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1187634

registered interest
date	24/03/2020
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	Youth Hostels Association: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Youth Hostel Association about its offering of 150 properties to be used by key workers and vulnerable members of society during the COVID-19 pandemic.
tabling member printed	Lord Mann
uin	HL2872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2020 answer text <p>We have been working with a number of hotel chains across the country to secure accommodation for rough sleepers. We are pleased that the Youth Hostel Association offered to provide properties to be used by key workers and vulnerable members of society during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are now working with local authorities in Manchester and Brighton to house rough sleepers.</p><p>We are working intensively with councils and the sector to help get those who are sleeping rough off the streets and into appropriate accommodation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 07/04/2020 14:52:47 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

1186958

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	Housing: 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 the Government has to test the performance of homes and tackle inadequate cavity wall insulation.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	33523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2020 answer text <p>We have committed to introduce a Future Homes Standard from 2025 which means that new homes will be fit for the future, with low carbon heating and lower energy use through high levels of energy efficiency. In October 2019 we published a consultation on the Future Homes Standard and the 2020 version of Part L of the Building Regulations. The Future Homes Standard consultation closed on 7 February 2020. The responses we have received will be considered carefully and a Government response will be published in due course.</p><p>Within the consultation we also made several proposals to improve the as-built performance of new homes, ensuring that they perform more closely to the predicted energy efficiency requirements. These proposals included improving the accuracy of as-built energy calculations and providing clearer information about the as-built specifications of new buildings to both Building Control Bodies and to building occupiers. <br> <br> A building control body, or the person doing the work if registered with a competent person scheme, verifies that completed building work meets the requirements of the Building Regulations. We do not have any current plans for testing the performance of the cavity wall insulation in new build homes.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 33524 33526 33528 question first answered 01/04/2020 08:55:46 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1186959

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	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 steps he is taking to ensure that houses are performing to the efficiency standards promised by housebuilders.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	33524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2020 answer text <p>We have committed to introduce a Future Homes Standard from 2025 which means that new homes will be fit for the future, with low carbon heating and lower energy use through high levels of energy efficiency. In October 2019 we published a consultation on the Future Homes Standard and the 2020 version of Part L of the Building Regulations. The Future Homes Standard consultation closed on 7 February 2020. The responses we have received will be considered carefully and a Government response will be published in due course.</p><p>Within the consultation we also made several proposals to improve the as-built performance of new homes, ensuring that they perform more closely to the predicted energy efficiency requirements. These proposals included improving the accuracy of as-built energy calculations and providing clearer information about the as-built specifications of new buildings to both Building Control Bodies and to building occupiers. <br> <br> A building control body, or the person doing the work if registered with a competent person scheme, verifies that completed building work meets the requirements of the Building Regulations. We do not have any current plans for testing the performance of the cavity wall insulation in new build homes.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 33523 33526 33528 question first answered 01/04/2020 08:55:46 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1186960

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	Housing: Energy
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 improve the energy and carbon performance of new build homes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	33525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to meeting its target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and recognises the important contribution that the energy efficiency of buildings has to make in meeting it.</p><p>We have committed to introduce a Future Homes Standard from 2025 which means that new homes in England will be fit for the future, with low carbon heating and lower energy use through high levels of energy efficiency. In October 2019 we published a consultation on the Future Homes Standard which proposed that new homes built to this standard should have carbon dioxide emissions 75-80 per cent lower than those built to current building regulations standards.</p><p>As a stepping stone to the Future Homes Standard, we have also consulted on a meaningful and achievable increase to the energy efficiency standards for new homes to be introduced through the Building Regulations in 2020, with a further strengthening by 2025.</p><p>The Future Homes Standard consultation closed on 7 February 2020. The responses we have received will be considered carefully and a Government response will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/04/2020 09:03:48 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1186961

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	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 steps the Government is taking to ensure developers build homes to agreed performance standards.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	33526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2020 answer text <p>We have committed to introduce a Future Homes Standard from 2025 which means that new homes will be fit for the future, with low carbon heating and lower energy use through high levels of energy efficiency. In October 2019 we published a consultation on the Future Homes Standard and the 2020 version of Part L of the Building Regulations. The Future Homes Standard consultation closed on 7 February 2020. The responses we have received will be considered carefully and a Government response will be published in due course.</p><p>Within the consultation we also made several proposals to improve the as-built performance of new homes, ensuring that they perform more closely to the predicted energy efficiency requirements. These proposals included improving the accuracy of as-built energy calculations and providing clearer information about the as-built specifications of new buildings to both Building Control Bodies and to building occupiers. <br> <br> A building control body, or the person doing the work if registered with a competent person scheme, verifies that completed building work meets the requirements of the Building Regulations. We do not have any current plans for testing the performance of the cavity wall insulation in new build homes.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 33523 33524 33528 question first answered 01/04/2020 08:55:46 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1186962

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	Housing: Energy
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 the New Homes Ombudsman will be responsible for ensuring that the stated energy efficiency of new homes correlates with their performance in real terms.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	33527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2020 answer text <p>The New Homes Ombudsman will provide alternative dispute resolution for new build homebuyers. <br> <br> We expect the New Homes Ombudsman’s remit to include complaints involving fuel, energy and broadband performance where expectations fall below that which is required or promised to be delivered by developers.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/04/2020 11:11:16 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1186963

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	Housing: Energy
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 ensure that homes are meeting their expected energy efficiency standards.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	33528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2020 answer text <p>We have committed to introduce a Future Homes Standard from 2025 which means that new homes will be fit for the future, with low carbon heating and lower energy use through high levels of energy efficiency. In October 2019 we published a consultation on the Future Homes Standard and the 2020 version of Part L of the Building Regulations. The Future Homes Standard consultation closed on 7 February 2020. The responses we have received will be considered carefully and a Government response will be published in due course.</p><p>Within the consultation we also made several proposals to improve the as-built performance of new homes, ensuring that they perform more closely to the predicted energy efficiency requirements. These proposals included improving the accuracy of as-built energy calculations and providing clearer information about the as-built specifications of new buildings to both Building Control Bodies and to building occupiers. <br> <br> A building control body, or the person doing the work if registered with a competent person scheme, verifies that completed building work meets the requirements of the Building Regulations. We do not have any current plans for testing the performance of the cavity wall insulation in new build homes.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 33523 33524 33526 question first answered 01/04/2020 08:55:46 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1186964

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	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 steps the Government is taking to ensure that the housing stock built in the next five years will be better than the housing stock built in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	33529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2020 answer text <p>In 2019 the Government convened the Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission and its report on improving the design quality of new homes was published in January 2020. We will be publishing a Planning White Paper, setting out measures to support beautiful design, meet the challenges of climate change and ensure this country can build the homes it needs.</p><p>We will legislate to address the recommendations from Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety and work with residents, building owners and others to ensure people are safe in their homes.</p><p>We will also legislate to require developers to belong to the New Homes Ombudsman and follow a Code of Practice to improve standards of build and service quality.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/04/2020 08:54:55 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1186965

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	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, what steps the Government is taking to ensure people are made aware of the performance standard of a home before purchase.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	33530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2020 answer text <p>It is a mandatory requirement of the energy performance of building regulations for the seller or landlord to provide a prospective buyer or tenant with a copy of an Energy Performance Certificate which provides information about the energy performance of the building.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/04/2020 11:10:51 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1186966

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	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 steps the Government is taking to ensure that homeowners can identify and redress snagging issues in new build homes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	33531
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s top priority is the health and wellbeing of residents in all tenures. New build homebuyers must feel confident that they are safe, receive the high quality they rightly expect, and are treated fairly when things go wrong.</p><p>We will ensure that a New Homes Ombudsman is established and we will legislate mandating that developers must belong to it, to provide effective redress for new build homebuyers. We have consulted on the design and delivery of the New Homes Ombudsman and the response was published in February, setting out a way forward.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/04/2020 09:53:05 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon