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825673

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
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	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, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 December 2017, HCWS384, what steps he is taking to ensure that existing owners of houses purchased under a leasehold agreement will benefit from the same protections afforded to new buyers.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	123741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government response to the consultation on ‘<em>Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market</em>’ set out a range of measures to cut out unfair and abusive practices within the leasehold system. This included introducing legislation to prohibit the development of new build leasehold houses, other than in exceptional circumstances, and restricting ground rents in newly established leases of houses and flats to a peppercorn (zero financial value).</p><p>For existing leaseholders, the Government wants to see developer compensation schemes going further and faster, with support extended to all those with onerous ground rents, including second hand buyers and for customers to be proactively contacted. We will be keeping a close eye on progress and will consider measures that could be pursued to take action if necessary.</p><p>We want to make it easier for existing leaseholders to exercise their right to buy their freehold, or extend their lease, for this to be faster, fairer and cheaper, and to be available as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 05/02/2018 14:40:21 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

825759

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Former Members
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 many former Conservative Members of Parliament who were defeated at the 2017 general election and who now work in his Department were appointed after a publicly advertised and open recruitment process.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	123826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>No former Conservative Members of Parliament have been appointed to the Department since the 2017 General Election.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 29/01/2018 11:31:19 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

825789

registered interest
date	19/01/2018
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Beverage Containers
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 many disposable coffee cups were purchased by his Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	123856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Disposable coffee cups are purchased by an external catering supplier, which was unable to provide this information.</p><p><br>The catering facilities in the Department’s headquarters office in 2 Marsham Street are provided through the Home Office. The coffee cups used in the Department’s headquarters office in 2 Marsham Street are biodegradable.</p><p><br>Staff and visitors are encouraged to dispose of waste appropriately and userecycling bins where it is appropriate to do so.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 25/01/2018 16:53:05 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

825433

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	EU Grants and Loans: Cornwall
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 progress has been made on the creation of the Shared Prosperity Fund for Cornwall.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	123574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>My Department continues to develop the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which aims to improve productivity and reduce economic inequalities across the country. As announced in the Industrial Strategy, we will consult widely on the design of the new Fund later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 23/01/2018 13:37:57 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

825469

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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: Bethnal Green and Bow
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 holds on the number of homes with Category 1 Hazards owned by the local authority in Bethnal Green and Bow constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	123610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Figures on the number of local authority owned dwellings with Category 1 Hazards are available in section F of the local authority housing statistics data return. <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2016-to-2017</a></p><p><br> Figures are not available at constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 23/01/2018 13:03:28 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

825474

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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: 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, how many homes in the private rented sector have not met the decent homes standard in (a) Tower Hamlets, (b) London and (c) UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	123613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department's English Housing Survey assesses the extent to which private rented sector homes in England meet the Decent Homes Standard. 2015 is the latest year for which data on the per cent of homes in the private rented sector which did not meet the Decent Homes Standard is available. Data for the preceding five years are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2015-to-2016-headline-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2015-to-2016-headline-report</a> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/595787/2015-16_Section_2_Housing_Stock_Annex_Tables.xlsx%20" target="_blank"> </a></p><p>The Department does not publish data on non-decent homes in London, and the survey is not designed to produce local authority estimates.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 26/01/2018 11:15:46 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

825476

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Social Rented Housing: Regulation
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 assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the regulation of the social housing sector.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	123615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>Social housing is a priority for this Government. We are committed to ensuring that social homes are safe, decent, well managed and suitable for the needs of the people who live in them. The Regulation Committee within the Homes England - known as the Regulator of Social Housing - is responsible for overseeing the regulation of social housing. The Regulator of Social Housing is responsible for setting and ensuring compliance with economic and consumer regulation standards that apply to providers who are registered with it. The Regulator also has a number of tools available to take action where there is evidence that a registered provider is not meeting its requirements.</p><p>The Tailored Review of the Homes and Communities Agency, now Homes England, was carried out in 2016 This Review assessed the structure and delivery of the regulatory function within the Agency. The Review was clear that it had heard much evidence from registered providers, lenders and others in the sector that the Regulation Committee and its functions were seen as independent, strong and credible. The Review recommended the separation of the Regulator of Social Housing into a new standalone Non Departmental Public Body to address any conflict of interest that could potentially arise from the Agency’s current configuration. We have consulted on proposals to put in place arrangements to do so.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 25/01/2018 16:35:26 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

825479

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Carillion
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 estimate he has made of the number of jobs that will be lost in each local authority as a result of the liquidation of Carillion.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	123618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>We are not expecting any local authority jobs to be lost as a result of the liquidation of Carillion.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 24/01/2018 14:25:28 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

825568

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Local Government Finance: Enfield
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 many representations he received from business groups in the London Borough of Enfield on the local government finance settlement prior to the announcement of that settlement.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
uin	123702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Prior to the provisional settlement, my department held a technical consultation in September 2017 on the planned approach to the 2018-19 local government finance settlement. We received a total of 330 representations of which none were from business groups in the London Borough of Enfield.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 24/01/2018 14:23:59 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

825663

registered interest
date	18/01/2018
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	Planning
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the specific responsibilities and accountabilities of the architectural adviser appointed, in March 2017, to assist the Government Chief Planner; and what key objectives are contained in the current work plan of the adviser.
tabling member printed	Baroness Whitaker
uin	HL4904
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The architectural adviser you refer to is a former chairman of an architectural practice, with over 30 years of experience of the housing sector.</p><p>The adviser is seconded to the Department to advise on design and delivery within the planning and housing supply teams and reports to the Chief Planner. The adviser assists with the drafting and implementation of the action plan for new initiatives to raise design quality. This includes embedding quality in new government programmes, showcasing good practice in design and community engagement and supporting awards programmes. This also includes research that supports design quality and promotion and advocacy in the industry generally.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 30/01/2018 16:21:57 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2510 label Biography information for Baroness Whitaker