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1646644

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	A34: Oxfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with Homes England of the use of funding from the Brownfield Land Release Fund for the Lodge Hill Junction scheme.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	190816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 27/06/2023 12:10:42 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1646717

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Freehold and Leasehold: Service Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to regulate service charges by management agencies on leaseholders and freeholders.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	190804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>This Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for homeowners and making sure that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service.</p><p>By law, variable service charges must be reasonable and, where costs relate to works or services, the works or services must be of a reasonable standard. Leaseholders may make an application to the appropriate tribunal to challenge the reasonableness of their service charges. We are committed to better protecting and empowering leaseholders by giving them more information on what their costs pay for, and removing barriers to challenge when things go wrong.</p><p>For those homeowners living on freehold estates, we are also committed to making the management companies more accountable to their freeholders.</p><p>We are due to bring forward further leasehold reforms later in this parliament.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 190805 190991 question first answered 29/06/2023 12:18:59 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

1646718

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Freehold and Leasehold: Service Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that management companies provide a minimum service level for leaseholders and freeholders.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	190805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>This Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for homeowners and making sure that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service.</p><p>By law, variable service charges must be reasonable and, where costs relate to works or services, the works or services must be of a reasonable standard. Leaseholders may make an application to the appropriate tribunal to challenge the reasonableness of their service charges. We are committed to better protecting and empowering leaseholders by giving them more information on what their costs pay for, and removing barriers to challenge when things go wrong.</p><p>For those homeowners living on freehold estates, we are also committed to making the management companies more accountable to their freeholders.</p><p>We are due to bring forward further leasehold reforms later in this parliament.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 190804 190991 question first answered 29/06/2023 12:18:59 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

1646719

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Estate Agents: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will introduce a single, mandatory, legally enforceable code of practice for property agents.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	190806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>It is already a legal requirement for letting and managing agents in England and Wales, and residential sales (estate) agents in the UK, to belong to one of the two Government approved redress schemes.</p><p>The Government is considering the recommendations in the final report on the regulation of property agents from Lord Best's working group. We will continue to work with industry on improving best practice, including in relation to codes of practice. Announcements will be set out in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 190807 question first answered 29/06/2023 12:19:38 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

1646720

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Estate Agents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to make letting and managing agents subject to the same regulation as sales agents.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	190807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>It is already a legal requirement for letting and managing agents in England and Wales, and residential sales (estate) agents in the UK, to belong to one of the two Government approved redress schemes.</p><p>The Government is considering the recommendations in the final report on the regulation of property agents from Lord Best's working group. We will continue to work with industry on improving best practice, including in relation to codes of practice. Announcements will be set out in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 190806 question first answered 29/06/2023 12:19:38 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

1646728

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support his Department is providing to small housebuilders.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	190808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>Small and medium-sized housebuilders (SME) are an indispensable part of our housebuilding sector and the Government wants to ensure more homes are built by SMEs developers. <br> <br> Through our £1.5 billion Levelling Up Home Building Fund (LUHBF) we are providing financial support to SMEs to help build c42,000 homes. We are also providing the sector with support through the £1 billion ENABLE Build Guarantee scheme and changes to the planning system through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will support SMEs to build by making the planning process easier to navigate, faster and more predictable.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 190597 question first answered 27/06/2023 12:03:02 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1646743

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Freeports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what statutory and additional powers apply within Freeports to (a) law enforcement agencies, (b) trading standards officers, (c) HM Revenue and Customs and (d) the National Crime Agency.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	190880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>Freeport status in no way undermines or weakens existing port security arrangements. Special customs status - which builds on, rather than radically departing from, facilitations available elsewhere in the UK - is available only on specific 'customs sites' within the wider Freeport footprint. These are secure sites administered by a specially authorised 'Customs Site Operator' or CSO. More information on Freeports security requirements can be found in the <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fuk-freeports-programme-annual-report-2022%2Fuk-freeports-programme-annual-report-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C61d8766ff99545d1cc5908db7721ba95%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638234758960968431%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Nejs7Qu24JkVf5Y3TMM9TWvtcLDRKCw7gmd0jFqEPHs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Freeports Annual Report.</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 27/06/2023 15:23:23 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1646750

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government: Devolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of (a) increasing devolution in England and (b) giving Metro Mayors local tax raising powers.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	190887
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>We are already extending devolution across England.</p><p>Through the announcement of six new devolution deals last year and most recently ground-breaking trailblazer devolution deals with Greater Manchester and West Midlands Combined Authorities, as well as the publication of the English Devolution Accountability Framework, the Government is empowering local leaders by ensuring they have more control and influence over the decisions that affect their communities. We will continue to work with local government in England to establish and grow new mayoral combined authorities, combined county authorities, and county deals. Our existing mayors are already playing a powerful role in driving economic growth, improving public services and giving local areas a voice on the national stage. The Government recognises the importance of fiscal devolution in England.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 29/06/2023 08:59:17 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1646796

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Public Bodies: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential effect of the provisions in the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill on (a) the Welsh Government, (b) Welsh Government funded public bodies and (c) Welsh local authorities and their freedom to not procure goods originating from Israeli settlements deemed to be illegal under international law.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	190870
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2023 answer text <p>The bill is designed to implement the Government’s manifesto commitment to &quot;ban public bodies from imposing their own direct or indirect boycotts, disinvestment or sanctions campaigns against foreign countries”. As such, and to ensure a consistent foreign policy approach across the UK, the Bill applies to public bodies across the whole of the UK and therefore the Welsh Government, Welsh public bodies, and Welsh local authorities will be subject to the ban. Accordingly, we are seeking a legislative consent motion to apply the ban to Ministers of the Welsh Government.</p><p>The Government’s position on the settlements in the ‘Occupied Palestinian Territories’ and indeed the Middle East Peace Process more generally is unchanged.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 27/06/2023 14:59:50 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1646821

registered interest
date	22/06/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Owner Occupation: Rents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they are taking to assist part-owners of homes who may be unable to sell as a result of conditions of rent charges allowing repossession; and what estimate they have made of the numbers of homeowners affected.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
uin	HL8711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2023 answer text <p>We want to make estate management companies more accountable to their freeholders for how their money is spent.</p><p>When Parliamentary time allows, the Government intends to legislate to ensure that freehold homeowners who pay estate rent charges have the right to challenge their reasonableness and to go to the tribunal to appoint a manager to manage the provision of services.</p><p>In addition, we will remove the statutory right for owners of rent charges to take possession or grant a lease of the property in the event of non-payment by the homeowner.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 29/06/2023 11:46:12 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle