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1272349

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 8 October 2020 from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay and chase up correspondence of 5 November 2020 and 25 November 2020 on constituent with reference JB29095.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	131185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>The answer to the correspondence is not straight forward and we are working with other departments across Whitehall to see if there is an avenue of help that might be available to assist the honourable member’s constituent.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 15/01/2021 09:15:28 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 72593 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

1272439

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to consult with local authorities on the development of targets for new homes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thornhill
uin	HL11622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/12/2020 answer text <p>We consulted on changes to the standard method formula for assessing local housing need and have now considered the responses carefully. On Wednesday 16th December we announced that in order to ensure that the country meets the challenge of delivering 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s, we changed the formula to focus greater need into urban areas to maximise existing infrastructure and to support development that reduces the need for high-carbon travel.</p><p>We believe the new method achieves the balance between these objectives whilst also providing certainty and stability during a period of economic uncertainty for our communities, businesses, and development sector. The figures we published alongside the new formula are only indicative, and local housing need remains the starting point for planning for housing need. Authorities should consider how this is best met based on their local circumstance, based on land availability, and relevant constraints.</p><p>We continue to engage with those authorities who are facing challenges. The Spending Review confirmed initial funding of £7.1 billion for the National House Building Fund (NHBF) over the next four years to unlock up to 860,000 homes.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 31/12/2020 10:49:54 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4558 label Biography information for Baroness Thornhill

1272440

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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	Environment Protection: Planning
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that any reforms to the planning system protect the environment.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thornhill
uin	HL11623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/12/2020 answer text <p>Our proposals in Planning for the Future seek to improve environmental outcomes. This will be achieved by amending the National Planning Policy Framework to ensure that it targets those areas where a reformed planning system can most effectively play a role in mitigating and adapting to climate change and maximising environmental benefits, while protecting and enhancing the most valuable and important habitats and species in England. The Government will respond to this consultation in due course. The Environment Bill will make 10 per cent net gains for biodiversity mandatory for most new developments, and also introduce Local Nature Recovery Strategies to secure enhancements through development schemes and contributions. We have also committed to review the environmental assessment process to help promote a clean, green recovery from the effects of coronavirus, and are taking this forward as part of the Planning for the Future reforms. Environmental protection will be at the heart of this review and where possible, any new framework will go further to take advantage of opportunities for environmental improvement.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 31/12/2020 10:49:24 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4558 label Biography information for Baroness Thornhill

1272441

registered interest
date	17/12/2020
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	Affordable Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the possible impact the changes proposed in the Planning White Paper will have on the delivery of affordable housing.
tabling member printed	Baroness Thornhill
uin	HL11624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/12/2020 answer text <p>The proposal to create a new Infrastructure Levy, as set out in the <em>Planning for the Future</em> White Paper, will support a more streamlined and accessible planning system. The new Levy will be designed to deliver at least as much onsite affordable housing as at present and will continue to be collected and spent at the local level, on priorities including infrastructure and affordable housing.</p><p>The consultation on the White Paper closed on 29 October. We are currently analysing the consultation responses and will publish a response in the Spring which will set out our decisions on the proposed way forward.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 31/12/2020 10:48:43 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4558 label Biography information for Baroness Thornhill

1271616

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
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	Sleeping Rough: Coronavirus
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 16 November 2020 to Question 114247 on Sleeping Rough: Coronavirus, what progress he has made on allocating to local authorities the (a) £15 million of funding through the Protect Programme and (b) £10 million of funding through the Cold Weather Fund.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	130770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>On 14 December, we confirmed that an initial £10 million funding had been allocated for 19 areas, plus the Greater London Authority, under the Government’s £15 million ‘Protect Programme’. This is to provide accommodation for rough sleepers during the pandemic in areas that required extra support throughout winter. A full list of allocations can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fextra-help-for-rough-sleepers-with-drug-and-alcohol-dependency&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C2fd503d30a5c466d200608d8b3c2d66f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637456996699155879%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=4qu%2Bs%2FVhHySu2SkuLrWAFAYeb8spqQeDAaeVR73uBhM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/extra-help-for-rough-sleepers-with-drug-and-alcohol-dependency</a></p><p>The Cold Weather Fund has been made available to all local authorities and we asked that they submit their proposals by the 4 December. As of 17 December, we have confirmed allocations totalling £7.3 million to over 260 local authorities and are in the process of confirming the final allocations, where local authorities have applied.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/01/2021 16:25:35 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1271622

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
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: Coronavirus
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 homeless people who have been provided emergency accommodation in response to covid-19 outbreak were (a) aged under 15 years, (b) aged 16 to 17 and (c) aged 18 to 24.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	130772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Tackling homelessness and rough sleeping in all its forms is a key priority for this Government and we have taken huge steps this year, working with local authorities and their partners to protect vulnerable rough sleepers during the pandemic.</p><p>We do not have an age breakdown of the people accommodated during the ongoing emergency response but the ‘Everyone In’ campaign has supported over 29,000 vulnerable people, with over 10,000 in emergency accommodation and nearly 19,000 provided with settled accommodation or move on support.</p><p>We have also put in place bespoke support for local authorities through our Homelessness Advice and Support Team, which includes dedicated youth homelessness advisor roles that have a commitment to work with local authorities to proactively promote positive joint working across housing authorities and children’s services, offering training, advice and support to all local authorities.</p><p>This year we have provided £90,000 to St Basil’s to fund Youth Voice, a training scheme for 40 young homeless people across the country. Youth Voice includes the Youth Homelessness Parliament which provides insight and advice to Government on issues affecting young homelessness people.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/01/2021 16:27:08 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1271658

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
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	Flats: Mortgages and Sales
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 discussions he has had with RICS on ensuring that its members abide by the agreement between the Government and RICS announced on 21 November 2020 that owners of flats in buildings without cladding will no longer need an EWS1 form to sell or re-mortgage their property.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	130655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>RICS have agreed that buildings without cladding do not need an EWS1 form. RICS are consulting on guidance for valuers, and Government has regular discussions with RICS about the issues associated with EWS1.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 11/01/2021 16:40:10 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1271793

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
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	Freeports
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 improve the bid assessment proposals for freeports in response to the findings of the Public Accounts Committee on the towns fund selection process in its report Selecting towns for the Towns Fund, published 11 November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	130700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>My Department and the Treasury have developed a robust approach to assessing Freeport bids. We consulted publicly on the objectives of the Freeports policy and have set out clearly in the Freeports Bidding Prospectus what these are and how bids will be assessed against them. This includes explicitly stating (in Section 5) how information requested from bidders will be marked, how these marks will be weighted, and how bids will qualify for the appointable list. Finally, we have published (also in Section 5 of the Bidding Prospectus) the factors Ministers will consider when assessing this list and have committed to publishing the rationales for successful bids’ selection.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 11/01/2021 18:40:16 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall previous answer version 72602 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1271802

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
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 Safety 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, whether he plans to extend the Building Safety Fund application deadline.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	130812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department has been working at pace and with building owners to process the registrations to the Building Safety Fund and to ensure that as many buildings as possible can make use of the fund – a task that has been made challenging by the failure of many buildings to provide basic eligibility information. It became clear that many building owners would be unable to complete applications by our intended deadline of 31 December 2020, adding to the concerns of many leaseholders. To address this we announced on 17 December 2020 that building owners will now have until 30 June 2021 to complete their applications.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 11/01/2021 16:40:46 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1271837

registered interest
date	16/12/2020
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	Supported Housing: Inspections
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 investigations have been undertaken by the Regulator for Social Housing into providers of supported exempt accommodation in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	130681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Whether or not accommodation is ‘exempt’ is a matter for local authority housing benefit departments. The Regulator of Social Housing regulates only those landlords that wish to register with it and who are able to meet its registration requirements (other than local authorities who own homes who are automatically registered). This includes being able to demonstrate that it is a provider of homes at rents below market levels. Not all providers of exempt accommodation provide sub-market rent.</p><p>Exempt accommodation is often delivered through providers entering into lease-based agreements with private landlords or property owners. The regulator issued a report in 2019 setting out its concerns about this type of “lease-based” supported housing and has subjected providers using this business model to increased scrutiny to obtain assurance about their compliance with regulatory standards.</p><p>There are 13 lease-based providers of supported housing that currently have either non-compliant regulatory judgements or notices.</p><p>The Government is committed to taking action to ensure vulnerable people have safe, good quality homes and that standards are improved in the minority of cases where they fall below our expectations. In October, we published our National Statement of Expectations for supported housing, which sets out recommended accommodation standards, and highlights examples of best practice in the sector. We have also provided £3.1 million of funding to five local authority areas, to test approaches to improving quality and oversight in supported housing in a targeted, proportionate way.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/01/2021 16:16:58 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood