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1230556

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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
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 on existing leaseholders since the implementation of the Town and Country Planning Regulations (S.I. 2020, No. 632).
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	84259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>An Impact Assessment has been published and is available alongside the regulations. This considers the impact on leaseholders</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 07/09/2020 14:27:17 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1230566

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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 effectiveness of the External Wall System (EWS) form; what the average length of time to complete the EWS1 process is; and what progress he has made in improving External Wall System review process.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	84342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>The EWS1 form is not a Government regulatory or legal requirement. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) designed and implemented the form in conjunction with mortgage lenders. RICS is currently reviewing the form and its operation.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 07/09/2020 13:59:37 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1230654

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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 Finance: 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, whether he has made an assessment of how much each local council has (a) spent on dealing with the effect of the covid-19 outbreak and (b) lost in revenue during that outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	84272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>We have now carried out four rounds of the Covid-19 financial monitoring survey and have received data from all local authorities. The vast majority (96 per cent) of councils surveyed have responded to all four rounds, with the remainder having submitted returns in three of the four rounds, which means that we have a fully representative dataset from which to inform our understanding of councils’ evolving financial situations as they continue to respond to the pandemic.</p><p>In the fourth round of the survey, local authorities estimated they faced £2.5 billion in additional expenditure pressures and income loss of £3.6 billion from March to the end of July. On 19 August, we published a summary of the results of the fourth round. This can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Flocal-authority-covid-19-financial-impact-monitoring-information&amp;data=02%7C01%7Criya.sachdev%40communities.gov.uk%7C50778bec8ced42d3272508d850c1ec8e%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637348141104549605&amp;sdata=5IyZv6GXiTdfeIXD8N0LSnyz9FdCJRLS8l5zk8XYyAc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-covid-19-financial-impact-monitoring-information</a>. We will publish the results from Round 5 of the survey in due course. We are committed to being transparent about the pressures councils are under, which is why we have published the breakdown of results.</p><p>We have provided councils with an unprecedented package of support, allocating £4.3 billion of support for spending pressures, including £3.7 billion of un-ringfenced grants and the £600 million Infection Control Fund. This direct financial support the Government has provided is part of comprehensive package of support which includes cashflow measures, support for the homeless, and for bus and tram services – not to mention grants and business rates reliefs for businesses. In total, the Government has committed almost £28 billion to local areas to support councils, businesses and communities</p><p><br>The Government has also confirmed that it will extend the period over which councils must manage shortfalls in local tax income relating to 2020-21, from 1 to 3 years. This will ease immediate pressures on authorities when budget setting for 2021-22, protecting their ability to deliver essential local services. We will announce further details of how it will also support local authorities to manage tax losses at the comprehensive spending review later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 07/09/2020 14:33:04 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1230655

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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 Finance: 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, how much funding his Department has provided to each local authority to help them deal with the effect of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	84273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>We have provided councils with an unprecedented package of support, allocating £4.3 billion of support for spending pressures, including £3.7 billion of un-ringfenced grants and the £600 million Infection Control Fund. This direct financial support the Government has provided is part of comprehensive package of support which includes cashflow measures, support for the homeless, and for bus and tram services – not to mention grants and business rates reliefs for businesses. In total, the Government has committed almost £28 billion to local areas to support councils, businesses and communities. Full information on the amount each council has received from the £3.7 billion of un-ringfenced grants, as well as other measures, can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-emergency-funding-for-local-government" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-emergency-funding-for-local-government</a> <br> <br> The Government has also introduced a co-payment scheme to compensate local councils for irrecoverable and unavoidable losses from sales, fees and charges income generated in the delivery of services, in the financial year 2020/21. Councils will absorb the first 5 per cent of all relevant, irrecoverable losses compared to budgets, with the Government compensating councils for 75p in every pound of loss thereafter.</p><p>The Government has also confirmed that it will extend the period over which councils must manage shortfalls in local tax income relating to 2020-21, from 1 to 3 years. This will ease immediate pressures on authorities when budget setting for 2021-22, protecting their ability to deliver essential local services. We will announce further details of how it will also support local authorities to manage tax losses at the comprehensive spending review later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 07/09/2020 14:35:11 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1230674

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Markets: 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 the Government is taking to support indoor market retailers during the economic recovery from the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
uin	84261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has delivered one of the most generous and comprehensive packages of support globally, with a total fiscal response of close to £200 billion. Many of the measures introduced, including loan schemes, tax deferrals, Self-Employment Income Support Scheme and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme remain open and have been designed to be accessible to businesses in most sectors and across the UK</p><p> </p><p>Eligible market stalls with a rateable value could also benefit from flat rate payments of £10,000 under the grant scheme for the retail, hospitality, and leisure sectors. Moreover, in recognition that some market traders were excluded from this grant fund because of the way they interact with the business rates system, the Government encouraged local authorities to include these businesses as a priority group for the Discretionary Grant Fund</p><p> </p><p>In terms of rent assistance, the Government encourages tenants to continue to pay their rent in full where they are in a position to do so, although we recognise that others may not be in this position. We welcome the fact that many local authorities and other operators have been able to be flexible in their approach and negotiate suitable arrangements including rent concessions for a significant number of market traders in support of the industry, recognising the financial strain the pandemic has placed on their finances.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 07/09/2020 14:30:07 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1230704

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	Second Homes: Council Tax
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 merits of changing the tax regulations which allow second home owners to avoid paying full council tax by registering their properties as holiday lets.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	84333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>Council tax is a devolved matter and the Welsh Government is responsible for the relevant legislation in Wales.</p><p>In England, a property may be registered as a holiday let – and therefore assessed for business rates rather than council tax – only if it is available for short-term let for 140 days or more a year.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government has consulted on the criteria under which a holiday let is liable for business rates rather than council tax in England and is currently considering responses to that consultation.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 07/09/2020 15:49:44 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1230716

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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	English Language: Education
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 amending his Department's expanded retail relief guidance for 2020-21 to enable further support for English Language schools.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	84316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>My Department published guidance on the expanded retail discount on 25 March 2020. The guidance states that eligible properties are those wholly or mainly used as shops, restaurants, cafes, drinking establishments, cinemas and live music venues; those used by visiting members of the public for assembly and leisure; or hotels, guest &amp; boarding premises and self-catering accommodation. It is for local authorities to decide, having regard to the guidance, whether English language schools fall within these categories. The Government has no plans to amend the guidance.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 07/09/2020 14:30:47 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1230785

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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: 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 potential merits of supporting building owners to fund remedial works (a) for buildings of all heights and (b) beyond those needed to external wall systems.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	84377
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has made £1 billion available to fund the removal of unsafe non-Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding. This is in addition to the £600 million made available already to ensure the remediation of the highest risk ACM cladding</p><p><br> The Government’s decision to place the scope of the Building Safety Fund at external wall systems, and buildings over 18m, reflects the exceptional fire risk that certain cladding products pose at that height, but also because unsafe cladding acts as an accelerant to fire spread</p><p><br> Our guidance is clear that it remains building owners’ responsibility to address unsafe cladding on buildings of all heights. We have provided advice from the Expert Panel on the measures building owners should take to ensure their buildings are safe</p><p><br> We recognise that in many cases, leasehold agreements will allow building owners or their managing agents to pass remediation costs on to leasehold owners of individual flats. It is unacceptable for leaseholders to have to worry about the cost of fixing historic safety defects in their buildings that they didn’t cause</p><p><br> The Government is determined to remove barriers to fixing historic defects and identify financing solutions that protect leaseholders from unaffordable costs and we will provide an update when the draft Building Safety Bill returns to Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 07/09/2020 14:00:46 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1230786

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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: 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 plans he has to support leaseholders who experience delays in receiving an EWS1 form as a result of the low risk profile of their property.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	84378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>The EWS1 form was introduced by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) to assist in valuation of high-rise residential buildings for mortgage purposes. The Department does not support a blanket approach In EWS1 requests for lower rise properties and is encouraging mortgage lenders to accept other equivalent evidence from building owners for valuation purposes.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 07/09/2020 14:08:01 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1230788

registered interest
date	02/09/2020
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: 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 plans he has to increase capacity among the competent professionals needed to (a) sign EWS1 forms and (b) carry out remediation works.
tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
uin	84379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2020 answer text <p>Building owners must take swift action to remediate their buildings. The Department is supporting industry in responding to this challenge including consideration of ways to address capacity issues across the sector.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 07/09/2020 14:08:24 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi