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1255288

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	Derelict Land
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 effect of proposals in the Planning for the Future White Paper, published in August 2020 on prioritisation of brownfield over (a) greenfield and (b) agricultural land.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	120827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government continues to prioritise brownfield redevelopment. The reforms put forward in our White Paper <em>Planning for the Future </em>made clear that local authorities need to give preference to the re-use of suitable brownfield and under-used land wherever possible, as set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. Brownfield redevelopment is being boosted by funding such as the £4.5 billion Home Building Fund, the £4.1 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund, and the £400 million Brownfield Fund.</p><p>We recognise the importance of greenfield and agricultural land. The Framework makes clear that local authorities should recognise the character and beauty of the countryside and the benefits from natural capital and ecosystem services, including woodland and our best and most versatile farmland.</p><p>The White Paper consultation closed on 29 October 2020 and we are currently considering the responses received. The Government will publish a response which will set out any decisions and associated proposed implementation.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/11/2020 17:46:10 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1255362

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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, what estimate he has made of the proportion of buildings which do not have cladding material as part of the building’s external wall system, by region.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	121004
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Data estimating the proportion of high-rise residential buildings in England with little or no cladding can be found in this release: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fbuilding-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england%2Fbuilding-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBSP_PQ%40communities.gov.uk%7C9f8437d1dfc44e0fd1a108d891fee8d5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637419871293203277%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=zep7t%2BM95FXDQmd%2FaZoNVSlUvlV8hIB4ISPDDZXGC4A%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england/building-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england</a>.</p><p>Regional analysis is not available. In time, we will publish appropriate summary information from the External Wall Systems data collection in our monthly Building Safety Programme data release.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/11/2020 17:45:18 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1255366

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	Housing: Coventry
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 new home builds have been (a) started and (b) completed in (i) Coventry North East constituency and (ii) Coventry in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	120876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Estimates of building control reported new build dwelling starts and completions for Coventry in each year to March 2020 are shown in Live Table 253 at the following link.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building</a></p><p>These estimates cover new build dwellings only and should be regarded as a leading indicator of overall housing supply. The Department also publishes an annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply</p><p><br>Data by parliamentary constituency are not centrally collected or held by the Department. Coventry Council are best placed to advise on local new build data collection in Coventry.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/11/2020 17:47:59 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1255375

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
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	Smoke Alarms
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 households did not have functioning smoke alarms in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	120879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>Each year MHCLG publishes data on the number and proportion of households in England with a working smoke alarm. Data up to and including 2018-19 are available in Annex Table 2.16 here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/859758/2018-19_Section_2_Housing_Stock_Annex_Tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/859758/2018-19_Section_2_Housing_Stock_Annex_Tables.xlsx</a> <br> <br> The English Housing Survey also collects data on the prevalence of working smoke alarms in the West Midlands, see below for each of the last five years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Households in the West Midlands with at least one working smoke alarm</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>percentage of homes with working smoke alarm West Midlands</p></td><td><p>87.9</p></td><td><p>91.7</p></td><td><p>89.4</p></td><td><p>88.6</p></td><td><p>89.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>number of homes with working smoke alarm West Midlands (000s)</p></td><td><p>2,041</p></td><td><p>2,148</p></td><td><p>2,137</p></td><td><p>2,125</p></td><td><p>2,199</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> The Department does not collect data on the number and proportion of households in Coventry North East constituency or Coventry with or without working smoke alarms.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/11/2020 17:47:08 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1254855

registered interest
date	24/11/2020
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	Building Safety 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, when he plans to make decisions on the applications to the Building Safety Fund.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Kim Johnson
uin	120167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department is continuing to work with building owners to progress applications for the Building Safety Fund. We published registration statistics on 30 September, which can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23building-safety-fund-registration-statistics&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBSP_PQ%40communities.gov.uk%7C51678a3d8d3e4d891f8908d892c73ec5%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637420731735301235%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=J5jYhAILoxhNpD62a52B9R5vH6i5rlPo8mBIw1YtWpY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#building-safety-fund-registration-statistics</a> and will be publishing and update.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/11/2020 17:51:40 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4824 label Biography information for Kim Johnson

1254300

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	Coronavirus: Disease Control
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 representations his Department has received on the suitability of powers granted to local authorities in order to enforce covid-19 regulations.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	119216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>My department has been working closely with local authorities throughout the coronavirus response and will continue to do so for the winter period. Ministers and officials have been in regular dialogue with local authorities including to discuss enforcement, for example, holding Ministerial Webinars and through an official-level Compliance Working Group.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 26/11/2020 15:30:45 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1254332

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	Planning Permission: 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 extend beyond the 31 December 2020 the deadline as permitted under the Business and Planning Act 2020 for making a meaningful start on projects with planning permission in response to the national covid-19 lockdown which commenced on 5 November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	119330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>The Business and Planning Act 2020, in recognition of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the housebuilding sector, has made provision to extend the duration of unimplemented planning permissions which have lapsed or are due to lapse between 23 March and 31 December 2020. This extension will be to 1 May 2021. The legislation allows for certain dates to be amended by regulations, such as the date for eligible permissions and the extension. The use of these powers is being kept under review.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 26/11/2020 15:27:50 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1254334

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	Local Government: Reorganisation
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 estimates he has made of the amount of local government (a) time and (b) other resources that will be required to implement the local government reorganisations planned for 2021.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	119211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>Government has invited unitarisation proposals from Cumbria, Somerset and North Yorkshire; councils in these areas have been developing ideas about restructuring local government in their areas for some time, and had requested such invitations. It is right that they should now have the opportunity to make proposals for new unitary councils. If Parliament approves the implementation of any such proposal, it is likely that the new unitary councils would be established from 1 April 2023, and hence most of the implementation work councils will be undertaking will be in 2022/23.</p><p>Any reform of an area’s local government is most effectively achieved through locally led proposals, put forward by those who best know the area and who are best placed to assess the benefits, including savings as well as resource and implementation requirements.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 119212 119213 question first answered 26/11/2020 17:57:59 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1254335

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	Local Government: Reorganisation
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 effect of local government reorganisations planned for 2021 on the ability of local government bodies to support their communities during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	119212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>Government has invited unitarisation proposals from Cumbria, Somerset and North Yorkshire; councils in these areas have been developing ideas about restructuring local government in their areas for some time, and had requested such invitations. It is right that they should now have the opportunity to make proposals for new unitary councils. If Parliament approves the implementation of any such proposal, it is likely that the new unitary councils would be established from 1 April 2023, and hence most of the implementation work councils will be undertaking will be in 2022/23.</p><p>Any reform of an area’s local government is most effectively achieved through locally led proposals, put forward by those who best know the area and who are best placed to assess the benefits, including savings as well as resource and implementation requirements.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 119211 119213 question first answered 26/11/2020 17:57:59 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1254336

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	Local Government: Reorganisation
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 plans he has to provide local authorities with additional resources to enable them to continue to support their communities during the covid-19 outbreak in the event that they are also required to be subject to local government reorganisation at the same time.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	119213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2020 answer text <p>Government has invited unitarisation proposals from Cumbria, Somerset and North Yorkshire; councils in these areas have been developing ideas about restructuring local government in their areas for some time, and had requested such invitations. It is right that they should now have the opportunity to make proposals for new unitary councils. If Parliament approves the implementation of any such proposal, it is likely that the new unitary councils would be established from 1 April 2023, and hence most of the implementation work councils will be undertaking will be in 2022/23.</p><p>Any reform of an area’s local government is most effectively achieved through locally led proposals, put forward by those who best know the area and who are best placed to assess the benefits, including savings as well as resource and implementation requirements.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 119211 119212 question first answered 26/11/2020 17:57:59 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron