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1279147

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
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	Supported Housing: Domestic Abuse
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 the Supported housing: national statement of expectations, published on 20 October 2020, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that exempt accommodation providers housing victims of domestic abuse and their children meet the required standards.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Yardley
tabling member printed	Jess Phillips
uin	141489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>The National Statement of Expectations (NSE) is an important step in improving oversight of supported housing. The publication of the NSE sent a strong signal that the Government expects high standards to be met in housing across the supported exempt sector.</p><p>We are continuing to work with local government and the sector to improve standards for all residents in supported exempt accommodation. My officials will continue to work with Women’s Aid, and domestic abuse providers on this important issue.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 26/01/2021 17:14:37 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4370 label Biography information for Jess Phillips

1279162

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
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: Repairs and Maintenance
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 buildings over 18m clad in ACM have not had their remediation work completed in each region.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	141603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department publishes data on the number of high-rise residential and publicly owned buildings in England with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations. The latest data is available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fbuilding-safety-programme-monthly-data-release-december-2020&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C5c4b1438f15a4131788708d8c1516257%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637471902569260990%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=42FTTFMxf2W4rLbnOV0vSbLqeyY%2BLyaG8oAktYAODv8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-monthly-data-release-december-2020.</a></p><p>Data is not published at the regional level but local authority level data is available here:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F954323%2FTable_3_Building_Safety_Data_Release_December_2020.csv%2Fpreview&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C5c4b1438f15a4131788708d8c1516257%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637471902569270951%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=VvovAdQ%2BYtwUCbahI%2FFnjlbrI%2BYKzBrLHoU%2F9NHFPws%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/954323/Table_3_Building_Safety_Data_Release_December_2020.csv/preview.</a></p><p>Data for the areas of London, Greater Manchester and the Rest of England is available here:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F954326%2FTable_6_Building_Safety_Data_Release_December_2020.csv%2Fpreview&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C5c4b1438f15a4131788708d8c1516257%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637471902569270951%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=YCr%2BMbKH3oTroqADRzZ%2BUcdXC4n5jR9UIsOqzJxXvTU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/954326/Table_6_Building_Safety_Data_Release_December_2020.csv/preview.</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/01/2021 16:36:28 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 77374 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1279163

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
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: 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, how much of the £1 billion fund for non-ACM cladding removal has been paid out.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	141604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>The latest Building Safety Fund: Registration Statistics published on 21 January 2021, which includes data on funding allocation, can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23building-safety-fund-registration-statistics&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBSP_PQ%40communities.gov.uk%7Cc5ae4d117407437272f108d8bee164d4%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637469222547033926%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=dbsvOmq8kMq0EPXCEUJN4yOlV9jDlLcmmkWooFT5YBU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#building-safety-fund-registration-statistics.</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/01/2021 16:37:12 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 77376 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1279166

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Staff
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 departmental staff (a) were employed from April to December 2020 and (b) are currently employed to process building safety fund registrations.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	141605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>MHCLG core departmental workforce numbers for the period April to October 2020 are published online at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fworkforce-management&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C5c4b1438f15a4131788708d8c1516257%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637471902569300821%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=J2wTquFl4VtGr%2B%2Bz5eZ8%2BK4zUFk2b721crUXFzFrFs8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workforce-management</a>.</p><p>The processing of Building Safety Fund registrations is carried out by specialists, contracted by MHCLG for this purpose.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/01/2021 16:34:58 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 77378 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1279181

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
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	Homelessness: Migrants
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 20 January 2021 to Question 136542, how many and what proportion of the 33,000 people supported through the Everyone In scheme were subject to No Recourse to Public Funds restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	141478
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>The data and breakdown requested is currently not available. Through Everyone In, by November we had supported around 33,000 people with nearly 10,000 in emergency accommodation and over 23,000 already moved on into longer-term accommodation.</p><p>We are aware that some of these individuals housed during Everyone In will have No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) restrictions. <br> <br>The rules as to eligibility relating to immigration status, including for those with NRPF, have not changed. <br> <br>Local authorities must use their judgement in assessing what support they may lawfully give to each person on an individual basis, considering that person’s specific circumstances and support needs.</p><p>Local authorities already regularly make such judgements on accommodating individuals who might otherwise be ineligible, during extreme weather for example, where there is a risk to life.</p><p>Local authorities may also provide basic safety net support if it is established that there is a genuine care need that does not arise solely from destitution, for example, where there are community care needs, migrants with serious health problems or family cases where the wellbeing of a child is in question.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 26/01/2021 17:14:01 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1279219

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of available testing capacity for samples removed from buildings as part of fire safety assessments; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	141389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department continues to support building owners by providing free screening tests for the identification of Aluminium Composite Materials.</p><p>The Government announced on 19 January that it will shortly commission an independent review to examine in detail the deficiencies in testing and conformity assessment regime for construction products.</p><p>The review will report later this year.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/01/2021 16:38:12 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1279247

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
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	Disabled Facilities Grants
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 capacity of local councils to provide payments to successful claimants of the disabled facilities grant within legal time limit.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	141511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2021 answer text <p>The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 requires local authorities to make decisions on Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) applications within six months of receipt.</p><p>When someone applies for a grant, the local council carries out an assessment of need and affordability. If these assessments are passed the council instructs a trusted contractor to install the home adaptations that the applicant requires.</p><p>Local authorities provide MHCLG with annual data returns on DFG delivery, including information on the average number of days between a DFG application being received by the council and completion of the works.</p><p>For 2018-19 and 2019-20 the average number of days between DFG applications and completion of the works was 115 days, or between 3 and 4 months.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 29/01/2021 09:55:00 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1279324

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
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	Housing: Carbon Emissions
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 they will mandate zero carbon heating options in the new Future Homes Standard building regulations and take steps to introduce such new regulations by December 2023.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	141568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>From 2025, the Future Homes Standard will ensure that new homes produce at least 75 per cent lower CO<sub>2</sub> emissions compared to those built to current standards. This represents a considerable improvement in the energy efficiency standards for new homes. Homes built under the Future Homes Standard will be ‘zero carbon ready’, with low carbon heating and very high fabric standards.</p><p>We have listened to calls for a swifter and more certain pathway and our work on a full technical specification for the Future Homes Standard has been accelerated. We therefore intend to consult on this in 2023 and introduce the necessary legislation in 2024, ahead of full implementation of the Future Homes Standard in 2025.</p><p>The Building Regulations will continue to set a performance-based standard rather than mandating or banning the use of any technologies. However, to make sure that new homes are zero carbon ready we plan to set the performance standard of the Future Homes Standard at a level which means that new homes will not be built with fossil fuel heating. To ensure the Gas Act is in line with the Future Homes Standard, the Energy White Paper also confirmed that we will seek views on the feasibility of ending the connection of new build homes to the natural gas grid.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/01/2021 16:43:36 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1279325

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
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	Housing: Renewable Energy
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 make (a) heat pumps, (b) solar and (c) other domestic renewables compulsory for all new housing.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	141569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2021 answer text <p>The Building Regulations are couched in performance terms and do not prescribe the technologies, materials or fuels to be used. This allows builders and homeowners the flexibility to innovate and select the most practical and cost-effective solutions appropriate in any development. For example, many roofs are not suitable for solar photovoltaic (PV) panels because of the visual amenity, strength, or direction of the building.  <br> <br> We will need to move away from fossil fuel heating in order to meet our commitment to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The future is likely to see a mix of low carbon technologies used for heating and it is unlikely that there will be a one-size-fits all solution, so multiple technologies will play a role. To make sure that homes built under the Future Buildings Standard are zero carbon ready, from 2025 we intend to set the performance standard at a level which means that new homes will not be built with fossil fuel heating. We expect heat pumps will become the primary heating technology for new homes under the Future Homes Standard and that heat networks will also have an important role to play.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 29/01/2021 09:51:06 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1279357

registered interest
date	21/01/2021
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	Housing: Poplar and Limehouse
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 proportion of (a) White British households and (b) Bangladeshi households are living in overcrowded accommodation in Poplar and Limehouse constituency.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Apsana Begum
uin	141618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2021 answer text <p>The latest data on national and regional levels of overcrowding by ethnicity is published on the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website and can be found at: <a href="https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/housing/housing-conditions/overcrowded-households/latest#by-ethnicity-and-area" target="_blank">https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/housing/housing-conditions/overcrowded-households/latest#by-ethnicity-and-area</a> .</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 29/01/2021 09:53:54 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4790 label Biography information for Apsana Begum