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1015270

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Green Belt: South East
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 he is taking to protect green spaces in the South East.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	907900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting our environment. As set out on the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/25-year-environment-plan" target="_blank">25 Year Environment Plan</a>, we are drawing up a national framework of green infrastructure standards, ensuring that new developments include accessible green spaces and that any area with little or no green space can be improved for the benefit of the community. We intend to publish the standards in 2019 and incorporate them into planning guidance so that councils can use them when making planning decisions across the country - including in the south east.</p><p>Our revised <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/740441/National_Planning_Policy_Framework_web_accessible_version.pdf" target="_blank">planning rule book</a> sets out how new development should happen in right places across the country including in the south east, through:</p><ul><li>making as much use as possible of suitable brownfield and under-used land;</li><li>optimising density of development, significantly raising minimum densities in town and city centres, and in other locations well served by public transport;</li><li>maintaining strong protection of the Green Belt;</li><li>making clear that existing open space, sports and recreational buildings and land should not be built on unless they are clearly shown to be surplus to requirements or their loss would be replaced by equivalent or better provision in a suitable location;</li><li>setting out that council’s planning policies should include sufficient provision for the conservation and enhancement of green spaces;</li><li>highlighting the importance of green space in encouraging healthy lifestyles; and</li><li>making provision for communities to identify and protect green areas of particular importance to them through the designation of land as Local Green Space through <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-plans--2" target="_blank">local</a> and <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/neighbourhood-planning--2" target="_blank">neighbourhood plans</a>, which gives them a very high level of protection from redevelopment or inappropriate use.</li></ul><p>In September 2017, the Government created the ‘Parks Action Group’ comprising of experts from across the parks, heritage and the leisure sector and invested £500,000 to support the development of initiatives to identify solutions for safeguarding our parks and green spaces, to ensure they have long and sustainable futures.</p><p>The group has been working collaboratively across key priorities – including assessing quality standards and sharing good practice. We are currently developing a programme of work aimed at transforming the way in which green spaces are developed, managed and sustained. <br> <br>We expect to announce our progress on this in early 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 29/11/2018 15:29:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

1015396

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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: Reform
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 include the Association of Residential Managing Agents in his departmental working group on the future of leasehold reform.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	196224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to make the Association of Residential Managing Agents (ARMA) a member of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group. The composition of the working group's membership needs to reflect a balance of interests between property agents and housing consumers. Already included within the working group are two professional bodies with knowledge and experience of property management: the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and the Institute of Residential Property Management. Both these organisations have members who are also members of ARMA, or work on behalf of them. The working group will wish to invite others to personally provide evidence and give their views. When the working group discusses managing agents, ARMA will be at the forefront of the list of organisations for this purpose.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/12/2018 16:27:40 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1015458

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Flags
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 his Department has displayed county flags to commemorate annual county days at its Marsham Street building in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	196168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>Commemorating county days forms an important part of our nation’s rich and historic heritage and it is only right that county days should be celebrated by communities across our great nation.</p><p>The Department does not routinely display county flags and has not displayed any this year. I am, however, happy to consider individual requests from Hon Members to display county flags for their respective counties, on county days.</p><p>The hon Member will be pleased to know my Department amended planning regulations to allow local and county flags to be flown by individuals without planning permission, and published a plain English guide to flying flags.</p><p>A copy of the guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flying-flags-a-plain-english-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flying-flags-a-plain-english-guide</a>.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/12/2018 13:18:22 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1015489

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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: 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, much money the Government has spent funding the (a) removal and (b) replacement of unsafe cladding on high-rise tower blocks owned by (i) councils and (ii) housing associations.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	196090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government will fully fund the removal and replacement of dangerous Aluminium Cladding Material (ACM) cladding on residential social housing buildings over 18 metres owned by councils and housing associations, with costs estimated at £400 million. MHCLG is in the process of allocating £248 million to replace cladding on 135 buildings. This comprises £132 million for buildings owned by councils and £116 million for buildings owned by housing associations. It is not possible to break down this funding by removal and replacement works.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/12/2018 16:30:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1015507

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Social Rented Housing: Regulation
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 progress he has made on the creation of an independent regulator of social housing.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	196281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>The Regulator of Social Housing became a standalone organisation on 1 October 2018. This was delivered through the Legislative Reform (Regulator of Social Housing) (England) Order 2018.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/12/2018 15:44:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1015508

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Building Regulations: 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, with reference to paragraph 15 of the Government Response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee Report on the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety: Next Steps, published in September 2018, which building owners he has written to to remind them of their responsibilities to undertake remediation action where potentially dangerous ACM cladding has been used.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	196282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>We have written to owners of buildings with dangerous Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) which have no clear remediation plan in place and to those who have suggested that they will pass remediation costs to leaseholders. We have reminded them of their responsibilities for the safety of residents and of the Secretary of State’s expectation that leaseholders should be protected from these costs. <br> <br> We have also highlighted that, where building owners do not take action, local authorities have extensive enforcement powers to ensure that this necessary remediation work is undertaken. In addition, we have recently written to private sector building owners with high-rise buildings that contain small or partial amounts of cladding to inform them that the Expert Panel have advised that the clearest way to ensure the safety of residents is to remove all ACM, including small or partial areas, and replace it with a safe material.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/12/2018 16:26:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1015513

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Housing: Construction
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 contingency plans his Department has made to support the housebuilding industry in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	196102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p><br> My Department is working with other Government Departments on the implications that leaving the EU may have for delivering our housing objectives, including in relation to skills, labour, materials and methods of construction. We will continue to work closely with the housebuilding sector in the coming weeks and months to support our housing ambitions and to ensure that we are ready for every eventuality.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/12/2018 16:33:16 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1015518

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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
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 the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 on the finances of local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	196103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>To help local authorities implement the new duties under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, the Government provided £72.7 million in new burdens funding. On 16 October 2017 we published the methodology for calculating the new burdens funding including assumptions about the expected impact of the Act. We are committed to reviewing the implementation of the Act and the level of new burdens funding and will report back by March 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/12/2018 16:32:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1015520

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Sleeping Rough
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 26 November 2018 to Question 191290 on Sleeping Rough, if he will publish a summary of the data collected.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	196104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>Next year we will publish an evaluation of the Rough Sleeping Initiative. This will include relevant information collected from the 83 local authorities as part of the department’s monitoring of the initiative. Official Rough Sleeping statistics providing information on the single night snapshot of rough sleeping in England will be published on the 31 January 2019.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/12/2018 14:21:01 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 89684 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1015525

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	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, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the consultation paper, Strengthening consumer redress in housing, announced in February 2018.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	196105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>The recent consultation “Strengthening consumer redress in the housing market” sought views on how to ensure consumers from all tenures have access to appropriate redress when things go wrong with their housing.</p><p>This included considering how best to bring together all different mechanisms and structures for providing housing related redress, so consumers are always clear who is best placed to resolve their complaint.</p><p>We have been considering responses to the consultation and intend to publish our response shortly.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/12/2018 14:18:04 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey