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925922

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
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: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment his Department has made of the effect of recent changes to the level of fees for planning applications on the capacity of local authorities to process such applications.
tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
tabling member printed	Robert Neill
uin	905890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>In introducing the 20 per cent increase in planning fees in January, all local planning authorities committed to ring-fence this additional income to increase the capacity of their planning departments. Based on current activity the uplift in planning fees could generate over £75 million of additional fee income annually for local authorities. This is equal to the average salary of approximately 1600 planners and other professionals who play a role in the planning process.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 18/06/2018 16:29:21 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

923037

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
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	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to ensure fairness in the allocation of funding to local government.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	905895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>We are undertaking a Fair Funding Review of local authorities’ relative needs and resources to address concerns about the fairness of the current system.</p><p>We are making good progress, in collaboration with the sector, in order to introduce a simpler, fair and transparent funding formula.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 18/06/2018 14:40:11 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

923567

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
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: Death
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 homeless people have died in each year since 2010; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure the accuracy of the recording of the death of homeless people.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	153423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>This Department does not collect data on deaths of people sleeping rough.</p><p>We are however currently exploring potential mechanisms for capturing this information alongside other Government departments.</p><p>Local areas and homelessness services often hold detailed information about the people who sleep rough in their area, including information about rough sleepers who have died, where this information is available to them.</p><p>The Rough Sleeping Strategy to be published in July will set out this Government’s plans to halve rough sleeping by 2022, end it by 2027 and shape service provision in the long term.</p> answering member constituency Selby and Ainsty answering member printed Nigel Adams question first answered 18/06/2018 14:40:47 answering member 4057 label Biography information for Nigel Adams
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

922298

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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	Multiple Occupation
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 houses in multiple occupation there have been in each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	152795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>An estimate of houses in multiple occupation in England is publicly available in the Local Authority Housing Statistic (LAHS) return Section F Question 8 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-housing-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-housing-data</a>.</p><p>These are estimated figures for the number of Houses in Multiple Occupation in England only, information relating to other parts of the United Kingdom is the responsibility of the relevant devolved administration.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 15/06/2018 14:46:57 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab previous answer version 63775 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

922332

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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: Property Management Companies
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 powers leaseholders have to challenge the actions of property management companies.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	152811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>Leaseholders can challenge the action of a property management company in a number of ways, including:</p><ul><li>by making a formal complaint through their managing agent’s complaints procedure;</li><li>by making a complaint to one of the Government-recognised redress schemes; and</li><li>by exercising their ‘right to manage’.</li></ul><p>In addition, where there is evidence of significant failings by the managing agent, leaseholders can ask the First-Tier Tribunal to appoint a new property manager.</p><p>We recognise there is more that can be done to help leaseholders challenge poor management practice. That is why on 1 April we announced plans to give leaseholders greater ability to do so. We will be improving the presentation of service charges so they can be better understood and more easily challenged. We want to empower leaseholders to switch managing agents where they perform poorly or break the terms of their contract.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 18/06/2018 16:20:26 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

922425

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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: Fire Prevention
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 set out the number of high-rise blocks that have dangerous aluminium composite material cladding by (a) type of tenure and (b) region.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	152646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of high-rise blocks that have dangerous aluminium composite material cladding by tenure and local authority area is available in the Department’s monthly data release. The latest can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-monthly-data-release-may-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-monthly-data-release-may-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 15/06/2018 13:50:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

922486

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of home ownership since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	152693
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>Data on home ownership rates can be found on the Department's website. See AT 1.1 here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/676433/2016-17_Section_1_Households_Annex_Tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/676433/2016-17_Section_1_Households_Annex_Tables.xlsx</a></p><p>and the latest dwelling stock statistics <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwelling-stock-estimates-in-england-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/dwelling-stock-estimates-in-england-2017</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 15/06/2018 13:36:53 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

922520

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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	Local Government Finance: Somerset
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 16 May to Question 143143 on local government finance, whether his Department considers Somerset County Council as being at risk.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	152763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department constantly reviews the challenges facing the sector and individual authorities, including financial risk. All local authorities have a responsibility to set a balanced budget; following the consultation on the 2018/19 Local Government Finance Settlement, all councils have set a balanced budget for the financial year 2018-19.</p><p>The Department considers a range of information about individual authorities in order to form judgements about the scale of challenge they may face. The judgements made are individual and nuanced; we do not comment on the financial health of individual councils.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 15/06/2018 13:38:52 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

922521

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the ability of local authorities in England to provide affordable housing.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	152764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>My Department has been engaging with local authorities and a wide range of other interested parties to prepare for a range of scenarios, and will continue to engage with the sector on EU exit going forward. My Department is also working across Whitehall to understand the implications that leaving the EU has for delivering our housing objectives.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 15/06/2018 13:46:20 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

921875

registered interest
date	11/06/2018
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	Travellers: Caravan Sites
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 responses have been submitted to his Department's consultation on unauthorised Traveller encampments to date.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	152249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2018 answer text <p>The consultation will close on 15 June at 11.45pm, however, currently we have received over 1,600 responses to the Unauthorised Development and Encampments consultation.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 14/06/2018 15:18:04 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena