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1063945

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of new build homes produced by (a) large house builders, (b) medium house builders and (c) small house builders and (d) micro house builders.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	223117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The design quality of homes and places are determined by the revised National Planning Policy Framework and Building Regulations, to which all house builders have to adhere. It is for local planning authorities to assess the design quality of schemes submitted to them, on the basis of national and local policy, and regulation. <br> <br> It is also vital that, as housing supply increases, the build quality of new build homes continues to improve. We know more needs to be done to strengthen consumer redress for purchasers of new build homes delivered by all sizes of developers, which is why on 1 October, we announced our intention for there to be a New Homes Ombudsman to protect the rights of homebuyers and hold developers to account. When Parliamentary time allows, we intend to introduce legislation to require developers of new build homes to belong to a New Homes Ombudsman, which will be underpinned in statute. <br> <em> <em> <em> <br></em></em></em></p><p> </p><p><em> <br> <br> <br></em></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/02/2019 12:48:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1063946

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to support SME diversification into the off-site manufacturing sector for the construction of new build homes.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	223118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that building more homes needs a modern home building industry, with greater capacity to deliver. We are therefore keen to see all house builders, including Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs), embrace innovation and take advantage of new technologies to build good-quality homes more quickly and offer higher-energy efficiency to buyers.</p><p>We continue to improve access to finance for small and medium-sized builders, to help them deliver more homes including through diversifying and using offsite construction methods to build new homes.</p><p>We are providing financial support through the Home Building Fund which provides short term and long term loan finance to build the homes this country needs. At Autumn budget 2017, the successful Home Building Fund was increased by £1.5 billion to a total of £2.5 billion for investment in SMEs, custom builders and builders using modern methods of construction who cannot easily access finance. This funding will deliver at least 52,000 homes by 2022/23 and 94 per cent of contracted spend to date has been invested in SMEs.</p><p>In addition, Government announced up to £1 billion guarantee scheme at Autumn budget 2018. This will be available to lenders to provide new finance to SMEs. The guarantee scheme will be launched in early 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 223120 question first answered 27/02/2019 14:04:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1063947

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Planning: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the change in (a) speed of decision making and (b) overall performance of local authority planning departments since they were permitted to increase planning fees in January 2018.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	223119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department is continuously monitoring the speed and quality of local planning authority decision making through our planning application statistics, which are updated on a quarterly basis. We are also working closely with the Local Government Association and the Royal Town Planning Institute to further understand local planning authority resourcing and performance following the introduction of the fee increase.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/02/2019 12:57:47 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1063948

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he will take to improve access to finance for small and medium-sized house builders.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	223120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that building more homes needs a modern home building industry, with greater capacity to deliver. We are therefore keen to see all house builders, including Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs), embrace innovation and take advantage of new technologies to build good-quality homes more quickly and offer higher-energy efficiency to buyers.</p><p>We continue to improve access to finance for small and medium-sized builders, to help them deliver more homes including through diversifying and using offsite construction methods to build new homes.</p><p>We are providing financial support through the Home Building Fund which provides short term and long term loan finance to build the homes this country needs. At Autumn budget 2017, the successful Home Building Fund was increased by £1.5 billion to a total of £2.5 billion for investment in SMEs, custom builders and builders using modern methods of construction who cannot easily access finance. This funding will deliver at least 52,000 homes by 2022/23 and 94 per cent of contracted spend to date has been invested in SMEs.</p><p>In addition, Government announced up to £1 billion guarantee scheme at Autumn budget 2018. This will be available to lenders to provide new finance to SMEs. The guarantee scheme will be launched in early 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 223118 question first answered 27/02/2019 14:04:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1063949

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Construction: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits to consumer protection of introducing a licensing scheme for UK construction companies and sole traders.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	223121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department has regular discussions with the construction industry about how best to achieve the potential benefits of a licensing scheme without the practical drawbacks, as well as other issues that will help improve the standard of work undertaken by firms and sole traders in the sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has endorsed the TrustMark Scheme which aims to marginalise unscrupulous traders operating in the home building and repair market ; and to identify local traders who have undergone independent checks for both trade competence and good trading practice. The Government believes this scheme gives consumers increased confidence and ability to choose registered businesses including builders who adhere to and maintain high standards.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 27/02/2019 13:29:01 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1063950

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the quality of construction apprenticeships.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	223122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>New, employer-designed apprenticeship standards are at the centre of our reforms to drive up quality and develop the skills businesses need for the future, in every part of the economy. Standards describe full occupational competence, as agreed by employers, and must include a rigorous and independent end-point assessment.</p><p>In the construction sector, 66 standards have already been approved for delivery and a further 33 are in development by trailblazer groups comprising employers of all sizes.</p><p>The move to standards, together with the minimum 20% off-the-job training rule, has already contributed to a 25% rise in expected apprenticeship training hours. The government has committed to all apprenticeship starts being on standards by the end of the 2019-20 academic year. Frameworks will be withdrawn on 31 July 2020.</p><p>We have also introduced quality assurance in apprenticeship training and assessment at all levels from a range of independent specialist bodies, and strengthened the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers to give employers confidence that apprentices will receive high-quality training.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 25/02/2019 17:30:20 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1063951

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the effect on productivity levels of (a) bricklaying, (b) plastering and (c) other core construction apprenticeships after (i) two years and (ii) three years of such apprenticeship training.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	223123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Research published in 2015 established that successful achievement of an apprenticeship in construction and building services is associated with an increase in earnings of 11% and 32% at Levels 2 and 3 respectively. This is measured 3 to 5 years after the apprenticeship, and is used as a measure of the increase in productivity.</p><p>The full research paper is available here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/480627/BIS-15-652-FE-analysis-further-disaggregation-employment-and-earnings-returns-by-sector-group.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/480627/BIS-15-652-FE-analysis-further-disaggregation-employment-and-earnings-returns-by-sector-group.pdf</a>.</p><p>Information regarding further breakdown of the effect of productivity levels by occupational route is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 25/02/2019 17:29:09 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1063952

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Apprentices: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans he has to increase the proportion of Apprenticeship Levy vouchers that are able to be passed down the supply chain to smaller non-Levy paying companies.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	223124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2019 answer text <p>Employers that pay the Apprenticeship Levy can transfer up to 10% of their annual apprenticeship service funds to other employers, including non-levy paying employers. From April 2019, the amount that employers can transfer will increase to 25%.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 25/02/2019 17:28:02 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1063954

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Cannabis: Mental Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of links between cannabis use and mental health problems.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	223126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not made a specific assessment of the links between cannabis use and mental health problems but is aware that there is evidence that people who use cannabis have an increased risk of psychosis, linked to an increase in the concentration of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) appearing in cannabis available in many countries. In 2017, Public Health England published guidance, ‘Better care for people with co-occurring mental health and alcohol/drug use conditions’ to inform the commissioning and provision of effective care for people with co-occurring mental health and alcohol/drug use conditions. It also has relevance for all other services that have contact with people with co-occurring conditions, including people experiencing mental health crisis.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 27/02/2019 16:20:20 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1063956

registered interest
date	19/02/2019
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) skilled and (b) unskilled migrants that will be allowed to move to the UK each year after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	223128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s immigration white paper, the UK’s Future Skills-Based Immigration System, includes an economic appraisal of potential impacts of the proposed future immigration system.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 27/02/2019 17:20:24 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes