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1715611

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2024
	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	Care Homes: Children
	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 progress his Department has made on making an assessment of the potential merits of introducing new planning rules on Material Changes of Use and Permitted Development for children’s residential homes.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>The joint ministerial statement on planning for children’s homes jointly published in May 2023 by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and the Department for Education remains the most up to date government policy on this matter. I am aware of the Hon Member’s concerns on this issue, and if he has more information to share we would be happy to receive it.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 09/05/2024 14:49:55 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1715303

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2024
	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	Service Charges: Oxfordshire
	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 on the potential impact of increased service charges on (a) leaseholders and (b) local authorities in Oxfordshire.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24535
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>Service charges should be transparent, reasonable and there should be a clear route to challenge or redress if things go wrong and the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill will help make this reality.</p><p>The Government has set out its position on leasehold reform as part of progress on the Leasehold and Freehold reform Bill. Full details of the measures can be found here: <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3523" target="_blank">Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 24536 question first answered 08/05/2024 14:57:10 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1715304

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2024
	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	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, if he will take steps to ensure low income households can appeal increased service charges.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>Service charges should be transparent, reasonable and there should be a clear route to challenge or redress if things go wrong and the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill will help make this reality.</p><p>The Government has set out its position on leasehold reform as part of progress on the Leasehold and Freehold reform Bill. Full details of the measures can be found here: <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3523" target="_blank">Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 24535 question first answered 08/05/2024 14:57:10 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1714859

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2024
	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	Ground Rent
	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 consultation entitled Modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases, closed on 17 January 2024, whether he plans to reduce ground rents.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest West
	tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24174
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2024 answer text <p>I would refer my Rt Hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-25/23795" target="_blank">23795</a> on 3 May 2024.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 07/05/2024 16:44:17 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1714563

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	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	Help to Buy Scheme: Divorced People
	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 ensure that help to buy homeowners are advised accurately by Homes England on retaining their exiting mortgage when they are going through divorce and have the means to pay.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Andy Carter
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2024 answer text <p>It is not the role of Homes England to offer financial advice to Help to Buy: Equity Loan customers. Customers are advised to consider seeking independent advice before making any financial decisions. I have asked Departmental officials to reach out to my Hon Friend to discuss this further.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 08/05/2024 16:12:25 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4791 label Biography information for Andy Carter

1714776

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2024
	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	Help to Buy Scheme: Northampton
	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 help to buy homeowners are waiting for a decision on a loan redemption application in (a) Wellingborough constituency and (b) Northamptonshire.
	tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
	tabling member printed	Gen Kitchen
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	24169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>This information is not held at county or local level. Homes England publish loan repayments statistics in their annual reports at the following link: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1171330/Homes-England-Annual-Report-and-Financial-Statements-2022-to-2023.pdf" target="_blank">Homes-England-Annual-Report-and-Financial-Statements-2022-to-2023.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a>.</p><p>Help to buy data on sales broken down by parliamentary constituency is published at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-data-to-31-may-2023" target="_blank">Help to Buy (equity loan scheme): data to 31 May 2023 - GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 02/05/2024 15:59:13 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	5011 label Biography information for Gen Kitchen

1714056

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2024
	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: Insurance
	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 provide guidance to home owners with rotten loft timbers caused by spray foam insulation on taking steps to find appropriate insurance.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Duncan Baker
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of issues that some homeowners are finding after having sprayed foam installed in their loft space and have worked with the industry and stakeholders to find a resolution.</p><p>The insulation, lending, and surveying communities published new protocols in March 2023 to allow an assessment of these spray foam installations. These describe a structured route to assessing risks from this type of insulation and are intended to provide reassurance to lenders and insurance providers. These can be found here: <a href="https://www.property-care.org/resources/spray-foam-insulation-inspections" target="_blank">https://www.property-care.org/resources/spray-foam-insulation-inspections</a> and <a href="https://insulationmanufacturers.org.uk/guides-brochures/" target="_blank">Guides &amp; Documents - IMA (insulationmanufacturers.org.uk)</a>. These include advice that building professionals surveying spray foam insulation should be familiar with the requirements of BS 5250:2021 where this relates to hygrothermal evaluation or suitable condensation risk assessment.</p><p>We will continue to work with regulators and industry to ensure that insurers and lenders take a fair and proportionate approach when considering building-related risks. Correspondence between departmental officials and the regulator has been published on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 09/05/2024 14:49:15 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4784 label Biography information for Duncan Baker

1714130

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2024
	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, whether the whole of a building that is partially higher than 11 metres and partially lower than this threshold will be eligible for funding from the Cladding Safety Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23863
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2024 answer text <p>The Cladding Safety Scheme is open to buildings over 11 metres (and up to 18 metres in London) when measured in accordance with the guidance set out on scheme eligibility on gov.uk. The height measurement should be taken from the lowest external ground level to the finished floor level of the top occupied storey. If a building is of varying height, it is the height of the highest residential floor which is relevant when measured in accordance with the instructions provided.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 03/05/2024 14:05:29 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1714135

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2024
	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 estimate he has made of the number of Help to Buy scheme leaseholders unable to sell their homes due to the lack of an EWS1 form.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Further to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-16/22128" target="_blank">22128</a> on 25 April 2024, Homes England (who manage the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme on behalf of government) are not aware of customers who have recently been prevented from selling without an EWS1 form and have worked with customers to source other evidence if it was not available (such as Fire Safety Certificate or online case evidence). We would welcome any information which suggests otherwise.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 02/05/2024 15:58:23 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1714136

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2024
	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	Help to Buy 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 estimate he has made of the number of Help to Buy scheme leaseholders who are out of the five year interest free loan period.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	23885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>Data is publicly available in the Homes England Annual Report on the total number of Help to Buy loans that have been redeemed, and a breakdown of how many loans were taken out in each parliamentary constituency is available on the following websites:</p><p><a title="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.gov.uk%2fgovernment%2fstatistics%2fhelp-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-data-to-31-may-2023%23full-publication-update-history&amp;data=05%7c02%7cpatrick.kelly%40levellingup.gov.uk%7cefc691a37b4d4" href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-data-to-31-may-2023" target="_blank">Help to Buy (equity loan scheme): data to 31 May 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p><p><a title="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3a%2f%2fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2fgovernment%2fuploads%2fsystem%2fuploads%2fattachment_data%2ffile%2f1171330%2fhomes-england-annual-report-and-financial-statements-2022-to-2023.pdf&amp;data=05" href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1171330/Homes-England-Annual-Report-and-Financial-Statements-2022-to-2023.pdf&amp;data=05|02|Patrick.Kelly@levellingup.gov.uk|efc691a37b4d405eb89608dc69ce62d1|bf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8|0|0|638501582380435629|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|0|||&amp;sdata=DkAEgmGI80FAGBvpfLzus9p0/wJarFMX9cm7YRHS0Sg=&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Homes-England-Annual-Report-and-Financial-Statements-2022-to-2023.pdf (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 02/05/2024 16:18:43 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth