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1792486

registered interest
date	04/04/2025
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: Sewers
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 her Department is taking steps to impose a legal duty on large-scale housing developments to include adequate sewage capacity.
tabling member constituency	Harpenden and Berkhamsted
tabling member printed	Victoria Collins
uin	44282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2025 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-24/40935" target="_blank">40935</a> on 31 March 2025.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 16/04/2025 12:29:09 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	5201

1792491

registered interest
date	04/04/2025
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: Special Advisers
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 special advisers are employed by her Department.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	44221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2025 answer text <p>The Deputy Prime Minister has appointed six Special Advisers to the department.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham North and Kimberley answering member printed Alex Norris question first answered 11/04/2025 10:47:10 answering member 4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1792493

registered interest
date	04/04/2025
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	Waste Disposal: Birmingham
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 her Department's statutory guidance entitled, Best value standards and intervention: a statutory guide for best value authorities, published on 8 May 2024, if she will take steps to intervene in the bin collection strike in Birmingham City Council area.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	44222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2025 answer text <p>The Department is closely monitoring the situation regarding the ongoing bin collection strike in the Birmingham City Council area and stands ready to play its part in supporting the Council where necessary. The Council should remain responsible for managing local service delivery, as is normal practice across local government, and is working to deal with the backlog of waste swiftly. Commissioners, who were appointed in October 2023 under the previous government to oversee the Council’s broader improvement journey, have been working constructively with the Council to ensure that a meaningful, sustainable resolution is found as quickly as possible. We recognise the importance of this issue for local people and are clear that this must be resolved, with regular services returned, and the accumulated waste and fly-tipping removed from the streets of the city as a matter of urgency.</p> answering member constituency Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton answering member printed Jim McMahon question first answered 10/04/2025 11:27:54 answering member 4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1792515

registered interest
date	04/04/2025
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	Park Homes: 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 recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of commission charge of up to 10 per cent on the sale of park homes on (a) mobile home residents and (b) site owners; and whether she has made an estimate of the commission paid in England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bromsgrove
tabling member printed	Bradley Thomas
uin	44299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2025 answer text <p>The previous government published a report in June 2022 on the impact of a change in the maximum park home sale commission. It can be found on gov.uk <a title="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gov.uk%2fgovernment%2fpublications%2fmobile-homes-the-impact-of-a-change-in-the-maximum-park-home-sale-commission&amp;data=05%7c02%7cpsmatthewpennycook%40communities.gov.uk%7c189de35cb1954b" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-homes-the-impact-of-a-change-in-the-maximum-park-home-sale-commission" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p> </p><p>This government recognises that there are longstanding concerns about the requirement to pay site owners a commission upon sale of a park home. We will set out plans in due course to seek further evidence from the sector on the rationale for the commission.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 16/04/2025 14:41:50 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	5186

1792521

registered interest
date	04/04/2025
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	Waste Disposal: Best Value
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 guidance she has issued on whether not collecting refuse waste could lead to a best value intervention at a local authority.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	44225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2025 answer text <p>All local authorities are under a statutory duty to comply with Best Value and must make arrangements to secure continuous improvement in the way their functions are exercised, as outlined in the existing statutory guidance on Best Value standards and intervention. Where there are concerns about a local authority's compliance with this duty, the Secretary of State may consider a range of evidence before deciding whether to intervene. No specific, separate guidance on whether the collection of refuse waste could lead to a best value intervention has been issued.</p> answering member constituency Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton answering member printed Jim McMahon question first answered 10/04/2025 11:29:11 answering member 4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1792522

registered interest
date	04/04/2025
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	Pest Control: Birmingham
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 she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to Birmingham City Council for pest control services.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	44226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2025 answer text <p>The government is working closely with Birmingham and continues to monitor the disruption caused by the bin strikes and the associated public health risks to the residents of the city. The council continues to manage local service delivery and has put in place measures to deal with the accumulated street backlog which has developed, and is supported by mutual aid from neighbouring authorities. The council has also taken measures to deal with pests including setting baiting stations in key waste hotspot areas, and are considering further measures to support households. The department continues to play its part in supporting the council where necessary and cross government mechanisms have been activated to ensure a coordinated response.</p> answering member constituency Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton answering member printed Jim McMahon question first answered 14/04/2025 15:45:54 answering member 4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1792527

registered interest
date	04/04/2025
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	Environmental Delivery Plans
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 24 March 2025 to Question 38447 on Environmental Delivery Plans, whether uncompleted conservation projects will lapse at the end of the Environmental Delivery Plan period.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Blake Stephenson
uin	44304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2025 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-14/38447" target="_blank">38477</a> on 24 March 2025.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 16/04/2025 12:30:05 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	5100

1792575

registered interest
date	04/04/2025
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: Compulsory Purchase
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 she plans to allow (a) councils, (b) Natural England and (c) development corporations to have enhanced Compulsory Purchase Powers for the mandatory purchase of residential dwellings.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	44227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2025 answer text <p>Local authorities and development corporations already have various powers to compulsorily acquire property for the purposes of supporting their functions. Natural England also has powers to compulsorily acquire land to establish and maintain nature reserves.</p><p> </p><p>The government is reforming the compulsory purchase process and compensation rules via the Planning and Infrastructure Bill to enable more effective land assembly through public sector-led schemes. A more streamlined and efficient process will also enable authorities to make greater use of their compulsory purchase powers, with associated cost savings realised through faster acquisition decisions.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 16/04/2025 12:31:10 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1792580

registered interest
date	04/04/2025
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	Fire and Rescue Services: Training
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 role her Department has in setting (a) standards and (b) contents of training for firefighters.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	Lisa Smart
uin	44344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2025 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of Fire and Rescue Authorities to ensure that firefighters receive the appropriate equipment and training they need to safely respond to the wide range of incidents which they attend. The Government will continue to work closely with the National Fire Chiefs Council to ensure fire and rescue services have the resources they need to keep the public safe.</p><p> </p><p>The Fire Standards Board is chaired independently of the Government and oversees the identification, development and maintenance of fire standards for fire and rescue services in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has accepted in principle the Grenfell Tower Public Inquiry’s recommendation to establish a college of fire and rescue. A necessary first step will be to consult on the most appropriate functions for a college – which could, as recommended by the Inquiry, include training provision and standards – and how it could best be structured and delivered. We expect to launch this consultation later in 2025. Implementing a new professional body for the fire and rescue sector would be a complex, long-term project requiring legislation and investment.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham North and Kimberley answering member printed Alex Norris question first answered 10/04/2025 14:10:30 answering member 4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris
tabling member	5070

1792581

registered interest
date	04/04/2025
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	Fire and Rescue Services: Training
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 she has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on ensuring firefighters receive suicide prevention training.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	Lisa Smart
uin	44345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2025 answer text <p>Every suicide is a tragedy, and we recognise the valuable role that firefighters play in attending these emergency incidents.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Government’s mission to reduce the lives lost to suicide we are recruiting 8,500 new mental health workers who will be specially trained to support people at risk, and we continue to back fire and rescue services to provide suicide support and training for firefighters.</p><p> </p><p>Firefighters, alongside other emergency services, play an important role in attending emergency incidents relating to suicides. It is for each fire and rescue service to provide support and training for firefighters in relation to these types of emergency incidents.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham North and Kimberley answering member printed Alex Norris question first answered 10/04/2025 14:09:55 answering member 4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris
tabling member	5070