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1713080

	registered interest
	date	23/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of updating the National Planning Policy Framework to enable local planning authorities to use the most recent Office for National Statistics household projections in the standard method of calculating local housing need.
	tabling member constituency	Canterbury
	tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>A review of the standard method formula was undertaken in 2020. As part of the consultation, we asked if we should incorporate more recent household projections data into the formula. Following careful consideration of the responses received, to provide stability and certainty for local authorities and other stakeholders we decided to retain the existing formula.</p><p>We have kept the standard method under review. Through a consultation on changes to national policy held in 2022/23 we committed to review our approach to assessing housing needs once new household projections data, based on the 2021 Census, is released in 2025.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 26/04/2024 08:48:06 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1712686

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Flats: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to help leaseholders with premium insurance rates for multi-occupancy residential buildings affected by (a) flammable cladding and (b) other material safety risks.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Dame Margaret Hodge
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government continues to put extreme pressure into ensuring more fair and proportionate premiums for leaseholders living in multi-occupancy buildings with fire safety issues.</p><p>The FCA recommended that the insurance industry develop a risk-sharing facility for buildings with fire-safety issues. The Association of British Insurers’ Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility launched on 1 April 2024 in response to this recommendation. We are closely monitoring the Facility to understand the extent to which it improves outcomes for leaseholders.</p><p>On 31 December 2023, FCA changes came into force to give leaseholders rights under Fair Value rules and require the disclosure of key policy information. We welcome these changes and expect that they will help reduce the unfair costs facing leaseholders.</p><p>On 27 November 2023, the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill was introduced into Parliament. The Bill bans insurance commissions being passed to freeholders and managing agents, replacing these with transparent handling fees. This will stop leaseholders being charged excessive and opaque commissions on top of their premiums.</p><p>The Government has also published a commitment by 14 insurance broker companies to cap their commissions to 15%, stop sharing commissions with managing agents, landlords and freeholders, and share policy information with leaseholders when requested. The pledge will benefit leaseholders in buildings over 11 metres (or four storeys) in height with identified fire safety defects, where these details have been made known to the insurance broker.</p><p>We will continue to monitor the impact these changes have had on leaseholder premiums, and will remain engaged with industry regarding whether any further steps may be required.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 26/04/2024 08:45:38 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

1712698

	registered interest
	date	22/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Planning
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish a revised version of his Department's Planning Policy Guidance to reflect recent changes to the National Planning Policy Framework.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>Since 19 December 2023, we have updated Planning Practice Guidance multiple times to include new guidance on Biodiversity Net Gain, and updated existing guidance on the Community Infrastructure Levy, Housing Supply and Delivery, the Green Belt, Natural Environment and Viability. Further guidance updates will be published as necessary in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 25/04/2024 10:50:34 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1702243

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of making water companies statutory consultees in planning permission applications for new housing developments.
	tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government committed during the passage of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 to consult on whether water companies should become statutory consultees on certain planning applications, and if so, how best to do this. The Secretary of State has since commissioned Sam Richards to undertake an independent review of statutory consultees within the planning system and the recommendations from this will be published in due course.</p><p>In the meantime, it is important that water companies engage local planning authorities on their applications at the right time so they can input effectively and not slow down the application process.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 25/04/2024 12:56:19 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1701463

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Birmingham
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department took to increase levels of housebuilding in Birmingham in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Tahir Ali
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22160
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department has consistently set the conditions for the building of homes – and building them in the right places, including the revision of the NPPF in December 2023 and the Written Ministerial Statement on a long-term plan for housing in February 2024. Beyond that, Birmingham City Council is responsible for setting the plan for building the houses the city needs.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 23/04/2024 16:54:32 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4747 label Biography information for Tahir Ali

1701469

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Leisure and Motor Sports: Land Use
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to review legislation that allows landowners to use their farmland for (a) motocross and (b) other non-agricultural activities.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Under nationally set permitted development rights, land may be used for any purpose and moveable structures be set up on the land for up to 28 days per calendar year, of which up to 14 days can be used for motor car and motorcycle racing.</p><p>Where it is considered necessary to protect the local amenity or wellbeing of an area the local planning authority can consult the local community on removing a permitted development right by making an Article 4 direction.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 22192 question first answered 24/04/2024 15:07:36 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1701470

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Motor Sports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of legislation on the proximity of motocross events to residential areas.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22192
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>Under nationally set permitted development rights, land may be used for any purpose and moveable structures be set up on the land for up to 28 days per calendar year, of which up to 14 days can be used for motor car and motorcycle racing.</p><p>Where it is considered necessary to protect the local amenity or wellbeing of an area the local planning authority can consult the local community on removing a permitted development right by making an Article 4 direction.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 22191 question first answered 24/04/2024 15:07:36 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1701493

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Caravan Sites
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure holiday caravan owners have the same protections under the Mobile Homes Act 2013 as residential park home owners.
	tabling member constituency	City of Durham
	tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The protections under the Mobile Homes Act 1983 apply to park home owners living on caravan sites with planning permission for residential use.</p><p>The protections do not extend to owners of caravans on holiday caravan sites, because the planning permission granted permits the use of those sites for holiday and recreational purposes only.</p><p>Holiday caravan owners have protections under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 24/04/2024 14:57:19 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1701519

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will make an estimate of the number of leaseholders who purchased leases between 14 February and 20 July 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22124
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>For information on land purchases I would encourage you to contact HM Land Registry.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 25/04/2024 13:28:50 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701520

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Leasehold: Service Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, in relation to historic building safety defects, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of protecting (a) leaseholders and (b) non-qualifying leaseholders from a landlord's legal costs being recovered through the service change.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The Building Safety Act 2022 sets out a number of protections for leaseholders relating to the cost of remediation of relevant defects.</p><p>Under paragraph 9 of Schedule 8 to the Act qualifying leaseholders are protected from the costs of legal or other professional services relating to the liability (or potential liability) incurred as a result of a relevant defect.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 24/04/2024 14:45:32 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701521

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	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 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what criteria his Department plans to use to assess the effectiveness of the Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility; and over what timeframe he plans to use these criteria.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22126
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Gentleman to the answer given to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-03-18/19172" target="_blank">19172</a> on 22 March 2024.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 24/04/2024 14:46:46 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701522

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	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 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the research entitled EWS1 or equivalent lender data on mortgage valuations for flats: October 2023 to December 2023, published by his Department on 21 March 2024, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the proportion of mortgage valuations on high rise flats that required an EWS1 form or equivalent in 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22127
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The EWS1 form is not a Government process, and we do not support its use in the mortgage process.</p><p>To aid transparency, the department does provide data during the process so that people can see how the use of EWS1 forms has changed over time.</p><p>We continue to press the industry to accept other forms of assurance other than EWS1s, such as a comprehensive fire risk assessment including the external wall systems, which building owners are mandated to carry out, under the Fire Safety Act 2021.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 22128 question first answered 25/04/2024 13:01:25 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701525

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Flats: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's quarterly release of EWS1 (or equivalent) lender data on mortgage valuations for flats, published on 21 March 2024, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the fact that one in six EWS1 requests for mortgage valuations from October to December 2023 were for low rise buildings (1-4 storeys).
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The EWS1 form is not a Government process, and we do not support its use in the mortgage process.</p><p>To aid transparency, the department does provide data during the process so that people can see how the use of EWS1 forms has changed over time.</p><p>We continue to press the industry to accept other forms of assurance other than EWS1s, such as a comprehensive fire risk assessment including the external wall systems, which building owners are mandated to carry out, under the Fire Safety Act 2021.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 22127 question first answered 25/04/2024 13:01:25 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701526

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Flats: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the percentage change in the average selling price of properties since 14 June 2017 of (a) flats affected by cladding and building safety defects and (b) flats not affected by cladding and building safety defects.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>As of 18 December 2023, nine major mortgage lenders have signed a joined statement confirming they will lend on properties in buildings before they have been remediated. We will continue working with industry to monitor these changes and hold lenders to their commitments.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 24/04/2024 14:49:04 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701527

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Shared Ownership Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Fifth Report of the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee Report of Session 2024/25 on Shared Ownership, HC 61, published on 28 March 2024, what information his Department holds on transactions by registered providers to buy back shares from shared ownership leaseholders due to building remediation issues.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The department is considering the report by the Committee and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 24/04/2024 14:50:29 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701528

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	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 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions his Department has had with manufacturers of (a) cladding and (b) insulation on financial contributions to building safety remediation works.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>In early 2022 the Secretary of State opened industry wide discussions with cladding and insulation manufacturers. To date, no cladding or insulation manufacturer has come forward with a financial contribution for their part in this. We are continuing to press the industry on this issue.</p><p>The department’s Recovery Strategy Unit continues to actively pursue organisations, including manufacturers, responsible for unsafe buildings to force them to contribute to the costs of remediation.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 24/04/2024 14:52:51 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701529

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	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 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the oral contribution of 26 March 2024 by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Building Safety, Official Report, column 1415, whether remediation contribution orders taken out by his Department will (a) recover and (b) reimburse funds paid by leaseholders.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The department has applied for remediation contribution orders relating to building safety works against three companies, specifically:</p><ul><li>£20.5 million from Yianis Group for Canary Riverside</li><li>£46 million from Urban Splash for seven buildings in Manchester. These are: The Box Works, Burton Place, Chips Building, Christabel, Emmeline, Sylvia and Moho Building, all in Manchester</li><li>£3.4 million from Hollybrook for one building in London</li></ul><p>The aim of these orders is to recoup as much of the costs related to building remediation as possible, regardless of the organisation or individual who made the original payment. This could include, for example, the cost of waking watch, replacement of balconies or associated enabling works. <br> <br> Where costs are recovered through the First Tier Tribunal decision, be they all or part of those requested, the intention is they are refunded to whichever organisation or individual paid for them, whether taxpayer, leaseholder or otherwise. The action also aims to prevent leaseholders from having to pay costs for works not yet completed, including where leaseholders are non-qualifying.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 24/04/2024 14:54:11 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701530

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	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 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the oral contribution of 26 March 2024 by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Building Safety, Official Report, column 1414, whether his Department plans to publish a list of building owners who continue to hold up remediation.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22133
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>We track the progress of buildings and make this publicly available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-remediation-monthly-data-release-february-2024/building-safety-remediation-monthly-data-release-february-2024#acm-remediation" target="_blank">Building Safety Remediation: monthly data release - February 2024 - GOV.UK</a>.</p><p>We have also made public the corporate entities responsible for the remaining buildings with the most dangerous cladding that have yet to start on site at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/aluminium-composite-material-cladding#corporate-entities-yet-to-start-remediation-works-on-site" target="_blank">Aluminium composite material cladding - GOV.UK </a>, and update this list periodically.</p><p>It is important that building owners fulfil their building safety responsibilities and where they do not that they are held to account. As I reiterated to the house on 26th March, and in a joint statement with building safety bodies, where building owners are stalling, they can expect to be subject to enforcement action by a local authority, fire and rescue service or the Building Safety Regulator.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 22134 question first answered 24/04/2024 14:55:56 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701531

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	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 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the oral contribution of 26 March 2024 by the Minister for Housing, Planning and Building Safety, Official Report, column 1414, how many building owners his Department has identified in the reducing core of building owners who continue to hold up remediation; and how many buildings such owners own.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>We track the progress of buildings and make this publicly available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-remediation-monthly-data-release-february-2024/building-safety-remediation-monthly-data-release-february-2024#acm-remediation" target="_blank">Building Safety Remediation: monthly data release - February 2024 - GOV.UK</a>.</p><p>We have also made public the corporate entities responsible for the remaining buildings with the most dangerous cladding that have yet to start on site at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/aluminium-composite-material-cladding#corporate-entities-yet-to-start-remediation-works-on-site" target="_blank">Aluminium composite material cladding - GOV.UK </a>, and update this list periodically.</p><p>It is important that building owners fulfil their building safety responsibilities and where they do not that they are held to account. As I reiterated to the house on 26th March, and in a joint statement with building safety bodies, where building owners are stalling, they can expect to be subject to enforcement action by a local authority, fire and rescue service or the Building Safety Regulator.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 22133 question first answered 24/04/2024 14:55:56 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701532

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Cladding Safety Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the average time taken between a building entering the Cladding Safety Scheme pipeline for investigation and entering the pre-application stage of the scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The time taken to enter the pre-application stage depends on the speed of the applicant providing the necessary information. On average, applicants who enter the pre-application stage of the scheme do so two months after receiving the initial communication from Homes England which requires them to provide information about the status of their building.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 25/04/2024 13:25:50 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701540

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Building Inspectors: Registration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the fail rate for the competency assessment for registration to be a class (a) two, (b) three and (c) four building inspector was in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	22136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>There are currently three independent schemes that provide validation assessments for building control inspectors, which are now needed to register with the Building Safety Regulator for classes 2 to 4. The validation schemes run by the Building Safety Competence Foundation opened in 2022, while the other two schemes (run by Total Training and CABE) have been operational since 2023. All of the three schemes are independent of Government, and as the requirement to register with the BSR and undertake validation assessments only commenced on 6 April 2024, the department does not hold data that allows for comparison of fail rates over the past three years.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 24/04/2024 14:56:42 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1702382

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Radicalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to tackle anti-democratic extremism.
	tabling member constituency	Clacton
	tabling member printed	Giles Watling
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	902408
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>On 14<sup>th</sup> March Government published its new definition of extremism, which identifies behaviour that seek to “to… undermine, overturn or replace the UK’s system of parliamentary democracy” as extremist.</p><p>The Government is undergoing a formal process of identifying and naming extremists. Before elections, the Government stands up the election cell, which works with the Police and Home Office to monitor threats to our democratic systems or institutions.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 22/04/2024 12:49:36 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1712595

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Owner Occupation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase levels of home ownership.
	tabling member constituency	Loughborough
	tabling member printed	Jane Hunt
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	902411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has a range of schemes available to help improve access to home ownership, including First Homes, Shared Ownership, Right to Buy, the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme and the Lifetime ISA. We have also doubled the threshold for Stamp Duty and expanded First Time Buyers Relief.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 22/04/2024 16:29:53 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4839 label Biography information for Jane Hunt

1712596

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Planning Permission: Carbon Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to encourage property developers to incorporate net zero measures in planning applications.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	902414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to paragraph 157 of the National Planning Policy Framework.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 22/04/2024 16:31:34 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1712597

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Regional Planning and Development: Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on incorporating connectivity measures into National Development Management Policies.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	902415
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>Work is underway to prepare National Development Management Policies, and officials will be working with their counterparts in other departments where they have an interest, including the Department for Transport. We are aware that access to services is an area that a number of departments have an interest in. We intend to consult fully on both the scope and content of the policies before any are put in place.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 22/04/2024 16:32:37 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1700810

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Construction: Architecture
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will encourage the use of traditional architectural styles in new developments.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer my Hon Friend to the answer given to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-15/21850" target="_blank">21850</a> on 23 April 2024. If he has any more representations on this issue, we would be happy to receive them.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 24/04/2024 15:10:12 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1700839

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Anglian Water: Suffolk
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of its plans to address water scarcity in Greater Cambridge on the water bills of Anglian Water customers in (a) Suffolk and (b) Suffolk Coastal constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the growth of Greater Cambridge in a sustainable way, supporting its economic potential, protecting and enhancing the quality of life for residents, habitats and the environment.</p><p>At Spring Budget 2024, the government published a policy paper setting out its ambition to address water scarcity in Greater Cambridge. Customer water bills are set every five years by Ofwat through its ‘price review’ process which includes controlling the prices that companies can charge customers whilst allowing companies to finance improvements to their infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 23/04/2024 12:44:23 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1700974

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the letters of 9 February and 13 March 2024 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of a constituent relating to building costs.
	tabling member constituency	Weston-super-Mare
	tabling member printed	John Penrose
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>I hope my Hon Friend will accept my apologies for my delay in responding to him. I instructed departmental officials to look into this case so that we could respond in full, which I did so on 19 April 2024.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 23/04/2024 12:53:26 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	1584 label Biography information for John Penrose

1701049

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Planning Permission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when property owners will need to comply with regulations requiring planning permission for short-term lets exceeding 90 days per year; and whether his Department plans to introduce interim measures in advance of that date.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21773
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We set out our intention to take action on the issue of short-term lets in the Written Ministerial Statement (<a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statements/detail/2024-02-19/hcws264" target="_blank">HCWS264</a>) published on 19 February 2024. As stated, further details of the planning changes, including the timeline for implementation, will be set out when the Government formally responds to the consultation on these proposals.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21419 21421 question first answered 22/04/2024 10:31:45 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1701075

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate of the number of timber-frame homes in England that have similar UPVC cladding installed as the properties involved in the Moss Hall Grove fire in Barnet in June 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of the action being taken by Barnet Council and continue to engage closely with them on the steps they are taking following the Moss Hall Grove fire in June 2023. Department officials met with Barnet Council representatives on 10 April and will continue to discuss with them.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21804 21805 21806 question first answered 18/04/2024 15:19:52 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701101

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has received advice from relevant stakeholders on the potential risk of timber-frame constructions with UPVC cladding since the fire in Moss Hall Grove in Barnet in June 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of the action being taken by Barnet Council and continue to engage closely with them on the steps they are taking following the Moss Hall Grove fire in June 2023. Department officials met with Barnet Council representatives on 10 April and will continue to discuss with them.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21803 21805 21806 question first answered 18/04/2024 15:19:52 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701103

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help support Barnet Council to remediate properties with timber-frames and UPVC cladding in line with (a) PAS 9980 and (b) other applicable standards.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of the action being taken by Barnet Council and continue to engage closely with them on the steps they are taking following the Moss Hall Grove fire in June 2023. Department officials met with Barnet Council representatives on 10 April and will continue to discuss with them.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21803 21804 21806 question first answered 18/04/2024 15:19:52 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701104

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to provide cladding remediation funding for (a) leaseholders, (b) shared ownership leaseholders and (c) freeholders who purchased their home under the Right to Buy scheme in timber-frame properties with UPVC cladding.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21806
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of the action being taken by Barnet Council and continue to engage closely with them on the steps they are taking following the Moss Hall Grove fire in June 2023. Department officials met with Barnet Council representatives on 10 April and will continue to discuss with them.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21803 21804 21805 question first answered 18/04/2024 15:19:52 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701105

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Buildings: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that signatories of the developer remediation contract are taking responsibility for buildings where they are a contractor.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Publicly available data on the developer contract can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/developer-remediation-contract" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The Department encourages developers to discuss challenges and successes with the oversight team. Best practice examples are shared with other developers as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21812 21813 21814 21816 question first answered 23/04/2024 16:45:23 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701106

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Flats: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2024 to Question 19958 on Flats: Fire Prevention, if he will make it his policy to commit to quality assurance measures equivalent to the Self Remediation Terms including a post-remediation Qualifying Assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21808
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>As the answer provided on 2 April indicates, only three buildings under 11m have been found to require some form of remediation to date. The Department expects the developers of any unsafe buildings under 11m to take responsibility for remediating them in accordance with the appropriate standard and deal with the risks identified in the Fire Risk Assessment and Fire Risk Appraisal of External Walls as soon as reasonably practicable.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 23/04/2024 12:43:19 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701107

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	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 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of publishing guidance for leaseholders on how they can access the dispute resolution process under the Developer Self Remediation Terms.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21809
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>If a dispute arises and leaseholders are unable to make contact with their developer, they should follow the published guidance in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/developer-remediation-contract-resident-factsheet" target="_blank">Developer remediation contract: resident factsheet - GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21815 question first answered 23/04/2024 12:45:18 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701108

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	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 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what criteria a company must meet in order to be included on the Homes England Fire Risk Assessor Panel and authorised to carry out FRAEWs for buildings in the Cladding Safety Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>To join the Fire Risk Assessor Panel firms must sign a participation agreement which sets out the terms for the panel and eligibility criteria. Along with agreeing to follow Homes England processes set out in the scheme guidance and use the correct scheme documents, firms must have:</p><ul><li>Relevant professional qualification to undertake fire risk appraisals as per PAS 9980 guidance</li><li>Access to chartered engineers to perform complex assessments when needed</li><li>ISO 9001 approach to quality control</li><li>Professional Indemnity Insurance</li></ul><p>Membership is renewed annually with firms having to provide evidence of their PII insurance and self-certification of qualifications and experience of firm assessors. The use of PAS 9980 and proportionality is assured by sample audit.</p><p>Since the scheme went live, four firms have left the panel through their own accord. Two pulled out due to resourcing issues and their inability to commit to meeting service level agreements and two others left due to them not receiving any business from being on the panel.</p><p>To date, Homes England have not had to remove any firms due to performance however Homes England can exercise this option should they need to.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21811 question first answered 23/04/2024 12:54:58 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701109

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	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 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether any companies have been removed from the Homes England Fire Risk Assessor Panel for the Cladding Safety Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>To join the Fire Risk Assessor Panel firms must sign a participation agreement which sets out the terms for the panel and eligibility criteria. Along with agreeing to follow Homes England processes set out in the scheme guidance and use the correct scheme documents, firms must have:</p><ul><li>Relevant professional qualification to undertake fire risk appraisals as per PAS 9980 guidance</li><li>Access to chartered engineers to perform complex assessments when needed</li><li>ISO 9001 approach to quality control</li><li>Professional Indemnity Insurance</li></ul><p>Membership is renewed annually with firms having to provide evidence of their PII insurance and self-certification of qualifications and experience of firm assessors. The use of PAS 9980 and proportionality is assured by sample audit.</p><p>Since the scheme went live, four firms have left the panel through their own accord. Two pulled out due to resourcing issues and their inability to commit to meeting service level agreements and two others left due to them not receiving any business from being on the panel.</p><p>To date, Homes England have not had to remove any firms due to performance however Homes England can exercise this option should they need to.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21810 question first answered 23/04/2024 12:54:58 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701110

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Buildings: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many audits his Department has conducted under the Developer Self Remediation Terms in relation to (a) building assessments and (b) post-remediation qualifying assessments between April 2023 and March 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Publicly available data on the developer contract can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/developer-remediation-contract" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The Department encourages developers to discuss challenges and successes with the oversight team. Best practice examples are shared with other developers as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21807 21813 21814 21816 question first answered 23/04/2024 16:45:23 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701111

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Buildings: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many audits conducted by his Department from April 2023 to March 2024 under the Developer Self Remediation Terms have required the developer to undertake corrective action in relation to (a) Building and (b) Post-remediation Qualifying Assessments.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Publicly available data on the developer contract can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/developer-remediation-contract" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The Department encourages developers to discuss challenges and successes with the oversight team. Best practice examples are shared with other developers as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21807 21812 21814 21816 question first answered 23/04/2024 16:45:23 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701112

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Buildings: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that developers who began work under Self Remediation Terms before 6 April 2024 continue to make progress on that work.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21814
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Publicly available data on the developer contract can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/developer-remediation-contract" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The Department encourages developers to discuss challenges and successes with the oversight team. Best practice examples are shared with other developers as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21807 21812 21813 21816 question first answered 23/04/2024 16:45:23 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701113

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Buildings: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has provided specific guidance to Right to Manage directors on their responsibilities under the developer remediation contract.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>If a dispute arises and leaseholders are unable to make contact with their developer, they should follow the published guidance in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/developer-remediation-contract-resident-factsheet" target="_blank">Developer remediation contract: resident factsheet - GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21809 question first answered 23/04/2024 12:45:18 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701114

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Buildings: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that best practice under the developer remediation contract is (a) captured and (b) shared.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21816
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Publicly available data on the developer contract can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/developer-remediation-contract" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>The Department encourages developers to discuss challenges and successes with the oversight team. Best practice examples are shared with other developers as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21807 21812 21813 21814 question first answered 23/04/2024 16:45:23 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701115

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Stewart Milne Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the impact of Stewart Milne Homes Northwest England (Developments) entering administration on building safety remediation in England.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>If the Hon Gentleman has specific concerns, we would be happy to receive them.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 23/04/2024 14:26:38 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701116

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Buildings: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on the number of buildings expected to have remediation paid for by a building owner that meets (a) the Developer Test (b) the Contribution Condition as of 15 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Data on Building Safety Remediation progress is published on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 23/04/2024 14:27:31 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701117

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Buildings: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that when a building owner enters administration, qualifying leaseholders remain protected from non-cladding remediation costs under the Building Safety Act.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>The costs of remediation will only fall on leaseholders in the event some or all of the leaseholders choose to buy the freehold collectively and take over the rights and responsibilities of being the freeholder. Otherwise, the responsibilities will remain with the freeholder or, following the conclusion of any insolvency proceedings, with the party who acquires the freehold following termination of the insolvency. In which case, the leaseholder protections will apply.</p><p>As a result, qualifying leaseholders under the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 will remain protected in law from the costs of non-cladding historical safety defects being passed on to them through the service charge (under the terms of the protections).</p><p>Should a building owner become insolvent and enter administration, interested parties including leaseholders can also potentially look to pursue a previous freeholder, developer and any associated company or person for remediation costs through a Remediation Contribution Order and also have the potential to pursue developers, contractors or manufacturers where they are liable for defects which meant one or more dwellings in the building was not fit for habitation when the relevant works were completed.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 25/04/2024 13:27:14 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701118

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Buildings: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of weeks to obtain planning permission for building safety remediation works following the transition to a new Building Safety Regulator on 6 April 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Building regulations approval is separate from planning permission.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 23/04/2024 16:44:12 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701119

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Buildings: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department published on the treatment of jointly owned properties under the Building Safety Act's leaseholder protections, prior to his Department's Call for evidence: Jointly owned properties, published on 21 March 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Building Safety Act can be found here: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/30/contents/enacted" target="_blank">Building Safety Act 2022 (legislation.gov.uk).</a></p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 23/04/2024 16:53:52 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1701165

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure standards of (a) quality and (b) sustainability in new housing developments.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government legislated through the Building Safety Act 2022 to provide for a statutory New Homes Ombudsman and accompanying Code of Practice that set out expectations of scheme members around standards of conduct and standards of quality of work.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 23/04/2024 14:28:24 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1701166

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Construction: Architecture
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to facilitate greater involvement of architects in the development stage of new housing schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	21850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>National planning policy makes clear that local authorities should prepare their own local design codes in line with the principles set out in the National Design Guide and National Model Design Code, which can define what well-designed new development means in their local area.</p><p>The NPPF and supporting National Design Guide and National Model Design Code emphasise that effective engagement between local authorities, communities, applicants and other interests, such as architects, throughout the design process, including the preparation of design codes, is helpful to achieving well designed and sustainable new development.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 23/04/2024 14:29:16 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson