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999124

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Multiple Occupation: Licensing
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 level of risk of landlords bypassing rules licensing houses in multiple occupation by (a) acquiring bed and breakfast accommodation and (b) using outbuildings to house tenants.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	186181
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government sees the risk of landlords circumventing this legislation by acquiring bed and breakfast (B&amp;B) accommodation as low and is unaware of any cases of it. It is not unlawful for landlords to change from being an HMO landlord to a B&amp;B provider. Landlords would simply be changing from one arrangement to another, and would have to abide by the appropriate framework accordingly.</p><p>A small number of landlords who are rogue or criminal, knowingly rent out unsafe and substandard accommodation, including outbuildings. This is not specific to HMO regulation, but a wider issue about substandard accommodation upon which we are determined to crackdown.</p><p>The Housing &amp; Planning Act 2016 introduced a range of measures to deal with such landlords and they were implemented in 2017. Measures include: banning orders for the most serious and prolific offenders; civil penalties of up to £30,000 as an alternative to prosecution; and extension of Rent Repayment Orders to cover illegal eviction, breach of a banning order or failure to comply with a statutory notice.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/11/2018 11:45:48 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

999125

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of privately owned tower blocks which have dangerous cladding.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	186182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s priority is to ensure that residents of high-rise (above 18 metres) buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems are, and feel, safe. We work closely with local authorities and fire and rescue services to ensure that interim safety measures are in place to ensure residents are safe for any buildings which have been identified as having potentially dangerous ACM cladding systems. Officials continue to engage with developers, building owners and managing agents with responsibility for buildings with unsafe ACM cladding systems to ensure that they are fully remediated as quickly as possible. We have written to all relevant private sector building owners reminding them of their responsibilities towards making their buildings safe, including reminding them that local authorities have powers to enforce these improvements if building owners do not take action.</p><p>A ministerially-chaired taskforce is overseeing the remediation of private sector buildings with unsafe ACM cladding systems and a joint expert inspection team will support local authorities in ensuring and, where necessary, enforcing remediation of private sector high-rise residential buildings with unsafe ACM cladding systems. To support the work of the inspection team, Government has made further funding available up to £1 million.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/11/2018 11:12:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

999146

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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, what information his Department has collected as part of the Rough Sleeping Initiative.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	186183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The Rough Sleeping Initiative comprises a team of expert advisers who work closely with local areas to support their work to help people off the streets. Through this interaction we are able to monitor the progress of rough sleeping responses and support local authorities in obtaining a more detailed picture of rough sleeping in their area. The annual statistical release, based on street counts and estimates by all local authorities each autumn, allows us to assess the extent of rough sleeping across England.</p><p>The latest publication is available at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/682001/Rough_Sleeping_Autumn_2017_Statistical_Release_-_revised.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/682001/Rough_Sleeping_Autumn_2017_Statistical_Release_-_revised.pdf.</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/11/2018 15:21:16 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

997781

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Migration Impacts 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, if he will make an assessment of the merits for communities of reinstating the migrant impact fund.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	185490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>We launched the Controlling Migration Fund in October 2016, with £100 million available over four years, to provide additional support to local areas that are facing pressure as a result of recent migration. To date we have funded £74 million. The deadline for bids from local authorities for a share of the remaining £26 million in the Fund was 1 October. My officials are assessing the applications that were submitted and successful projects will be announced in the new year. We will consider how best to continue to provide support for areas in response to the impacts of recent migration as part of the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 07/11/2018 13:56:13 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

997848

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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 Infrastructure 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, how much his Department has spent on grant funding for infrastructure associated with housing developments in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	185514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. At Autumn Budget, the Housing Infrastructure Fund was increased by £500 million to a total of £5.5 billion.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/11/2018 17:07:05 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

997853

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Homes England: 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, if he will provide a breakdown by financial year of the allocations in Homes England's financial plan set out in strategic plan 2018-19 – 2022-23.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	185515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The Homes England Strategic Plan 2018 to 2023 sets out the agreed budget for 2018/19 and provisional budgets for future years to 31 March 2021. Following the Chancellor's recent Budget, the Department is working through the 2018/19 Supplementary Estimates process to align budget profiles with delivery plans. Updated budgetary information will be published once the Supplementary Estimates process has concluded. Budgets beyond 2020/21 will be agreed through the forthcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/11/2018 11:46:17 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

997098

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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	Affordable Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the claim by the Centre of Social Justice in its report, A Social Housing Strategy, published on 27 October, that designated affordable new homes do not reduce the housing benefit bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL11102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>This Government's priorities are to boost housing supply and to build more affordable homes, supporting the different needs of a wide range of people. The Government is committed to increasing the supply of affordable housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver 250,000 new affordable homes of a wide range of tenures, including social rent. Since 2010 we have delivered over 378,000 new affordable homes, including over 273,000 affordable homes for rent.</p><p>We have not directly carried out an assessment in response to the claim made by the Centre for Social Justice. However, new affordable housing reduces pressure on the Housing Benefit bill by enabling people to live in sub-market rent homes which, on average, have lower associated housing benefit costs than the Local housing Allowance on an equivalent home in the private rented sector.</p><p>We have listened to the housing sector. We have increased the size of the Affordable Homes Programme, re-introduced social rent, lifted the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap for local authorities, and are setting a long term rent deal for councils and housing associations in England from 2020. Housing associations and local authorities now need to accelerate delivery and build more affordable homes.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 08/11/2018 13:25:39 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

997100

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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	Non-domestic Rates: Tax Allowances
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reported position of the Federation of Small Businesses for business rate relief to extend beyond retail to the hospitality and service sectors.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL11104
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>At the Autumn Budget 2018, the Chancellor announced the launch of a retail relief scheme worth almost £900 million for retail properties with a rateable value of below £51,000. The scheme will provide a one third discount in 2019/20 and 2020/21 to eligible retail properties, including independent shops, pubs, restaurants and cafés.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 08/11/2018 14:52:21 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

995631

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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	Landlords: Databases
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to make the database of rogue landlords and property agents publicly available.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL11056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>We intend to bring forward legislation to make information held on the database of rogue landlords and property agents public as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 08/11/2018 13:24:32 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

995632

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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	Private Rented Housing: Tenants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment have they made of the adequacy of the legislation protecting private sector tenants.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL11057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to offering stronger protections for private sector tenants and ensuring that people are living in safe and good quality properties.</p><p>Tenants are protected from eviction through the Protection from Eviction Act 1977, the Housing Act 1988, the Housing Act 1985 and through the retaliatory eviction provisions in the Deregulation Act 2015.</p><p>Other legislation includes the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 requiring landlords to keep electrical installations in the property in repair and proper working order and the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS), introduced by the Housing Act 2004 to assess health and safety in residential properties. The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) regulations protect tenants from death or injury in the home caused by smoke and carbon monoxide poisoning, and the Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Sector Property) (England and Wales) Regulations improve the energy efficiency of domestic privately rented properties.</p><p>Government is now going further and has announced a mandatory requirement on landlords in the private rented sector to ensure electrical installations in their property are inspected every five years and is supporting the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 08/11/2018 13:23:39 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark