of the fund and consider potential changes to ensure that, in future rounds, the fund is able to continue to best support communities across the whole of the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 16/09/2021 10:14:55 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1353876

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
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 First
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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Housing First pilot programme; and whether his Department has plans to support wider roll out of that pilot.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	45208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>Housing First has an impressive international record in helping people with complex needs to recover and stay off the streets for good, which is why we awarded £28 million to pilot it in three areas (the West Midlands, Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region).</p><p>We also commissioned a consortium, led by ICF, to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the pilot programme.</p><p>The overall evaluation programme includes a process evaluation, quantitative assessment of client outcomes, a cost-benefit analysis, and a programme of assessments, undertaken by Homeless Link, to review each Pilot's fidelity with the seven Housing First principles developed by Housing First England for the England context.</p><p>Four reports have been published. The first interim process report centred on pilot development, preparation and early delivery, and provides learning and recommendations at both the central and local level. The second report focuses on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the pilots and service users. The Mobilising Housing First toolkit provides information for those looking to implement Housing First and includes examples of good practice in the pilot areas. The most recent interim report (published July 2021) builds on the first interim report and focuses on the embedding of the pilot approaches in each area and the resulting key learning. The reports are available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fhousing-first-pilot-national-evaluation-reports&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C77998232c6ab44ede41a08d978f3ae59%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637673810256491808%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=RFvnWV1hLfb6DI%2BBwpJ98sA%2Bji9Rb9pk4%2FioY%2BSt9Uc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/housing-first-pilot-national-evaluation-reports</a></p><p>We recognise that rough sleeping is a nationwide challenge, and that is why it is important that we consider the findings of our evaluation, together with our experiences from the three pilots, to ensure that we know how it could work best on a larger scale.</p><p>The Government committed to expanding Housing First in its latest manifesto and we will use the findings of our evaluation, together with our experiences from the three pilots, to inform next steps.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 16/09/2021 10:32:17 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1353878

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
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	Homelessness
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 lessons the Government has learnt from its covid-19 homeless strategy having enabled people to (a) live in single-person accommodation and (b) gain confidence in independent living.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	45209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>We are regularly taking into account the lessons learned from our ongoing pandemic response, including Everyone In and the Protect Programme.</p><p>Everyone In provided a unique opportunity to support people sleeping rough and has transformed local provision in many areas, such as through the continued use of single-person accommodation. This year we are providing £202 million for the Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI) which will build on past successes and provide ongoing support to those who need it. However we are clear that local authorities are best placed to make decisions about how to support their cohort. The RSI 21/22 through its design allows us to continue to work closely with local authorities to ensure tailored support is offered to all individuals, alongside stable, affordable accommodation.</p><p>We have also announced a £3 million Homelessness Transformation Fund to enable community and faith groups to provide single-room COVID-secure accommodation this winter. The £433 million Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme will also provide 6,000 move-on homes, available as long-term assets, and accompanying support services to those who are rough sleeping or who have a history of sleeping rough.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 16/09/2021 10:33:13 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1353879

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
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	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the Government's policy is to support step programmes to tackle homelessness; and what comparative assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of such step programmes and Housing First.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	45210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government has committed over £750 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in England this year, including over £202 million for the 2021/2022 Rough Sleeping Initiative. Local authorities use this funding to deliver their homelessness strategies, and the funding supports a wide range of interventions to support people at risk of rough sleeping, including Housing First, other housing-led solutions, emergency accommodation, outreach and floating support.</p><p>Housing First is a model in which rough sleepers with the most complex needs are provided with stable, affordable accommodation and intensive wrap-around support to help them recover from complex issues and sustain their tenancies. Government awarded £28 million to pilot Housing First in three areas, including up to £2.7 million for a comprehensive external evaluation of the pilots.</p><p>The Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI), initially launched in March 2018, seeks to reduce the levels of rough sleeping by working with local authorities to provide specialist services, tailored to local circumstances, to help vulnerable people off the streets. An impact evaluation reported a 32% reduction in rough sleeping in areas that received RSI funding in 2018/19, compared to estimated rates had RSI funding not been in place.</p><p>The needs of people at risk of, or experiencing, homelessness or rough sleeping vary, and it is right that central and local government support a range of interventions that recognise and meet the differing needs of individuals.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 16/09/2021 10:38:04 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1353880

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
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	Community Ownership Fund
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the £150 million Community Ownership Fund to further support industries that have been affected by the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	45232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>The Community Ownership Fund is a UK Government initiative to help ensure that communities across the United Kingdom can support and continue benefiting from the local facilities, community assets and amenities most important to them. Community groups can bid for up to £250,000 matched-funding to help them buy or take over local community assets or amenities at risk of being lost, to run as community-owned businesses. <br> <br> We will review the first round of the fund and consider potential changes to ensure that, in future rounds, the fund is able to best support communities across the whole of the United Kingdom.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 16/09/2021 10:26:15 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1353881

registered interest
date	08/09/2021
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	Homelessness
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 make it his policy to ensure that people who are street homeless this winter are given accommodation as they were at the beginning of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	45211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2021 answer text <p>We are committed to make sure that rough sleepers will be offered the support they need to get off the streets and are protected from the cold this winter.</p><p>Our work to support rough sleepers is not limited to the winter months. We made huge progress working with local authorities and their partners to protect rough sleepers during the pandemic. This work has not stopped, and by the end of January, we had supported over 37,000 people with over 11,000 in emergency accommodation and over 26,000 already moved on into longer-term accommodation.</p><p>To make sure rough sleepers do not return to the streets, we are funding 6,000 long-term move-on homes for rough sleepers by the end of parliament, with the majority becoming available this year.</p><p>This year the Government has provided over £202 million across England for the 2021/22 Rough Sleeping Initiative , this is more than an 80% increase from the £112 million provided last year and funding will provide up to 14,500 bed spaces and 2,700 support staff. We are also providing £3 million Transformation fund to support faith and community groups to deliver better quality provision this year to be ready for people sleeping rough by winter 2021/22.</p><p>All of this provision is designed to provide an off the street offer and protect rough sleepers, including in extreme weather.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 16/09/2021 10:40:06 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell