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1125874

registered interest
date	10/05/2019
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	Property: Ownership
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 statutory time limit for property management companies to issue a certificate of ownership to a new owner after selling a property.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	252849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government expects certificates of compliance to be issued within a reasonable period of time. Legislation is already in place specifying the governance of ownership certificates and their use in support of planning applications. Applicants are legally required to notify the owners of a site when they submit their planning application, so that they have the opportunity to comment. An ownership certificate confirming that other owners have been appropriately notified must be signed when submitting a planning application. It is an offence to issue a false ownership certificate knowingly or recklessly under section 65(6) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/05/2019 14:37:28 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1052218

registered interest
date	31/01/2019
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	Letting Agents
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 review the practice of letting agencies requiring 12 months' rent in advance from clients who are below a specified minimum income threshold.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	215224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>Landlords and letting agents are free to ask for rent payments upfront if they wish, but very few ask for 12 months' rent upfront.</p><p>The Government is determined to ensure that tenants’ rent money held by agents is protected. We will require letting agents to obtain membership of a Client Money Protection (CMP) scheme and to repay any client money without delay where it is due to the tenant. We intend this protection to be mandatory from 1 April 2019.</p><p>We are also developing a new regulatory regime for letting agents. The Regulation of Property Agents working group, led by Lord Best, will make recommendations about a joined-up framework to guide, monitor and police the actions of letting agents. The working group will report in July 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 05/02/2019 13:20:25 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1010535

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
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	Energy Performance Certificates
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 houses in the UK have an energy performance certificate of (a) E or lower and (b) D or higher.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	193482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>At the end of September 2018, the number of houses in England and Wales which had a valid energy performance certificate (EPC) rated at E or lower was 3,177,158 and D or higher was 8,169,369. Additionally, other types of domestic dwellings, including flats, bungalows and maisonettes, which had a valid EPC rated at E or lower was 1,229,051 and D or higher was 5,584,059.</p><p>This information is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-performance-of-buildings-certificates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-performance-of-buildings-certificates</a></p><p>EPCs for domestic dwellings in Scotland and Northern Ireland are a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/11/2018 16:02:51 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

982465

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
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	Estate Agents: 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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to require property management companies to provide tenants with a detailed breakdown of service fees when in advance of increasing fees.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	176375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>We believe very strongly that service charges should be transparent, communicated effectively and that there should be a clear route to challenge or redress if things go wrong.</p><p>That is why on 12 October, we announced a property agent working group to consider options to raise standards across the property agent sector, including looking at how fees such as service charges should be presented to consumers and to explore the best means to challenge fees which are unjustified. The working group will be chaired by Lord Best, along with experts from across the property sector and will report back to Government in summer 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 16/10/2018 14:57:10 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

933771

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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, whether the Government plans to assess the environmental effect of new housing using the DEFRA biodiversity metric; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	159644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>National planning policy continues to emphasise the role of planning in protecting and enhancing our natural environment, and helping to improve biodiversity. The National Planning Policy Framework is being revised, and during the recent consultation we received many responses regarding the importance of biodiversity and other environmental issues. We have considered all the consultation responses carefully. However, the Defra biodiversity metric is not for application at national level. Planning decisions about new housing and its location are for local planning authorities to make. They should determine each planning proposal in the light of the Local Plan and any other considerations they find material to the case, including the strong environmental policies set out in the National Planning Policy Framework.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 06/07/2018 16:16:57 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

933773

registered interest
date	02/07/2018
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	Energy Performance Certificates
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 houses in the UK have an Energy Performance Certificate of (a) E or lower and (b) D or higher.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	159645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The following data has been taken from Table D1 in the Energy Performance of Buildings Certificates in England and Wales: 2008 to March 2018 statistical release. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-performance-of-buildings-certificates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/energy-performance-of-buildings-certificates</a></p><ul><li>Domestic England and Wales properties with D rating or higher – 13,167,000</li><li>Domestic England and Wales properties with E Rating or lower – 4,280,000</li></ul><p>The data is for the period up to and including March 2018.</p><p>Scottish and Northern Ireland figures will be available from the Scottish and Northern Ireland Governments.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/07/2018 16:36:02 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

855481

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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
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 representations his Department has received on the advertising of private property lettings explicitly to exclude people in receipt of housing benefit.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	130788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has received correspondence on this issue. The Government appreciates the problems that some housing benefit claimants can face in finding accommodation in the private rented sector.</p><p>We strongly encourage landlords and agents to look at all potential and existing tenants in receipt of housing benefit on an individual basis. We will shortly be publishing a new How to Let guide to help landlords better understand their responsibilities.</p><p>Legislation exists to prohibit acts of discrimination against individuals in terms of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 13/03/2018 16:32:06 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

835933

registered interest
date	02/02/2018
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	Charities: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the Government has not raised to 100 per cent the rate of business rate relief for charities on property with a rateable value of under £12,000; and if he will take steps to ensure that charities have 100 per cent such relief.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	126288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>Properties used for charitable purposes are eligible for 80 per cent mandatory business rates relief, which can be topped up to 100 per cent at the discretion of the relevant local authority. This relief is significantly more generous than small business rate relief would be for most charities, given that the latter can generally only be claimed by ratepayers with just one property.</p><p>Business rate relief for charities was worth nearly £1.9 billion in 2016-17. Overall, the Government’s support for charities and their donors, including through tax reliefs, was worth over £5 billion in 2016-17.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 08/02/2018 17:12:42 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

818794

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	English Language: Education
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to publish a strategy for English as a Second Language provision in England.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	121558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The manifesto committed the Government to bring forward a new integration strategy, which will include proposals to teach more people to speak English. We are working closely with other government Departments, including the Department for Education, in preparing the integration strategy, which we will publish for consultation shortly.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 121784 question first answered 16/01/2018 17:57:30 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire