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1188693

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date	20/04/2020
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	Charities: 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, what steps his Department has taken to support charity workers in faith organisations during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	37972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>Faith communities have a long history of service supporting many of the most vulnerable members of our society. The rapid response during the current pandemic has been no different. We value the work being done to support those in need.</p><p>Charities can access many of the support measures the Chancellor has announced for businesses, including deferring their VAT bills, paying no business rates on charity shops next year, and furloughing staff with the Government paying 80 per cent of their wages. Further details can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Ffinancial-support-for-businesses-during-coronavirus-covid-19&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSean.Bianco%40communities.gov.uk%7C5d47466958f44f6f3fd708d7e60b8f10%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637230809626631568&amp;sdata=3AHSxkBgcXY%2BD%2B0XSOGOtNhL461a7j%2FxklUUJn3D9vw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/financial-support-for-businesses-during-coronavirus-covid-19</a></p><p>However, we know that some charities cannot furlough staff as they are contributing to the frontline response. That is why the Chancellor on 9 April announced £750 million of funding for charities providing key frontline services to vulnerable people affected by the pandemic. Further details can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-sets-out-extra-750-million-coronavirus-funding-for-frontline-charities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-sets-out-extra-750-million-coronavirus-funding-for-frontline-charities</a></p><p>We will continue to engage with the voluntary and community sector and faith organisations to understand how we can support them to respond to the pressures they may be facing.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 28/04/2020 14:49:05 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1188695

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
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	Mosques: 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, what steps his Department is taking to support Mosques with charity work during the month of Ramadan during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	37974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>British Muslims, like many faith communities across the country, have responded during the COVID 19 pandemic to support their neighbours, communities and the most vulnerable. We welcome the Muslim community’s continued contributions to our shared national effort and know this will take on a special meaning during Ramadan.</p><p>The coronavirus pandemic has, however, challenged many parts of our daily life and means that Muslims in the UK and around the world will not be able to mark Ramadan and Eid Al-Fitr in the way they would normally do and are instead finding ways to do this virtually, including charitable work, such as fundraising, that would have otherwise been done in person.</p><p>Charities can access many of the support measures the Chancellor has announced for businesses, including deferring their VAT bills, paying no business rates on charity shops next year, and furloughing staff with the Government paying 80 per cent of their wages. Further details can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Ffinancial-support-for-businesses-during-coronavirus-covid-19&amp;data=02%7C01%7CSean.Bianco%40communities.gov.uk%7C5d47466958f44f6f3fd708d7e60b8f10%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637230809626631568&amp;sdata=3AHSxkBgcXY%2BD%2B0XSOGOtNhL461a7j%2FxklUUJn3D9vw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/financial-support-for-businesses-during-coronavirus-covid-19</a></p><p>However, we know that some charities cannot furlough staff as they are contributing to the frontline response. That is why the Chancellor on 9 April announced £750 million of funding for charities providing key frontline services to vulnerable people affected by the pandemic. Further details can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-sets-out-extra-750-million-coronavirus-funding-for-frontline-charities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/chancellor-sets-out-extra-750-million-coronavirus-funding-for-frontline-charities</a></p><p>The Government continues to engage with a range of faith groups, including Muslim community representatives, to maintain a complete picture of the impact of coronavirus and understand how we can support them to respond to the pressures they may be facing.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 28/04/2020 14:53:46 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1170329

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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: 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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of the Future Homes Standard on the UK’s commitment to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	2615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to introduce a Future Homes Standard by 2025. This means new homes will be future proofed, with low carbon heating and lower energy use through high levels of energy efficiency. We propose that new homes built to the Future Homes Standard from 2025 should have carbon dioxide emissions up to 80 per cent lower than those built to current building regulations standards.</p><p>We are currently consulting on a meaningful and achievable increase to the energy efficiency standards for new homes to be introduced through the Building Regulations in 2020, as a stepping stone to this commitment. The preferred option is to set a standard that should result in a 31 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions. The consultation is open until 7 February and we welcome further evidence.</p><ul><li>Our consultation includes estimates as described above, and also includes a ‘roadmap’ that provides an indicative vision of how the 2025 standards will be achieved. We will undertake further modelling and analysis as we prepare the detail of the changes that will be needed in 2025.</li><li>We are consulting on proposed minimum standards for carbon dioxide emissions, primary energy use, and building fabric. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li><li>Requiring householders to disclose the energy use of their homes once occupied sits outside the scope of the Building Regulations and its enforcement regime. We have not proposed a post-occupancy monitoring system as part of the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>To consider embodied carbon at a building-level would require a standardised method of calculation supported by a robust evidence base and underpinned by widely adopted product standards. There is currently no widely agreed standardised method for certifying the embodied carbon of building products, so it was not included the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>The Future Homes Standard consultation is considering local planning authority powers in respect of energy efficiency. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li></ul> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 2616 2617 2618 2619 question first answered 21/01/2020 17:34:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1170330

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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: 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, whether he is taking steps to prioritise energy efficiency provisions in the Future Homes Standard; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	2616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to introduce a Future Homes Standard by 2025. This means new homes will be future proofed, with low carbon heating and lower energy use through high levels of energy efficiency. We propose that new homes built to the Future Homes Standard from 2025 should have carbon dioxide emissions up to 80 per cent lower than those built to current building regulations standards.</p><p>We are currently consulting on a meaningful and achievable increase to the energy efficiency standards for new homes to be introduced through the Building Regulations in 2020, as a stepping stone to this commitment. The preferred option is to set a standard that should result in a 31 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions. The consultation is open until 7 February and we welcome further evidence.</p><ul><li>Our consultation includes estimates as described above, and also includes a ‘roadmap’ that provides an indicative vision of how the 2025 standards will be achieved. We will undertake further modelling and analysis as we prepare the detail of the changes that will be needed in 2025.</li><li>We are consulting on proposed minimum standards for carbon dioxide emissions, primary energy use, and building fabric. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li><li>Requiring householders to disclose the energy use of their homes once occupied sits outside the scope of the Building Regulations and its enforcement regime. We have not proposed a post-occupancy monitoring system as part of the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>To consider embodied carbon at a building-level would require a standardised method of calculation supported by a robust evidence base and underpinned by widely adopted product standards. There is currently no widely agreed standardised method for certifying the embodied carbon of building products, so it was not included the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>The Future Homes Standard consultation is considering local planning authority powers in respect of energy efficiency. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li></ul> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 2615 2617 2618 2619 question first answered 21/01/2020 17:34:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1170331

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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: 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, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of including in the Future Homes Standard a requirement for monitoring post-occupancy the compliance of work with building regulations.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	2617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to introduce a Future Homes Standard by 2025. This means new homes will be future proofed, with low carbon heating and lower energy use through high levels of energy efficiency. We propose that new homes built to the Future Homes Standard from 2025 should have carbon dioxide emissions up to 80 per cent lower than those built to current building regulations standards.</p><p>We are currently consulting on a meaningful and achievable increase to the energy efficiency standards for new homes to be introduced through the Building Regulations in 2020, as a stepping stone to this commitment. The preferred option is to set a standard that should result in a 31 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions. The consultation is open until 7 February and we welcome further evidence.</p><ul><li>Our consultation includes estimates as described above, and also includes a ‘roadmap’ that provides an indicative vision of how the 2025 standards will be achieved. We will undertake further modelling and analysis as we prepare the detail of the changes that will be needed in 2025.</li><li>We are consulting on proposed minimum standards for carbon dioxide emissions, primary energy use, and building fabric. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li><li>Requiring householders to disclose the energy use of their homes once occupied sits outside the scope of the Building Regulations and its enforcement regime. We have not proposed a post-occupancy monitoring system as part of the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>To consider embodied carbon at a building-level would require a standardised method of calculation supported by a robust evidence base and underpinned by widely adopted product standards. There is currently no widely agreed standardised method for certifying the embodied carbon of building products, so it was not included the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>The Future Homes Standard consultation is considering local planning authority powers in respect of energy efficiency. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li></ul> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 2615 2616 2618 2619 question first answered 21/01/2020 17:34:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1170332

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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: 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, for what reason embodied carbon emissions related to the building of houses was not included in the calculations on emissions for the Future Homes Standard.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	2618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to introduce a Future Homes Standard by 2025. This means new homes will be future proofed, with low carbon heating and lower energy use through high levels of energy efficiency. We propose that new homes built to the Future Homes Standard from 2025 should have carbon dioxide emissions up to 80 per cent lower than those built to current building regulations standards.</p><p>We are currently consulting on a meaningful and achievable increase to the energy efficiency standards for new homes to be introduced through the Building Regulations in 2020, as a stepping stone to this commitment. The preferred option is to set a standard that should result in a 31 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions. The consultation is open until 7 February and we welcome further evidence.</p><ul><li>Our consultation includes estimates as described above, and also includes a ‘roadmap’ that provides an indicative vision of how the 2025 standards will be achieved. We will undertake further modelling and analysis as we prepare the detail of the changes that will be needed in 2025.</li><li>We are consulting on proposed minimum standards for carbon dioxide emissions, primary energy use, and building fabric. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li><li>Requiring householders to disclose the energy use of their homes once occupied sits outside the scope of the Building Regulations and its enforcement regime. We have not proposed a post-occupancy monitoring system as part of the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>To consider embodied carbon at a building-level would require a standardised method of calculation supported by a robust evidence base and underpinned by widely adopted product standards. There is currently no widely agreed standardised method for certifying the embodied carbon of building products, so it was not included the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>The Future Homes Standard consultation is considering local planning authority powers in respect of energy efficiency. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li></ul> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 2615 2616 2617 2619 question first answered 21/01/2020 17:34:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1170333

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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, whether he is taking steps to ensure that local authorities have the power to require in new build homes greater (a) energy efficiency levels and (b) reductions in carbon emissions than central Government.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	2619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to introduce a Future Homes Standard by 2025. This means new homes will be future proofed, with low carbon heating and lower energy use through high levels of energy efficiency. We propose that new homes built to the Future Homes Standard from 2025 should have carbon dioxide emissions up to 80 per cent lower than those built to current building regulations standards.</p><p>We are currently consulting on a meaningful and achievable increase to the energy efficiency standards for new homes to be introduced through the Building Regulations in 2020, as a stepping stone to this commitment. The preferred option is to set a standard that should result in a 31 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions. The consultation is open until 7 February and we welcome further evidence.</p><ul><li>Our consultation includes estimates as described above, and also includes a ‘roadmap’ that provides an indicative vision of how the 2025 standards will be achieved. We will undertake further modelling and analysis as we prepare the detail of the changes that will be needed in 2025.</li><li>We are consulting on proposed minimum standards for carbon dioxide emissions, primary energy use, and building fabric. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li><li>Requiring householders to disclose the energy use of their homes once occupied sits outside the scope of the Building Regulations and its enforcement regime. We have not proposed a post-occupancy monitoring system as part of the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>To consider embodied carbon at a building-level would require a standardised method of calculation supported by a robust evidence base and underpinned by widely adopted product standards. There is currently no widely agreed standardised method for certifying the embodied carbon of building products, so it was not included the Future Homes Standard consultation.</li><li>The Future Homes Standard consultation is considering local planning authority powers in respect of energy efficiency. We will issue a response to the consultation later this year after analysing responses received.</li></ul> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 2615 2616 2617 2618 question first answered 21/01/2020 17:34:01 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan