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1129618

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Environmental Health and Trading Standards
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 increase the number of (a) environmental health officers and (b) trading standards officers after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	259844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The local staffing for the delivery of regulatory services is a matter for those local authorities that have the statutory responsibility. Government has provided resources and support for councils for Brexit preparations. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has made £58 million available to help councils prepare for and manage EU exit. The FSA has already made £4 million available in total so far (£2 million in 18/19, and £2 million in 19/20) for ensuring that food safety obligations are met in the event of a no deal Exit. DEFRA made 200 free training places available to help with the signing of Environmental Health Certificates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 10/06/2019 11:40:42 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1129644

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Coal: Opencast Mining
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 introduce urgently a presumption against all applications for deep or opencast coal mines in England.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	259969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to clean growth and is taking action to reduce our reliance on coal. We have set out our aim to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025 and we are also taking action to reduce coal use in industry and heating.</p><p>Our world leading plans to end electricity generation from unabated coal by 2025 are expected to further this trend, and I am delighted that 30 countries, 22 states and cities, and 28 businesses have signed up to our Powering Past Coal Alliance.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that planning permission should not be granted for the extraction of coal unless the proposal is environmentally acceptable or the national, local or community benefits outweigh its likely impacts. The Framework is a material consideration in the determination of all applications for coal extraction in England. Given my quasi-judicial role in the planning system, it would not be appropriate to comment on the merits of current or future planning applications for coal extraction.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 259967 259968 question first answered 10/06/2019 15:55:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

1129718

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Buildings: Insulation
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 information his Department hold on the number of fire safety tests on non-aluminium composite material cladding in the UK that have resulted in that cladding being removed from residential blocks since June 2017.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	260012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The number of fire safety tests on non-aluminium composite material cladding in the UK that have resulted in that cladding being removed from residential blocks since June 2017 is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/06/2019 15:49:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1129723

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Building Regulations and Fire Safety Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to annex A of his Department's Building a safer future implementation plan published in December 2018, whether the final proposals of the competence steering group were delivered in April 2019; and if he will publish those proposals.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	260098
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Competence Steering Group has submitted to Government its initial proposals for an overarching system to oversee competence requirements for buildings in scope, as part of its work to improve competence, for inclusion in our consultation ‘Building a Safer Future: a consultation’ (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/residents-encouraged-to-have-their-say-to-improve-building-safety" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/residents-encouraged-to-have-their-say-to-improve-building-safety</a>), published on 6 June 2019. The report can be found at Annex E. The Group expects to publish its full report covering all recommendations from its working groups in June for an industry-led consultation.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/06/2019 14:37:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1129724

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Building Regulations and Fire Safety Independent Review
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 provide an updated list of activity on his Department's Building a safer future implementation plan since 29 November 2018.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	260099
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the letter I sent on 11 April to Clive Betts MP in his capacity as chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Select Committee, a copy of which has been placed in the House Library.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/06/2019 14:33:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1129725

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Building Regulations and Fire Safety Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's Building Safety Programme: Monthly Data Release published on 30 April 2019, if he will publish local authority data in the format of Table 3 in that document, for (a) all social sector buildings identified with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations, (b) social sector buildings identified with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations yet to be remediated, (c) all private sector buildings identified with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations, and (d) all private sector buildings identified with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations yet to be remediated.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	260100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>Tables A and B set out local authority areas with high-rise social sector residential buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations identified, and those yet to be remediated, respectively. These areas are grouped into bands. The bands used are: one to five buildings, six to ten buildings, 11 to 20 buildings, and over 20 buildings.</p><p> </p><p>As at 30 April, there are 37 local authorities in England where such social sector buildings were identified, of which 31 local authorities have at least one such building yet to be remediated within their boundaries.</p><p> </p><p>We exclude local authorities with fewer than ten high-rise social sector buildings (regardless of whether they have cladding) from the tables below, as their inclusion could lead to the identification of one or more buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations in these areas – hence we only list 32 local authorities in Table A and 26 in Table B.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Table A: Number of social sector buildings identified with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations, by local authority</strong> <strong>England, 30 April 2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(a) Local authorities with 1 to 5 social sector buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations identified</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham</p></td><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>Reading</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>Sandwell</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale</p></td><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>Sefton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>Sheffield</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>Stockton-on-Tees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>Sunderland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(b) Local authorities with 6 to 10 social sector buildings</strong> <strong>with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations identified</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>Southwark</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(c) Local authorities with 11 to 20 social sector buildings</strong> <strong>with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations identified</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(d) Local authorities with over 20 social sector buildings</strong> <strong>with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations identified</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Table B: Number of social sector buildings identified with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations yet to be remediated, by local authority</strong> <strong>England, 30 April 2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(a) Local authorities with 1 to 5 social sector buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations yet to be remediated</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking and Dagenham</p></td><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>Reading</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>Sefton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>Sheffield</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>Southwark</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>Stockton-on-Tees</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(b) Local authorities with 6 to 10 social sector buildings</strong> <strong>with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations yet to be remediated</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(c) Local authorities with 11 to 20 social sector buildings</strong> <strong>with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations yet to be remediated</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Tables C and D set out the information for private sector residential buildings. Please note that this does not include hotels or student accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>As at 30 April, there are 40 local authorities in England where such private sector residential buildings were identified, of which 38 local authorities have at least one such building yet to be remediated within their boundaries.</p><p> </p><p>We exclude local authorities with fewer than ten high-rise private sector residential buildings – hence only 35 local authorities are listed in Table C and 34 in Table D.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><br> <strong>Table C: Number of private sector residential buildings identified with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations, by local authority</strong> <strong>England, 30 April 2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(a) Local authorities with 1 to 5 private residential buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations identified</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole</p></td><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>Reading</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>Salford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>Sheffield</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>Kensington and Chelsea</p></td><td><p>Slough</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>Southwark</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>Sutton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>Merton</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(b) Local authorities with 6 to 10 private residential buildings</strong> <strong>with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations identified</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>Newham</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(c) Local authorities with 11 to 20 private residential buildings</strong> <strong>with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations identified</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(d) Local authorities with over 20 private residential buildings</strong> <strong>with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations identified</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Table D: Number of private sector residential buildings identified with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations yet to be remediated, by local authority</strong> <strong>England, 30 April 2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(a) Local authorities with 1 to 5 private residential buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations yet to be remediated</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>Hammersmith and Fulham</p></td><td><p>Nottingham</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole</p></td><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>Reading</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>Salford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>Sheffield</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>Kensington and Chelsea</p></td><td><p>Slough</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>Southwark</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>Sutton</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>Merton</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(b) Local authorities with 6 to 10 private residential buildings</strong> <strong>with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations yet to be remediated</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>Newham</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(c) Local authorities with 11 to 20 private residential buildings</strong> <strong>with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations yet to be remediated</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>(d) Local authorities with over 20 private residential buildings</strong> <strong>with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations yet to be remediated</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/06/2019 14:32:58 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1129727

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
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 Written Statement of 11 December 2018, HCWS1169 on Contingent Liability for the Joint Inspection Team, when the Joint Inspection Taskforce was originally due to be operational; and whether that taskforce is now fully operational.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	260101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Local Government Association (LGA) who host the Joint Inspection Team has recruited all key members of the Team. They are engaging with local authorities who have sought their support in dealing with the remediation of private sector high rise residential building with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/06/2019 14:34:08 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1129728

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
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 Written Statement of 11 December 2018, HCWS1169 on Contingent Liability for the Joint Inspection Team, whether that contingent liability will cover work to remove dangerous non-ACM cladding.
tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
uin	260102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The contingent liability set out in the Written Statement of 11 December 2018, HCWS1169, for the Joint Inspection Team does not cover work to remove non-ACM cladding.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/06/2019 14:42:29 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1129843

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Public Lavatories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds records on the number of public toilets in (a) England and (b) Wolverhampton.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	259976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold data on the number of public toilets in England. Whilst the provision of public toilets is a matter for local authorities, we encourage councils to keep these important amenities open. At Budget 2018 the Chancellor announced a 100 per cent business rates relief for public lavatories in England, and the Government will introduce legislation as soon as Parliamentary time allows. In addition the Department recently launched a consultation proposing changes to Building Regulations to create more Changing Places toilets for severely disabled people.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 10/06/2019 16:25:56 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1129846

registered interest
date	04/06/2019
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	Redrow Homes: Complaints
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 many complaints his Department has received on Redrow Housing developments in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	259834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for leaseholders and residential freeholders and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service. The Department does not collect data on complaints it receives relating to specific developers or management companies.</p><p>In the Government’s response to its consultation <em>Strengthening redress in housing </em>we committed to creating a new Housing Complaints Resolution Service to act as a single point of access to redress for housing consumers. In October 2018 we announced a New Homes Ombudsman for buyers of new build homes, and our intention to bring forward legislation to close the gaps in redress services for consumers including to require all private landlords to sign up to a redress scheme.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 259835 question first answered 11/06/2019 09:28:21 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas