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1717182

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
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	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
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 decisions were made following his Department's meeting with Barnet Council on remediation of fire defects caused by timber and UPVC cladding on 3 May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	25641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of the action being taken by Barnet Council and continue to engage closely with them on the steps they are taking, following the Moss Hall Grove fire in June 2023. Department and Building Safety Regulator officials met with Barnet Council representatives on 10 April and visited the impacted buildings on 3 May. I look forward to meeting my Rt Hon Friend soon to discuss further.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 25642 25643 25644 question first answered 15/05/2024 15:07:22 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1717183

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
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	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
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 provisions were made in the Right to Buy scheme to ensure that the people purchasing their homes are made aware of potential fire safety defects.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	25642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of the action being taken by Barnet Council and continue to engage closely with them on the steps they are taking, following the Moss Hall Grove fire in June 2023. Department and Building Safety Regulator officials met with Barnet Council representatives on 10 April and visited the impacted buildings on 3 May. I look forward to meeting my Rt Hon Friend soon to discuss further.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 25641 25643 25644 question first answered 15/05/2024 15:07:22 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1717184

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
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	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
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 number of homes that are affected by the same fire safety issues caused by (a) timber and (b) UVC cladding that have been identified in the London Borough of Barnet.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	25643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of the action being taken by Barnet Council and continue to engage closely with them on the steps they are taking, following the Moss Hall Grove fire in June 2023. Department and Building Safety Regulator officials met with Barnet Council representatives on 10 April and visited the impacted buildings on 3 May. I look forward to meeting my Rt Hon Friend soon to discuss further.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 25641 25642 25644 question first answered 15/05/2024 15:07:22 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1717187

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
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: Conservation Areas
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 conservation area planning restrictions on (a) residential cladding materials and (b) fire safety remediation and mitigation measures.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	25644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>We are aware of the action being taken by Barnet Council and continue to engage closely with them on the steps they are taking, following the Moss Hall Grove fire in June 2023. Department and Building Safety Regulator officials met with Barnet Council representatives on 10 April and visited the impacted buildings on 3 May. I look forward to meeting my Rt Hon Friend soon to discuss further.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 25641 25642 25643 question first answered 15/05/2024 15:07:22 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1712698

registered interest
date	22/04/2024
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	Planning
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 publish a revised version of his Department's Planning Policy Guidance to reflect recent changes to the National Planning Policy Framework.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	22918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2024 answer text <p>Since 19 December 2023, we have updated Planning Practice Guidance multiple times to include new guidance on Biodiversity Net Gain, and updated existing guidance on the Community Infrastructure Levy, Housing Supply and Delivery, the Green Belt, Natural Environment and Viability. Further guidance updates will be published as necessary in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 25/04/2024 10:50:34 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1685329

registered interest
date	26/01/2024
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	Buildings: Insulation
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 he has made of the potential merits of extending rights to access (a) Remediation Contribution Orders through the First-tier Tribunal and (b) other lower-cost legal action to buildings under 11 metres where leaseholders need to pursue legal action to recover cladding remediation costs.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	11595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2024 answer text <p>It is generally accepted that the life safety risk is proportional to the height of buildings.   The risk to life from historical fire safety defects is lower in buildings under 11m, therefore building safety related remediation works are required in a very small number of buildings under 11m.</p><p>In rare cases where remediation work is required in buildings under 11 metres, the government has retrospectively extended the limitation period under Section 1 of the Defective Premises Act 1972 enabling legal action against developers and contractors where works completed in the last 30 years made a dwelling not “fit for habitation”.</p><p>We would welcome examples of any specific cases under 11m where there are concerns to be raised with the Department for further review.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 31/01/2024 12:59:27 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1683306

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
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	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, what steps he is taking to help ensure that local communities can participate in decisions on what is built in their neighbourhood.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	901082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2024 answer text <p>Our reforms to planning put local communities – and local plans – at the heart of decision making. The Government recognises the time and commitment communities put into their neighbourhood plans. Our recent updates to the National Planning Policy Framework mean that neighbourhood plans that meet their identified housing requirement are now better protected from speculative development.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 22/01/2024 18:04:39 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1681929

registered interest
date	15/01/2024
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	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, what assessment he has made of the impact that the new National Planning Policy Framework will have on decisions on planning (a) applications and (b) appeals already underway at the point when it was introduced.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	9460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2024 answer text <p>Except where transitional arrangements are set out in Annex 1 of the Framework, the policies in the new National Planning Policy Framework are material considerations which should be taken into account in dealing with applications and appeals from the day of its publication on 19 December 2023, including those submitted prior to this date but still under consideration.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 18/01/2024 15:10:31 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1646291

registered interest
date	21/06/2023
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	Buildings: Fire Prevention
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 representatives of the insurance sector on the extent to which insurers are requesting that remediation work is carried out on properties of less than 11 metres; and whether he plans to take steps to prevent those requests being made without reasonable justification.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	190514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>Where an external wall assessment carried out in line with guidance from the British Standards Institute (PAS 9980) shows acceptable risk, premiums should reflect that. Insurers should offer affordable premiums and should not be prescribing additional remedial works. The department is engaging with insurers on this matter.</p><p>It is generally accepted that risk to life is proportional to the height of buildings. There is no systemic risk in buildings under 11m, which are very unlikely to need costly remediation to make them safe.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 190306 question first answered 28/06/2023 15:27:57 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1646065

registered interest
date	20/06/2023
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	Buildings: Fire Prevention
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 estimate he has made of the number of leaseholders in buildings of less than eleven metres who have been issued with costly bills for non-cladding fire remediation.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	190304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government has implemented a risk-based and proportionate approach to regulating safety in residential buildings and in remediating cladding and other building safety defects. In general, the risk to life in lower-rise buildings is low and can be mitigated, for example, by installing fire alarms.</p><p>We are aware of a very small number of buildings under 11 metres where expensive remediation has been suggested. We have written to freeholders and managing agents in affected buildings to make sure that any proposed works are necessary and proportionate and the rights to redress are being fully utilised.</p><p>The Government has retrospectively extended the limitation period under Section 1 of the Defective Premises Act 1972 enabling legal action against developers and contractors where works completed in the last 30 years made a dwelling not 'fit for habitation'. This extends to buildings under 11 metres.</p><p>Any leaseholders concerned about works being proposed in their building can seek free information and advice from The Leasehold Advisory Service, funded by the Department.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 190305 question first answered 28/06/2023 15:18:49 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers