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1171485

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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: Demolition
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 bring forward legislative proposals to require owners of buildings registered as assets of community value who apply for a demolition order to offer the asset for sale to a local community group before demolition is granted.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Hallam
tabling member printed	Olivia Blake
uin	4503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to improving the assets of community value scheme to ensure that community groups are given the best opportunity to take into ownership the buildings and land which they have identified as being important to them. As part of work we will look at the effectiveness of the existing regime to ensure that any legislation the Government introduces will meet our objective of supporting communities to protect those assets that are under threat.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 21/01/2020 15:56:06 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4864 label Biography information for Olivia Blake

1170973

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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	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 plans his Department has to assist owners of new build properties with structural defects when insurance companies fail to accept liability.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	3672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The responsibility to set right any defects with the building work lies with the person who carried out the work. Warranties provide insurance against defects. It is the responsibility of the Financial Conduct Authority to regulate new build warranties and protect consumers.</p><p>To provide effective redress for owners of new build homes we will introduce legislation to require developers to belong to a New Homes Ombudsman.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2020 16:21:08 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1170983

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2020 to Question 1749, on Flats: Fire Prevention, what information his Department holds on the (a) number and (b) proportion of privately owned apartment blocks where remedial fire safety works other than the remediation of aluminium composite material cladding are being undertaken as a result of safety checks following the Grenfell Tower fire.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	3761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this data. Building safety is the responsibility of the building owner, and they must remedy any safety risks uncovered.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2020 16:21:36 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1171073

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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, with reference to the letter from David Metcalfe and Dr Stephen Ledbetter of the Centre for Window and Cladding Technology (CWCT) to the Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, dated 10 May 2018, whether officials in his Department were part of the group formed by CWCT to discuss fire performance of facades and combustible materials in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	3762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>Officials from the Department regularly meet with trade bodies and other representative bodies in order to discuss the application of building regulations to assist them in developing advice for their members. An official attended part of the one meeting the Department was invited to by the CWCT in 2014.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2020 16:22:03 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1171187

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
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	Business Rates: Valuation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Viscount Younger of Leckie on 30 October 2019 (HL178), whether (1) their interim review, and (2) the Valuation Office Agency's customer evaluation, of the Check, Challenge, Appeal system has concluded; and when they intend to publish the results of each.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Lytton
uin	HL458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government intends to communicate the outcomes of the interim review of the Check, Challenge, Appeal system shortly. The Valuation Office Agency is currently conducting the customer evaluation of the delivery of the new system and intends to publish this in autumn 2020.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 21/01/2020 16:59:48 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	1864 label Biography information for The Earl of Lytton

1170588

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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	Knives: Crime
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 discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the effect of reductions in funding for local government on levels of knife crime.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	3291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>My Department has ongoing discussions with the Home Office on multiple issues, including tackling crime. Tackling knife crime is a priority and the Government is determined to crack down on the scourge of violence devastating our communities.</p><p>The provisional Local Government Finance Settlement confirmed an increase of £2.9 billion in resources for local government this year. In addition, police funding is increasing by more than £1 billion this year, including council tax and additional funding through the Serious Violence Fund for forces worst affected by violent crime.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 20/01/2020 17:45:33 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1170590

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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	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, by what date the Government will publish a draft bill on leasehold reform.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	3141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to publishing a draft bill on leasehold reform and will inform Parliament of publication timings in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2020 16:16:56 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1170591

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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	Temporary Accommodation: Children
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 he has made of the number of children in temporary accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	3292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The number of children in temporary accommodation at April-June 2019 is 127,370. This figure is taken from the quarterly statutory homelessness statistics and is available at the link below:<br> <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a></p><p>In December 2019 we announced the allocation of £263 million in funding for 2020/21 to local authorities designed to support them to deliver services to tackle homelessness. The purpose of this funding is to give local authorities more control and flexibility in managing homelessness pressures and supporting those who at risk of homelessness, including providing them with temporary accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 20/01/2020 16:05:19 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1170619

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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	Care Homes: 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 13 January 2020 to Question 1399, on Care Homes: Insulation, whether his Department is making an assessment of the potential merits of adding care homes with a top occupied storey below 18 metres to the list of buildings to which the ban on combustible building materials applies.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	3225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>As stated in the explanatory memorandum, the Department intends to review the ban annually through monitoring arrangements and advice from bodies such as Building Regulations Advisory Committee for England. This will include considering the scope of the ban.</p><p>The Department is currently undertaking this review and will report shortly.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2020 16:20:14 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1170622

registered interest
date	14/01/2020
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	High Rise Flats: Safety
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 7 January 2020 to Question 117, on High Rise Flats: Safety, how many residents have used the online portal to report concerns on fire safety in their tower blocks in total.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	3227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department is unable to provide the specific information requested as it is not readily accessible.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 20/01/2020 16:00:22 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed