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1010101

registered interest
date	19/11/2018
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: Empty Property
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of private rented properties left vacant since councils were allowed to levy council tax on such properties compared to previously; and what assessment they have made of the impact any increase in the amount councils may levy will have on the number of such properties.
tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
uin	HL11548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Since 2013, local authorities have had the discretion to charge up to 100 per cent Council Tax on any empty property and to levy a council tax premium of up to 50 per cent on properties that have been empty for two years or more. The Government has recently introduced legislation which will allow local authorities to increase the Council Tax premium; to 100 per cent on homes empty for 2 years or more from April 2019; to 200 per cent on homes empty for more than five years from April 2020 and up to 300 per cent on homes empty for more than 10 years from April 2021. The Government does not collect data that identifies vacant private rented properties and has not undertaken an assessment of the impact any changes in Council Tax levels might have on such properties.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 03/12/2018 16:38:52 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

1011264

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Sleeping Rough
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to put an end to rough sleeping and provide destitute people with suitable housing.
tabling member printed	Lord Jones of Cheltenham
uin	HL11625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>We have committed to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and end it by 2027. The Government is implementing a range of measures to tackle rough sleeping such as the Homeless Reduction Act, which is the most ambitious homelessness legislative reform in decades. The Rough Sleeping Strategy is backed by £100 million of funding over the next two years and the Rough Sleeping Initiative will provide 500 new dedicated homelessness workers and 1,750 additional bed spaces this winter.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 03/12/2018 16:39:21 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	248 label Biography information for Lord Jones of Cheltenham

1012137

registered interest
date	21/11/2018
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	Non-domestic Rates: Appeals
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether in the context of check-challenge-appeal it is a requirement under Regulation 22(1A) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Alteration of Lists and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2009 (as amended) for the Valuation Office Agency in issuing notifications or certificates to communicate with both the ratepayer and the ratepayer's registered agent simultaneously; and if not, what is the procedure for making sure that both ratepayer and agent receive timely and accurate information necessary to progress through the process.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Lytton
uin	HL11664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>It is a requirement on the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) under Regulation 22(1A) of the Non-Domestic Rating (Alteration of Lists and Appeals) (England) Regulations 2009 (as amended) that, at the same time certain notices relating to the progression of a case or imposition of a penalty are sent to a ratepayer’s agent they must also be provided to the ratepayer. The VOA has procedures to ensure that notices are sent to an interested party and their agent at the same time.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 03/12/2018 16:40:18 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1864 label Biography information for The Earl of Lytton

1015396

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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: Reform
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 include the Association of Residential Managing Agents in his departmental working group on the future of leasehold reform.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	196224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to make the Association of Residential Managing Agents (ARMA) a member of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group. The composition of the working group's membership needs to reflect a balance of interests between property agents and housing consumers. Already included within the working group are two professional bodies with knowledge and experience of property management: the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and the Institute of Residential Property Management. Both these organisations have members who are also members of ARMA, or work on behalf of them. The working group will wish to invite others to personally provide evidence and give their views. When the working group discusses managing agents, ARMA will be at the forefront of the list of organisations for this purpose.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/12/2018 16:27:40 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1015508

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	Building Regulations: 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, with reference to paragraph 15 of the Government Response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee Report on the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety: Next Steps, published in September 2018, which building owners he has written to to remind them of their responsibilities to undertake remediation action where potentially dangerous ACM cladding has been used.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	196282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>We have written to owners of buildings with dangerous Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) which have no clear remediation plan in place and to those who have suggested that they will pass remediation costs to leaseholders. We have reminded them of their responsibilities for the safety of residents and of the Secretary of State’s expectation that leaseholders should be protected from these costs. <br> <br> We have also highlighted that, where building owners do not take action, local authorities have extensive enforcement powers to ensure that this necessary remediation work is undertaken. In addition, we have recently written to private sector building owners with high-rise buildings that contain small or partial amounts of cladding to inform them that the Expert Panel have advised that the clearest way to ensure the safety of residents is to remove all ACM, including small or partial areas, and replace it with a safe material.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/12/2018 16:26:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1006983

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2018 to Question 186182 on High Rise Flats: Insulation, how many times the ministerially-chaired taskforce has met.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	191289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Private Sector Building Remediation Ministerial Taskforce has met three times.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/12/2018 16:33:51 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1012289

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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 Revenue Accounts
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 20 November 2018 to Question 191287, Housing Revenue Accounts, whether other relevant directions are in force.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	194601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Since 2012/13 the Secretary of State has issued 23 Directions under section 74(3)(d) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 to individual local authorities which allows properties provided under Part II of the 1985 Housing Act to be accounted for outside the Housing Revenue Account and all these directions remain in force.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/12/2018 16:31:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1015489

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	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, much money the Government has spent funding the (a) removal and (b) replacement of unsafe cladding on high-rise tower blocks owned by (i) councils and (ii) housing associations.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	196090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government will fully fund the removal and replacement of dangerous Aluminium Cladding Material (ACM) cladding on residential social housing buildings over 18 metres owned by councils and housing associations, with costs estimated at £400 million. MHCLG is in the process of allocating £248 million to replace cladding on 135 buildings. This comprises £132 million for buildings owned by councils and £116 million for buildings owned by housing associations. It is not possible to break down this funding by removal and replacement works.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/12/2018 16:30:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1015513

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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: 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 contingency plans his Department has made to support the housebuilding industry in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	196102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p><br> My Department is working with other Government Departments on the implications that leaving the EU may have for delivering our housing objectives, including in relation to skills, labour, materials and methods of construction. We will continue to work closely with the housebuilding sector in the coming weeks and months to support our housing ambitions and to ensure that we are ready for every eventuality.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/12/2018 16:33:16 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1015518

registered interest
date	27/11/2018
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	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 assessment he has made of the effect of the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 on the finances of local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	196103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>To help local authorities implement the new duties under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, the Government provided £72.7 million in new burdens funding. On 16 October 2017 we published the methodology for calculating the new burdens funding including assumptions about the expected impact of the Act. We are committed to reviewing the implementation of the Act and the level of new burdens funding and will report back by March 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/12/2018 16:32:19 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey