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1686210

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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	Leasehold: Reform
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 has made an assessment of the potential impact of abolishing marriage value under schedule two of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill on the finances of freeholders.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	12279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The impact assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill can be found <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.parliament.uk%2Fpa%2Fbills%2Fcbill%2F58-04%2F0013%2FLeaseholdandFreeholdReformBillImpactAssessment.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C1be1f0b17cd24316098208dc28c9b2cc%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638430093960568904%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fqxHzpN8%2BD5P0BsijCrWehMO7kgF0KQO8NZQPQ0Ajj8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>. This includes an estimate of the impact of removing marriage value.</p><p>The impact assessment also contains information on estimates of the aggregate number of leases below 80 years.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 12280 12281 question first answered 08/02/2024 17:18:15 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1686211

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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	Leasehold: Reform
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 he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of abolishing marriage value under schedule two of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill on the transfer of wealth overseas by freeholders.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	12280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The impact assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill can be found <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.parliament.uk%2Fpa%2Fbills%2Fcbill%2F58-04%2F0013%2FLeaseholdandFreeholdReformBillImpactAssessment.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C1be1f0b17cd24316098208dc28c9b2cc%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638430093960568904%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fqxHzpN8%2BD5P0BsijCrWehMO7kgF0KQO8NZQPQ0Ajj8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>. This includes an estimate of the impact of removing marriage value.</p><p>The impact assessment also contains information on estimates of the aggregate number of leases below 80 years.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 12279 12281 question first answered 08/02/2024 17:18:15 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1686212

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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: Leasehold
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 he will make an estimate of the average value of residential properties with remaining leases of (a) 80 to 71, (b) 70 to 61, (c) 60 to 51, (d) 50 to 41, (e) 40 to 31, (f) 30 to 21, (g) 20 to 11 years and (h) 10 or fewer years.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	12281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The impact assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill can be found <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublications.parliament.uk%2Fpa%2Fbills%2Fcbill%2F58-04%2F0013%2FLeaseholdandFreeholdReformBillImpactAssessment.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C1be1f0b17cd24316098208dc28c9b2cc%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638430093960568904%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=fqxHzpN8%2BD5P0BsijCrWehMO7kgF0KQO8NZQPQ0Ajj8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>. This includes an estimate of the impact of removing marriage value.</p><p>The impact assessment also contains information on estimates of the aggregate number of leases below 80 years.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 12279 12280 question first answered 08/02/2024 17:18:15 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1686220

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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	Solar Power: Planning Permission
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 he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the refusal of applications for planning permission for solar farms in excess of 50 MW where financing has not been secured.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
uin	12284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>In deciding whether or not to grant an application for development consent for above 50MW electricity generation stations such as solar farms, the Energy Secretary of State must have regard under section 104 of the Planning Act 2008 to any relevant National Policy Statement where one has effect.</p><p>In addition to this, and also where decisions are taken where no National Policy Statement has effect, the Secretary of State must also have regard to any other matters which are both important and relevant to the decision which may, where compulsory acquisition powers are requested, include details of how the project in question is proposed to be funded.</p><p>Revised Energy National Policy Statements were designated on 24 January 2024.</p><p>Whilst I appreciate the point my Honourable Friend is making, the planning system upholds a long-standing principle of planning considerations being the lawful basis in making a determination.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 08/02/2024 16:40:21 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1686291

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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 Buildings
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 he will have discussions with local authorities on the processes used to determine the purposes for which publicly-funded buildings can be used.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	12235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>Councils are independent, democratic bodies responsible for managing their own estates. Local authorities are best placed to decide how best to use local buildings to benefit communities, and while the government has no involvement in such decisions, we would always seek to ensure that taxpayers receive value for money.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 07/02/2024 12:38:06 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1686300

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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	Building Safety Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much (a) has been spent and (b) remains in the Building Safety Fund as of 31 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	12395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>As of 31 December 2023, we had allocated £2.3 billion through the BSF. Data on the BSF and other remediation programmes for buildings under 18 meters is published and updated monthly <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/building-safety-remediation" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>All residential buildings above 11 metres in England now have a pathway to fix unsafe cladding, through either a taxpayer-funded scheme or developer-funded scheme. Where developers or building owners are not currently funding cladding remediation, the Government has committed £5.1 billion to ensure that people are safe and feel safe in their homes.</p><p>All leaseholders can benefit from the funding available for cladding repairs for buildings over 18 metres through the BSF and CSS, regardless of whether they qualify for protections under the Building Safety Act 2022. Furthermore, remediation contribution orders provide all leaseholders in relevant buildings with a route for recovering historical safety remediation costs from those who caused them.</p><p>Given the small number of buildings under 11 metres likely to need remediation, our assessment remains that extending protections to buildings below 11 metres is neither needed nor proportionate. Where buildings are unsafe, the Defective Premises Act offers a route to recover costs from the responsible party or parties.</p><p>No analysis has been undertaken on the number of buildings it would be cheaper to demolish than to remediate.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 12396 12417 question first answered 07/02/2024 11:09:44 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1686302

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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	Building Safety Fund
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 he will make an estimate of how much it would cost to expand access to the Building Safety Fund to (a) social housing providers, (b) shorter buildings and (c) other non-qualifying leaseholders.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	12396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2024 answer text <p>As of 31 December 2023, we had allocated £2.3 billion through the BSF. Data on the BSF and other remediation programmes for buildings under 18 meters is published and updated monthly <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/building-safety-remediation" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p>All residential buildings above 11 metres in England now have a pathway to fix unsafe cladding, through either a taxpayer-funded scheme or developer-funded scheme. Where developers or building owners are not currently funding cladding remediation, the Government has committed £5.1 billion to ensure that people are safe and feel safe in their homes.</p><p>All leaseholders can benefit from the funding available for cladding repairs for buildings over 18 metres through the BSF and CSS, regardless of whether they qualify for protections under the Building Safety Act 2022. Furthermore, remediation contribution orders provide all leaseholders in relevant buildings with a route for recovering historical safety remediation costs from those who caused them.</p><p>Given the small number of buildings under 11 metres likely to need remediation, our assessment remains that extending protections to buildings below 11 metres is neither needed nor proportionate. Where buildings are unsafe, the Defective Premises Act offers a route to recover costs from the responsible party or parties.</p><p>No analysis has been undertaken on the number of buildings it would be cheaper to demolish than to remediate.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 12395 12417 question first answered 07/02/2024 11:09:44 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1686309

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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	Business: Bournemouth
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 support high street businesses in Bournemouth.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	12301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>Bournemouth is the recipient of a £21.7 million Town Deal which incorporates several projects that are indirectly supporting High Street businesses. Boscombe High Street is receiving £328,000 of investment via the Town Deal for local shop owners to improve their store frontage and breathe new life into the area by improving the appearance of buildings, public spaces and areas.</p><p>In 2023, Bournemouth received nearly £20 million from the Levelling Up Fund for seafront regeneration projects including the installation of digital communications along the promenade to encourage pop-up businesses in a key tourist area. Bournemouth has received over £4 million from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, of which £2.5 million will fund business support to businesses in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area including those in town and district centres.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 08/02/2024 09:54:51 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1686311

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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	Elections: National Security
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many members of staff were working in the Joint Election Security and Preparedness Unit on 31 January 2024.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	12399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>It is, and always will be, an absolute priority for this Government to protect our democratic and electoral processes. The Joint Election Security and Preparedness Unit (JESP) works between DLUHC and GSG in Cabinet Office to coordinate election security and preparedness activity within government and externally. JESP carries out the majority of its work to track and mitigate risks through officials in other government departments and the UK intelligence community. The JESP also works with the devolved administrations, local authorities and the Electoral Commission.</p><p>Details of staffing are published in departmental organograms, which are updated periodically.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare grouped question UIN 12400 question first answered 05/02/2024 16:45:21 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1686312

registered interest
date	31/01/2024
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	Elections: National Security
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 and the Minister for the Cabinet Office plan to increase the number of staff who work in the Joint Election Security and Preparedness Unit.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	12400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>It is, and always will be, an absolute priority for this Government to protect our democratic and electoral processes. The Joint Election Security and Preparedness Unit (JESP) works between DLUHC and GSG in Cabinet Office to coordinate election security and preparedness activity within government and externally. JESP carries out the majority of its work to track and mitigate risks through officials in other government departments and the UK intelligence community. The JESP also works with the devolved administrations, local authorities and the Electoral Commission.</p><p>Details of staffing are published in departmental organograms, which are updated periodically.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare grouped question UIN 12399 question first answered 05/02/2024 16:45:22 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis