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1173395

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policy on the applicability to cladding of paragraph 12.7 of the Approved Fire Regulations of the letter from the Centre for Window and Cladding Technology to the Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, dated 10 May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	8309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>In December 2018 the Government introduced regulations that banned the use of combustible materials in the external walls of specific types of high-rise buildings.</p><p>The ban provides clear performance requirements for materials in the external walls.</p><p>The amendment to the Building Regulations was introduced alongside a commitment to review the ban annually as stated in the Explanatory Memorandum published alongside SI 2018/1230.</p><p>The Government is currently consulting on reducing the current height threshold from 18 metres to 11 metres. The consultation closes on 13 April 2020 and is available at:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Freview-of-the-ban-on-the-use-of-combustible-materials-in-and-on-the-external-walls-of-buildings&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCharles-Elie.Romeyer%40communities.gov.uk%7C4c08c6a780db4864b56c08d7a4c12c5b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637159021880090604&amp;sdata=Yi6kZR7BxUEZu1urFUtQRNy21ix0EnZwagqa9%2FJRwdg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/review-of-the-ban-on-the-use-of-combustible-materials-in-and-on-the-external-walls-of-buildings</a></p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 30/01/2020 17:47:58 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 4121 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1173429

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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 assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policy on the applicability to cladding of paragraph 12.7 of the Approved Fire Regulations of the view expressed by Dr Barbara Lane in her evidence to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry that I cannot agree with the clarification provided after the Grenfell Fire, that the Filler material referred to in Section 12.7 of the ADB 2013, was intended to incorporate the external surface (dealt with by means of Diagram 40) when it is formed of an aluminium composite panel.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	8310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The steps which the Department took in relation to the guidance in Approved Document B are matters that will be looked at in the public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 30/01/2020 17:43:19 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 4120 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1173487

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Community Housing 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, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2020 to Question 3723 on Community Housing Fund, whether he has held discussions with Homes England on (a) the number of outstanding applications to the Community Housing Fund for pre-development revenue funding which were submitted before the December 2019 deadline and (b) what steps Homes England are taking in relation to those applications; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	8208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The management of all applications to Homes England’s Community Housing Fund programme is a matter for Homes England. <br> <br> The Community Housing Fund is currently scheduled to close in March 2020. Allocations for future years will be considered at forthcoming Budget and Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 05/02/2020 18:10:46 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1173523

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Knowsley Heights: Fires
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 holds a copy of the report undertaken by the Building Research Establishment on behalf of the Government into the 1991 Knowsley Heights fire.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	8311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The Building Research Establishment was commissioned by the Department to investigate the fire at Knowsley Heights. The report is held by the National Archives and can be requested. <a href="https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C11197377" target="_blank">https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C11197377</a></p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 30/01/2020 17:37:38 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1173583

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Park Homes: Standards
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 entitled Mobile homes: A fit and proper person test for park home sites.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	8293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>We are in the final stages of considering the responses to the “Mobile homes: A fit and proper person test for park home sites” consultation and the engagement with key stakeholders. <br> <br> We expect to publish the response in spring.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 05/02/2020 18:11:37 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

1173599

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Homelessness: Hendon
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 will take through the Rough Sleeping Strategy to eradicate homelessness in Hendon constituency.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is clear that no one should be without a roof over their head. That is why we have committed to ending rough sleeping by the end of this Parliament and to enforcing the Homelessness Reduction Act. The Government have allocated £437 million to tackle homelessness over 2020/2021. This marks an additional £69 million on what Government provided in 2019/20.</p><p>The Homelessness Reduction Act, the most ambitious reform to homelessness legislation in decades, came into force on 3 April 2018. It placed new duties on local housing authorities to take reasonable steps to try to prevent and relieve a person’s homelessness. Government have allocated £5,129,847 to the London Borough of Barnet for 20/21 to support them in delivering their duties under the Act. Barnet have also been allocated £636,845 for 20/21 as part of the Rough Sleeping Initiative. The Rough Sleeping Initiative funding is being used by councils to implement a number of initiatives which includes the following:</p><ul><li>Create street-based services including outreach teams who will locate and support rough sleepers directly on the streets and offer them access to services;</li></ul><ul><li>Establish first stage accommodation such as hostels, Somewhere Safe to Stay hubs and emergency access beds which provide warm and dry shelter, rapid assessment, and support to people who are already - or at risk of - sleeping rough;</li></ul><ul><li>Set up housing support providing stable, affordable accommodation and intensive wrap-around support to help people who are sleeping rough recover from complex issues and sustain their tenancies;</li></ul><ul><li>Introduce specialist support workers including Rough Sleeping Coordinators, navigators, and specialist health and care staff.</li></ul> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 04/02/2020 16:21:44 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1173601

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Homelessness: Finance
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 much funding has been allocated to tackling homelessness in financial year 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is clear that no one should be without a roof over their head. That is why we have committed to ending rough sleeping by the end of this Parliament and to enforcing the Homelessness Reduction Act. <br> <br>In 2019/20 £368 million was allocated to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. This funding is comprised of programmes such as:</p><ul><li><strong>The Flexible Homelessness Support Grant </strong>which seeks to help local authorities plan and respond to their local homelessness pressures;</li><li><strong>The Rough Sleeping Initiative</strong> which is making an immediate impact on rough sleeping levels by funding local authorities to provide specialist services to help people off the streets and into secure accommodation;</li><li><strong>The Rapid Rehousing Pathway</strong> which puts in place the structures to ensure we prevent and quickly respond to rough sleeping in the longer term via a package of measures. This includes Somewhere Safe to Stay hubs which provide dry shelter, specialist navigators who act as a single point of contact, and funding to help source properties and improve tenancy sustainment.</li></ul><p>The Government have allocated £437 million to tackle homelessness over 2020/2021. This marks an additional £69 million on what Government provided in 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 04/02/2020 16:22:21 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1173603

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors' external wall fire review process in identifying combustible materials in buildings; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	8381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The EWS1 form was developed by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and published on 16 December. It is designed to enable industry to manage valuations of properties in multi-occupancy buildings 18 metres and over. Given the short time in operation it is premature to make any assessment of its usage however Government is engaged with industry on this.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 03/02/2020 14:53:03 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1173609

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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: 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, what estimate his Department has made of the number of buildings in (a) Lewisham, Deptford constituency, (b) London and (c) the UK which do not hold fire safety certification compliant with Advice Note 14, as recommended by the Independent Expert Advisory Panel.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	8382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>As announced by the Secretary of State in his oral statement of 20 January 2020, Official Report, column 24, all previous building safety advice notes have been consolidated into one document - “Advice for Building Owners of Multi-storey, Multi-occupied residential buildings”.</p><p>This is Government advice for use by Building Owners to make sure their buildings are fire safe. It is not a compliance document. Therefore the information requested is not held.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 31/01/2020 12:51:19 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1173611

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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 recent estimate his Department has made of the number of leasehold properties that are located in buildings which are not compliant with his Department's fire safety guidance for external walls, Advice Note 14, in (a) the UK, (b) London and (c) Lewisham, Deptford constituency.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	8383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>Information on the number of dwellings in high-rise residential and publicly owned buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations yet to be remediated in England is available in the monthly building safety programme data release here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-monthly-data-release-december-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-monthly-data-release-december-2019</a>. <br> <br> The Department has also commenced a data collection exercise which will enable us to build a picture of external wall systems in use on high rise residential buildings. The exercise will collect data on residential buildings 18 metres and over covering private and social buildings, student accommodation and hotels in England. We will publish appropriate summary information from the data collection in our monthly Building Safety Programme data release in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 31/01/2020 12:53:35 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft