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1483267

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	First Time Buyers
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 support first-time buyers onto the housing ladder.
tabling member constituency	Bedford
tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
uin	900728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting first time buyers into home ownership.</p><p>On 9<sup>th</sup> June the Prime Minister announced new measures including a review looking into reforming the mortgage market, removing disincentives to home ownership in the welfare system; and working to extend the right to buy to housing association tenants.</p> answering member constituency Surrey Heath answering member printed Michael Gove question first answered 27/06/2022 16:18:19 answering member 1571 label Biography information for Michael Gove
tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1483268

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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, what legislative steps he is taking to progress leasehold reform.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	900729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to creating a fair and just housing system that works for everyone.</p><p>We have already made great strides with the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022, which will come into force from 30 June. The leasehold measures in our Building Safety Act will come into force tomorrow meaning that for the first time, qualifying leaseholders in buildings above 11 metres or with at least five storeys will be legally protected from extortionate building safety costs.</p><p>In the next Parliamentary Session, we will legislate to reform the leasehold and commonhold systems, helping millions of households genuinely to own their own home.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 27/06/2022 15:13:27 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1483269

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	Garden Communities
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 progress his Department has made on supporting garden communities.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	900731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting the development of locally-led garden communities. In May this year, I announced a package of £15 million to support 43 garden communities from Cornwall to Carlisle. This brings the total support since the launch of the programme in 2014 to over £69.4 million.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 27/06/2022 15:11:13 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1483270

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	Community Ownership Fund and Levelling Up 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, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on local communities of the projects funded through the latest tranche of awards from the (a) Levelling Up Fund and (b) Community Ownership Fund.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	James Grundy
uin	900732
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The Levelling Up Fund considers the impact of projects in local communities, by looking at how strongly each bid aligns and supports local need.</p><p>The Community Ownership Fund considers the impact of projects in local communities by assessing how an asset under community ownership will deliver benefits to a local community and bolster pride of place.</p> answering member constituency Surrey Heath answering member printed Michael Gove grouped question UIN 900736 question first answered 27/06/2022 16:24:17 answering member 1571 label Biography information for Michael Gove
tabling member	4843 label Biography information for James Grundy

1483271

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	Cost of Living
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 recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of the levelling up agenda on the cost of living.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	Carol Monaghan
uin	900733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to uniting and levelling up all parts of the UK which for too long have been left behind. We recognise the impact on household incomes during a time where global inflation pressures are being felt - but it is only by working together that we can deliver on supporting those most in need and ensure all parts of the UK benefit from the Governments levelling up agenda.</p> answering member constituency Surrey Heath answering member printed Michael Gove question first answered 27/06/2022 16:25:41 answering member 1571 label Biography information for Michael Gove
tabling member	4443 label Biography information for Carol Monaghan

1483272

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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: 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, what progress he has made on reforming the planning system.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	900735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>We introduced the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill to the House on 11 May this year.</p><p>This sets out a wide-ranging set of changes to put communities more in control of planning decisions which affect them and drive better outcomes on the thing’s communities care most about: the design of development, infrastructure delivery, the environment and their local neighbourhoods.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 27/06/2022 15:11:53 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1483273

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	Community Ownership Fund and Levelling Up 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, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on local communities of the projects funded through the latest tranche of awards from the (a) Levelling Up Fund and (b) Community Ownership Fund.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Sara Britcliffe
uin	900736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The Levelling Up Fund considers the impact of projects in local communities, by looking at how strongly each bid aligns and supports local need.</p><p>The Community Ownership Fund considers the impact of projects in local communities by assessing how an asset under community ownership will deliver benefits to a local community and bolster pride of place.</p> answering member constituency Surrey Heath answering member printed Michael Gove grouped question UIN 900732 question first answered 27/06/2022 16:24:17 answering member 1571 label Biography information for Michael Gove
tabling member	4838 label Biography information for Sara Britcliffe

1483349

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
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	Refugees: Afghanistan
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 his policy is on funding any potential shortfall in rent in the event that Afghans resettled under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy and Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme are placed in properties where the rent is higher than the Local Housing Allowance rate.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	25889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>A £25.5 million Housing Costs Fund is available to local authorities to help meet the costs of housing for larger families being resettled through the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP), and for those who arrived in the UK before 31 August 2021 via the evacuation from Afghanistan and are being resettled through the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme (ACRS), or are British Nationals being provided with resettlement support. The additional housing support is being provided to enable local authorities to come forward with offers of accommodation to larger families as soon as possible. For example, it can be used to provide a top-up payment, where it is needed to meet the gap between market rent and the Local Housing Allowance, or to help meet shortfalls which impact on a family's ability to cover their rent.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 05/07/2022 14:59:59 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1483350

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what sources of information are available to the Child Maintenance Service to help them ascertain whether a child or adult, who is the subject of a case, and who is registered in full time education is actually attending and participating in the course in a meaningful way.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	26048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>There is no requirement in law for the Child maintenance Service to gather data on children attending full time education or training.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 05/07/2022 13:12:09 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart

1483351

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Children: Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, under what circumstances officials in Child Maintenance Service may refuse to meet, either in person or online, a parent who is seeking to resolve issues in their case.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	Carla Lockhart
uin	26049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2022 answer text <p>Customers of the service can contact officials online, by telephone or in writing and in cases where customers have concerns, a complaints process including independent review is available and clearly signposted in written and online communications.</p><p> </p><p>The Child Maintenance service undertakes work face to face meetings only in certain prescribed circumstances where there is a legal requirement to do so for instance certain judicial proceedings and interviews under caution.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 05/07/2022 13:14:42 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4857 label Biography information for Carla Lockhart