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818726

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing Infrastructure Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated from the Housing Infrastructure Fund to each NUTS 1 region in each year since that fund's creation.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	121490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Housing Infrastructure Fund launched on 4 July 2017 will unlock up to 100,000 new homes by supporting the delivery of vital physical infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, energy networks and other utilities. We are currently assessing proposals in partnership with all key stakeholders and will announce successful schemes over the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 16/01/2018 10:46:02 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

818738

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ground Rent: Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to tackle the issue of exploitative ground rent charges being levied on leaseholders of non-new build properties.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	121502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>I am committed to tackling all forms of leasehold abuse and promoting fairness and transparency for the growing number of leaseholders. On 21 December 2017, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (formerly the Department for Communities and Local Government) published its response to the consultation on ‘Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market’. (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tackling-unfair-practices-in-the-leasehold-market" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tackling-unfair-practices-in-the-leasehold-market</a>).</p><p>This set out a range of measures to crackdown on unfair leasehold practices, including introducing legislation to restrict ground rents for newly established long leases of houses and flats to a peppercorn (zero financial value). This will apply to new and non-new build properties.</p><p>A full impact assessment will be published ahead of legislation being brought forward.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 121504 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:50:40 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

818740

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ground Rent: Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending the roll-out of the ban on ground rent for new build homes to leaseholders of non-new build properties.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	121504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>I am committed to tackling all forms of leasehold abuse and promoting fairness and transparency for the growing number of leaseholders. On 21 December 2017, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (formerly the Department for Communities and Local Government) published its response to the consultation on ‘Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market’. (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tackling-unfair-practices-in-the-leasehold-market" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tackling-unfair-practices-in-the-leasehold-market</a>).</p><p>This set out a range of measures to crackdown on unfair leasehold practices, including introducing legislation to restrict ground rents for newly established long leases of houses and flats to a peppercorn (zero financial value). This will apply to new and non-new build properties.</p><p>A full impact assessment will be published ahead of legislation being brought forward.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 121502 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:50:40 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

818742

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which fruitless payments in excess of £30,000 his Department has made by (a) recipient of each such payment, (b) purpose of each such payment, (c) value of each such payment and (d) reason that payment was classified as fruitless in the 2017-18 financial year to date.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	121506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>No fruitless payments in excess of £30,000 have been made this year.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 11/01/2018 17:46:45 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

818761

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Welfare Assistance Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much expenditure will be allocated by his Department for Local Welfare Assistance schemes in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	121525
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important role that councils play in helping to provide local community services such as Local Welfare Assistance schemes, and local authorities in England will have access to more than £200 billion to deliver these services between 2015/16 and 2019/20.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 16/01/2018 10:36:12 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

818791

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the estimated cost of the re-branding of his Department is.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	121555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Building the homes our country needs is an absolute priority for this government. The name change for the department reflects this government’s renewed focus to deliver more homes and build stronger communities across England.</p><p>Any necessary changes will be done in a cost-efficient way with expenditure being kept to a minimum.</p><p>This would be a fraction of the cost of splitting up the Ministry as proposed by the opposition.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 16/01/2018 10:44:08 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

818834

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Female Genital Mutilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps have been taken to work with faith leaders to increase the number of signatories to the declaration condemning female genital mutilation and to use that declaration to help drive cultural change against such mutilation since 2016.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	121598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Since publication of the Female Genital Mutilation Faith Declaration in 2014, over 250 representatives of faith communities have added their signatures, sending a clear message to communities across the UK that the practice is an extreme form of violence against women and girls and is not supported by any religious doctrine. We call on all faith communities across the UK to condemn the unacceptable practice of Female Genital Mutilation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 16/01/2018 17:56:15 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

818848

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of the renaming of his Department; and which new policy responsibilities his Department will discharge after it is renamed.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	121612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Building the homes our country needs is an absolute priority for this government. The name change for the department reflects this government’s renewed focus to deliver more homes and build stronger communities across England.</p><p>Any necessary will be done in a cost-efficient way with expenditure being kept to a minimum.</p><p>This would be a fraction of the cost of splitting up the Ministry as proposed by the opposition.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 121624 question first answered 11/01/2018 17:50:54 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

818857

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of local authorities have adopted the voluntary policy requirement for adaptable and accessible homes.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	121621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government does not collect such information centrally. In 2013/14 a survey was carried out of local authority planning policies on the adoption of the Lifetime Homes standard for new build housing. The survey can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/353395/013_Survey_Write_Up_5th_August_2014.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/353395/013_Survey_Write_Up_5th_August_2014.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 16/01/2018 10:45:26 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

818858

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of new homes built since 2015 which are in accordance with the voluntary policy requirement for adaptable and accessible homes.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	121622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data centrally on the number of new homes built in accordance with the Building Regulations’ Optional Requirement for adaptable and accessible homes. However, the English Housing Survey collects information on the accessibility and adaptability of all homes, including new homes. The most recent report can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2014-to-2015-adaptations-and-accessibility-of-homes-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2014-to-2015-adaptations-and-accessibility-of-homes-report.</a></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 16/01/2018 11:21:57 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes