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1342248

registered interest
date	30/06/2021
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
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 Raising accessibility standards for new homes consultation, published on 8 September 2020, whether his Department has plans for all new homes to meet the accessible and adaptable standard proposed in that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	24967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2021 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 18 June to Question UIN 13060.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 09/07/2021 12:08:19 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1341716

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
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 assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy and (b) effectiveness of local authorities' powers to prevent underqualified builders from constructing developments once planning permission has been granted.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	24358
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>The responsibility for ensuring compliance with the Building Regulations rests with the people carrying out the work. The building control body will inspect building work on site at appropriate stages. The local authority has the power, under Section 36 of the Building Act, to take enforcement action against non-compliant work.</p><p>The Building Safety Bill includes a power to make Regulations regarding the competence of anyone carrying out design or building work. We intend, through Regulations, to require that individuals and the people they employ are competent for their roles. To support these legal requirements, we are working with the industry and the British Standards Institution (BSI) to develop an Overarching Competence Framework Standard that can be adapted for different sectors to produce sector-specific competence frameworks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 07/07/2021 16:43:48 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1341962

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
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	Planning: Public Participation
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 increase community involvement in the planning process.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	24262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2021 answer text <p>We are going to ensure that there is more engagement and more local democracy, not less. Currently less than 1% of people engage with local plan-making, and only 3% with individual planning applications. We will ensure that the planning system is faster, with plans produced in 30 months, not seven years, and more accessible so that millions more engage with it.</p><p>We also want more neighbourhood plans in northern and urban areas. We will ensure that they become ubiquitous and remain a key part of the planning system.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 08/07/2021 15:45:27 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1341964

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
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: Planning
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 prioritise homes with gardens over flats without gardens in housing planning applications.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	24263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government, through the National Planning Policy Framework, asks local planning authorities to ensure size, type and tenure of housing, and access to outdoor space needed for different groups in the community is assessed and reflected in local planning policies and decisions. The National Design Guide, which sits alongside the National Planning Policy Framework as guidance, emphasises the importance of providing a network of high quality green open spaces, which could be public, shared or private.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 07/07/2021 16:42:12 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1341966

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
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 Plans: York
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 the timeframe is for York to have a Local Plan.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	24264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>The Local Plan remains at examination and a public consultation is currently underway. The Government has set a deadline for all local planning authorities to have up-to-date local plans by the end of 2023. The Secretary of State will not hesitate to use the full range of powers Parliament has given him in order to ensure plan-making is maintained. This will help deliver the certainty that local communities and businesses deserve.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 07/07/2021 16:43:04 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1342007

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
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	Unitary Councils: Somerset
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 of the outcome of the referendum held by the district Councils in Somerset on the matter of unitary authorities.
tabling member constituency	Bridgwater and West Somerset
tabling member printed	Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger
uin	24394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>On 27 April I said in response to the Hon Member’s questions of 20 April (UIN 184363, 184364, 184365, 184366, 184367, 184368) that thousands of responses had been received to the consultation on local government reorganisation in Somerset, and that these responses were being analysed. I can now confirm that over 5,000 responses have been received from this consultation on the two proposals for unitary local government in Somerset.</p><p>The Secretary of State is now carefully considering the reorganisation proposals for Somerset to decide which, if any, should be implemented, subject to Parliamentary approval. In doing so, he will have regard to all the relevant information available to him, including the results of the local poll, and to all the representations he has received, including representations about the local poll and its conduct.</p><p>The Secretary of State expects to announce his decisions on the unitary proposals before the summer along with a summary of consultation responses.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 23083 23084 24907 question first answered 05/07/2021 12:53:16 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1396 label Biography information for Mr Ian Liddell-Grainger

1342061

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
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	World Heritage Sites
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reported threat to Liverpool's UNESCO World Heritage Site status, what plans they have to (1) review, and (2) amend, relevant national planning guidance.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL1552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the protection of our historic environment, including our World Heritage Sites. As set out in the recent Planning White Paper, <em>Planning for the Future</em> , we consider that the existing heritage planning framework has worked well and we want to build on it as we develop the new planning system. In bringing forward our reforms we will work with those who have experience and expert knowledge of the planning system to ensure that our heritage is fully considered and continues to be protected going forward.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 13/07/2021 13:55:22 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1342063

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
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	Caravan Sites: Licensing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to allowing the addition of a separate set of Model Standards to those provided in 1983 under the Caravan Sites Control and Development Act 1960, which would recognise the distinction between caravans and motorcaravans.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL1554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>Section 5(6) of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 gives the Secretary of State powers to from time to time specify model standards with respect to the lay-out and the provision of facilities, services and equipment for caravan sites or particular types of caravan site.</p><p>The planning permission for many holiday and touring caravan sites permit motorhomes to be stationed on those sites. The model standards for those sites make provision for motorhomes. We do not consider that additional model standards are necessary.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 13/07/2021 13:53:34 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

1342079

registered interest
date	29/06/2021
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	Letting Agents: Regulation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce new legislation on the regulation of property agents.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL1572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for homeowners and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service. This commitment includes raising professionalism and standards amongst property agents, protecting consumers while defending the reputation of good agents from the actions of rogue operatives. We therefore welcome the ongoing work being undertaken by the industry itself to raise professionalism and standards across the sector.</p><p>Government welcomes the work of Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town as the Chair of the independent steering group on codes of practice for property agents, and we will continue to work with industry on improving best practice.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 13/07/2021 14:21:57 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1341101

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
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 he has made of the number of buildings that will have (a) dangerous cladding and (b) other fire safety defects beyond June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	23384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2021 answer text <p>For high-rise residential buildings with unsafe non-ACM cladding, the Department is continuing to work with building owners to advance applications for the Building Safety Fund at pace so more remedial works can begin as swiftly as possible. We expect applicants to the Building Safety Fund to start works on site by 30 September 2021 where possible.</p><p>No estimate has been made for i) non high-rise residential buildings, nor ii) high-rise residential buildings with non-unsafe cladding defects.</p><p>The Building Safety Bill will bring about a fundamental change in both the regulatory framework for building safety and construction industry culture, ensuring those responsible for buildings make sure fire and structural safety risks are properly managed.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 05/07/2021 15:51:52 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark