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1171901

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	Homelessness
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 homeless people in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Hertfordshire and (d) Stevenage constituency; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	5412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>Homelessness is a devolved matter in the UK and statistics are produced by each UK country separately. MHCLG therefore holds data for England only. The Government Statistical Service Harmonisation Team have developed an interactive tool providing guidance on comparing statistics across UK countries and shows how each country’s statistics are collected. The tool is available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgss.civilservice.gov.uk%2Ftools%2FGSS-Homelessness-Interactive-Tool%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCatherine.Barham%40communities.gov.uk%7Cae68fe2e335d46ab014608d79f16ba1a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637152792261318600&amp;sdata=%2B0SCHUMJ89tDW4qV0gjztfbRODwbut7s9J8sXKriKJ4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://gss.civilservice.gov.uk/tools/GSS-Homelessness-Interactive-Tool/</a></p><p>Following the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, homeless households are owed a 56 day relief duty before a main duty decision is made. In England between April to June 2019, 32,220 households who presented themselves to their local authority were initially assessed as homeless and therefore owed a relief duty. During the same period, 8,360 households in England were assessed as owed a main homelessness duty. In Hertfordshire, 536 households were owed a relief duty and 223 were owed a main homelessness duty in April to June 2019. In Stevenage, 72 households were owed a relief duty and 13 were owed a main homelessness duty.</p><p>In December 2019 we announced the allocation of £263 million in funding for 2020/21 to local authorities designed to support them to deliver services to tackle homelessness. The purpose of this funding is to give local authorities more control and flexibility in managing homelessness pressures and supporting those who are at risk of homelessness, including providing them with temporary accommodation.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Number of households owed relief duties and main duties, April to June 2019 </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Relief duties owed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Main duty acceptances</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>32,220</p></td><td><p>8,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>536</p></td><td><p>223</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stevenage</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Homelessness statistics (HCLIC), MHCLG</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 23/01/2020 16:58:15 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1171961

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
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 fire risk assessments were carried out on the Cube building in Bolton that caught fire in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	5436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department is aware of a review of the fire performance of building cladding and fire strategy undertaken in February 2018 and April 2018 respectively on the Cube (phase 1 and 2) by the building owners.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/01/2020 17:43:19 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1171963

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	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, whether he has met with any leaseholders facing bills for the remediation of combustible non Aluminium-Composite Material cladding on the buildings in which they live.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	5437
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>I and my Department have engaged with a number of leaseholders living in buildings with unsafe cladding, and as the Secretary of State said in Parliament on 20 January (Official report, volume 670, column 24). We are aware of the concerns of leaseholders about meeting the cost of remediation. The Government is considering options to support leaseholders and will set out details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/01/2020 17:44:53 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1171976

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	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 the classification was of the (a) cladding and (b) insulation on the Cube student halls building in Bolton which caught fire in November 2019.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	5438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The insulation was 90mm thick polyisocyanurate (PIR), we do not have information on the reaction to fire classification of either the cladding and insulation.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/01/2020 17:42:42 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1171989

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	High Rise Flats: Fire Regulations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2020 to Question 1018 on High Rise Flats: Fire Regulations, whether he is aware of any alternative measurements of the height of the Cube building in Bolton that caught fire in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	5439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>BRE Global Limited’s measurements show that the height of the top occupied storey from ground level is 17.8 metres.</p><p>The height of the top occupied storey is measured in accordance with Diagram D6 of Approved Document B. This approach is also used in the ban of combustible materials in the external walls of buildings, the Independent Expert Advisory Panel’s Advice Note and to assess the eligibility to the cladding remediation fund. We have also been informed by BRE that the distance between ground level and the underside of the roof is approximately 21 meters.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 28/01/2020 11:51:26 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 2645 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1172009

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
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 whether any remedial fire safety work was carried out on the Cube building in Bolton prior to that building catching fire in 2019.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	5440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department commissioned BRE to investigate the fire at the Cube alongside the formal fire and rescue and police investigations. This work was done as part of our ongoing contract to investigate fires. BRE stated in their report that fire and rescue services informed them that intumescent cavity barriers were retrofitted to the Phase 2 block in 2017.</p><p>We are also aware of a review of the fire performance of building cladding undertaken in February 2018.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/01/2020 17:40:15 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1172013

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	Buildings: Fire Prevention
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 estimate of the amount spent by leaseholders in England on waking watches in buildings awaiting the completion of remedial fire safety works since the Grenfell Tower fire.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	5441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information and has not made estimates. We recognise the stress and strain that living in a building with unsafe ACM cladding is causing to residents. The priority must therefore be to remove and replace unsafe cladding as quickly as possible to ensure buildings are safe in the long term.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 28/01/2020 17:06:17 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1172017

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	Buildings: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2019 to Question 274550 on Buildings: Fire Prevention, what direct experimental information the Independent Expert Panel is relying on for their assessment that Aluminium Composite Material poses an unparalleled fire risk compared to other forms of cladding such as High Pressure Laminate.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	5442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The Independent Expert Advisory Panel relied on the preliminary results of the bespoke Non ACM test. The Government is committed to publish the results of all the tests including these. The results of this research will be published shortly. This is to allow for further tests on additional cladding materials including timber cladding and Class D High Pressure Laminates of various thicknesses and manufacturers.</p><p>So far, the results show that none of the materials tested present a significant fire hazard like that of Aluminium Composite Material with unmodified polyethylene core and other metal composites.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 05/02/2020 18:01:21 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1172019

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	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, if he will make an assessment of the similarities between the cladding and insulation systems used on the Cube building in Bolton that caught fire in 2019 and on Lakanal House.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	5443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2020 answer text <p>As part of the investigation, BRE will report known related incidents which have similarities to the fire in Bolton Cube building.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 28/01/2020 17:34:29 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1172062

registered interest
date	20/01/2020
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	Building Regulations
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 additional funding his Department plans to allocate to the Health and Safety Executive for the establishment of the new Building Safety Regulator.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	5326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2020 answer text <p>The Building Safety Regulator will receive the funding it needs to deliver its functions and my Department is working with the Health and Safety Executive to determine set-up and running costs. We intend to give the regulator the ability to recover some costs from those it regulates, as recommended by Dame Judith Hackitt’s independent review.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 23/01/2020 17:40:48 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey