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1289486

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
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	First Time Buyers: Coventry
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 his Department is taking to support first-time homebuyers in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	158078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>First Homes, our new home ownership scheme, will be prioritised for first-time buyers and will allow them to buy a new home with a discount of at least 30 per cent under market value. In some areas, the discounts could be as high as 50 per cent. This will significantly reduce both deposit and mortgage requirements and open up the dream of home ownership to even more people. <br> <br>Our new Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme from April 2021 to March 2023 will be targeted at helping first-time buyers to get a foot on the property ladder. In Coventry local authority area, 2,032 households have purchased through Help to Buy: Equity Loan, of which 1,821 have been first-time buyers</p><p><br>As set out in the Conservative manifesto of December 2019, the Government will encourage a market in long-term fixed rate mortgages with low deposits to promote home ownership. We stand ready to work with the sector to explore the possible options to bring these products to market.</p><p>The Government is committed to supporting the supply of new homes, delivering around 244,000 last year, the highest in over 30 years.</p><p>We are bringing forward an ambitious nearly £20 billion investment, including over £12 billion in Affordable Housing over 5 years, and over £7 billion to both unlock new land through the provision of infrastructure and also diversify the market through our National Home Building Fund. Alongside our reforms to the planning system, this will deliver the new homes the country needs.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 158080 question first answered 01/03/2021 14:47:53 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1289493

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
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	Owner Occupation: Coventry
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 his Department is taking to support homeownership in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	158080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>First Homes, our new home ownership scheme, will be prioritised for first-time buyers and will allow them to buy a new home with a discount of at least 30 per cent under market value. In some areas, the discounts could be as high as 50 per cent. This will significantly reduce both deposit and mortgage requirements and open up the dream of home ownership to even more people. <br> <br>Our new Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme from April 2021 to March 2023 will be targeted at helping first-time buyers to get a foot on the property ladder. In Coventry local authority area, 2,032 households have purchased through Help to Buy: Equity Loan, of which 1,821 have been first-time buyers</p><p><br>As set out in the Conservative manifesto of December 2019, the Government will encourage a market in long-term fixed rate mortgages with low deposits to promote home ownership. We stand ready to work with the sector to explore the possible options to bring these products to market.</p><p>The Government is committed to supporting the supply of new homes, delivering around 244,000 last year, the highest in over 30 years.</p><p>We are bringing forward an ambitious nearly £20 billion investment, including over £12 billion in Affordable Housing over 5 years, and over £7 billion to both unlock new land through the provision of infrastructure and also diversify the market through our National Home Building Fund. Alongside our reforms to the planning system, this will deliver the new homes the country needs.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 158078 question first answered 01/03/2021 14:47:53 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1289557

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Coronavirus
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 tackle increases in the level of rent arrears in the private rented sector as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	158084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>This Government has provided an unprecedented package of financial support to protect renters whose income has been affected throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>Notably, to help prevent people getting into financial hardship, we have increased the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate in 2020/21 to the 30th percentile of local market rents in each area. The increased LHA rates will be maintained at the current levels in cash terms in 2021/22, even in areas where the 30th percentile of local rents has gone down. We have boosted the welfare system by billions of pounds, including increasing Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit by up to £1,040 for the year. In addition, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has offered support for businesses to pay staff salaries, enabling people to continue to pay their rent and has been extended until the end of April 2021.</p><p>For those who require additional support, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available. As announced at the spending round for 2020/21, there is already £180 million in DHPs for local authorities to distribute for supporting renters with housings costs in the private and social rented sectors. For 2021-22 the Government will make available £140 million in DHP funding, which takes account of the increased LHA rates.</p><p>The recently published English Housing Survey Household Resilience Study found that 93 per cent of private renters are up to date on their rent. This indicates our package of support is working, and has prevented widespread arrears.</p><p>We continue to closely monitor the ongoing effects of the pandemic on renters.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 158087 question first answered 01/03/2021 14:49:40 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1289560

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
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	Rents: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will create a covid rent debt fund to support people dealing with rent arrears built up during the pandemic.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	158087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>This Government has provided an unprecedented package of financial support to protect renters whose income has been affected throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>Notably, to help prevent people getting into financial hardship, we have increased the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate in 2020/21 to the 30th percentile of local market rents in each area. The increased LHA rates will be maintained at the current levels in cash terms in 2021/22, even in areas where the 30th percentile of local rents has gone down. We have boosted the welfare system by billions of pounds, including increasing Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit by up to £1,040 for the year. In addition, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has offered support for businesses to pay staff salaries, enabling people to continue to pay their rent and has been extended until the end of April 2021.</p><p>For those who require additional support, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available. As announced at the spending round for 2020/21, there is already £180 million in DHPs for local authorities to distribute for supporting renters with housings costs in the private and social rented sectors. For 2021-22 the Government will make available £140 million in DHP funding, which takes account of the increased LHA rates.</p><p>The recently published English Housing Survey Household Resilience Study found that 93 per cent of private renters are up to date on their rent. This indicates our package of support is working, and has prevented widespread arrears.</p><p>We continue to closely monitor the ongoing effects of the pandemic on renters.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 158084 question first answered 01/03/2021 14:49:40 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1289611

registered interest
date	24/02/2021
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	Help to Buy Scheme
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 his Department has made of the effectiveness of support available for customers using the Help to Buy Scheme when seeking to apply for a (a) deed of postponement and (b) deed of release.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	158052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The Equity Loan Administrator supports the customer through the application process, and the customer’s conveyancer also explains the legal nature of the transaction and supports the customer through the legal process. Homes England measures the effectiveness of the administrator via the contract management process, which includes performance packs, key performance indicators and meetings. In addition, customer satisfaction is assessed through the customer complaints data, to examine the cause of any problems, and information is collected by an external agency which gathers real time customer feedback about their experiences.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/03/2021 14:46:09 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1288777

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
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	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2021 to Question 151623 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, when his Department plans to publish its response to the Government's consultation on options to amend building regulations to require electric vehicle charge points to be installed in residential and non-residential buildings.
tabling member constituency	Halton
tabling member printed	Derek Twigg
uin	157016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government will publish the response to the consultation 'Electric Vehicle Charging in Residential and Non-Residential Buildings' by the summer. The amended building regulations will come into effect by the end of the year.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/03/2021 14:50:15 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	429 label Biography information for Derek Twigg

1289081

registered interest
date	23/02/2021
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	Rents: Coronavirus
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 potential merits of introducing a covid-19 rent debt fund for renters in financial difficulties as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	157315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>This Government has provided an unprecedented package of financial support to protect renters whose income has been affected throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p>Notably, to help prevent people getting into financial hardship, we have increased the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate to the 30th percentile of local market rents in each area. The increased LHA rates will be maintained at the current levels in cash terms in 2021/22, even in areas where the 30th percentile of local rents has gone down. We have boosted the welfare system by billions of pounds, including increasing Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit by up to £1,040 for the year. In addition, the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has offered support for businesses to pay staff salaries, enabling people to continue to pay their rent and has been extended until April 2021.</p><p>For those who require additional support, Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP) are available. As announced at the spending round for 2020/21, there is already £180 million in DHPs for local authorities to distribute for supporting renters with housings costs in the private and social rented sectors. For 2021-22 the Government will make available £140 million in DHP funding, which takes account of the increased LHA rates.</p><p>We continue to closely monitor the ongoing effects of the pandemic on renters.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/03/2021 14:45:31 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1287813

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	Local Government: Coronavirus
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 his Department is taking to support local authorities during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	912372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government has allocated over £8 billion directly to councils since the start of the pandemic.</p><p>In addition, local authorities are expected to receive over £3 billion of support in 2021-22, for both additional expenditure pressures and loss of income.</p><p>This takes the total support committed to councils in England to tackle the impacts of COVID-19 to over £11 billion.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 22/02/2021 17:56:54 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1287821

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	Land Drainage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If he will amend planning guidance to ensure that a full assessment of the capacity of the existing local drainage system is carried out before work can begin on developments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	912388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>Our existing guidance is clear that if there are concerns about the capacity of wastewater infrastructure that is needed for drainage, applicants can be asked to provide information about how the development would be drained and wastewater dealt with. Where it is found that additional sewerage infrastructure is needed, developers can be required to fund this.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 22/02/2021 17:55:02 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1287822

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
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	Buildings: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to support leaseholders in buildings under 18 metres in height that require fire safety remediation works.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	912389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government has announced a generous financing scheme which will mean that buildings of 11-18 metres in height will be able to access finance for the remediation of unsafe cladding, with a commitment that leaseholders will not need to pay more than £50 a month towards this. By providing this financing scheme we are ensuring that money is available for remediation, accelerating the process and making homes safer as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 912390 question first answered 22/02/2021 17:56:38 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond