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1607580

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Budget March 2023: Scotland
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 discuss with Cabinet colleagues the potential implications for his policies on intergovernmental relations of the Scottish Deputy First Minister’s letter to the UK Government on the Spring Budget, dated 15 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	904324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>Last year we held over 270 intergovernmental ministerial meetings bringing together Government and Devolved Administration colleagues.</p><p>I was pleased that the Deputy First Minister noted in his letter the positive collaboration between our officials in delivering Green Freeports and City Region and Growth Deals as an example of good intergovernmental relations.</p><p>My ministerial colleagues and I will continue working closely with the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 27/03/2023 15:35:53 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1607581

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Affordable 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 steps he is taking to increase the availability of affordable housing.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	904325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>This Government is determined to increase levels of affordable housing, and as my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State has outlined already, we are investing £11.5 billion through our Affordable Homes Programme which will deliver tens of thousands of much needed affordable homes right across the country.</p><p>Additionally, we remain committed to delivering at least as much on-site affordable housing through our proposed new Infrastructure Levy.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 27/03/2023 16:20:46 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1607582

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
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 the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill on intergovernmental relations.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	904326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>Minimum service levels are necessary across Great Britain to minimise the impacts that strikes have on the lives and livelihoods of the public. We recognise this will affect employers operating services that are devolved and have been clear that we want to engage with Devolved Governments on this Bill.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 27/03/2023 15:36:18 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1607583

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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, if he will issue statutory guidance on planning to local authorities to ensure that all future developments include flood mitigation measures.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	904329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that areas of flood risk should be avoided and where not possible then all risks should be mitigated.</p><p>This is supported by the Flood risk and coastal change Planning Practice Guidance which we significantly revised in August 2022.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 27/03/2023 16:21:59 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1607584

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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	Devolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress he has made on devolving power to local communities.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	904330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <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, Government is empowering local leaders by ensuring they have more control and influence over the decisions that affect their communities.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 27/03/2023 16:08:14 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

1607585

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
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 Finance
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 ability of local councils to balance their budgets.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	904331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>We are in close and regular contact with sector representative bodies and councils to monitor budgets and service delivery.</p><p>The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2023/24 makes available up to £59.7 billion for local government in England - a significant increase in funding which is designed to assist councils in service delivery.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 27/03/2023 16:51:50 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1607699

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 163903 on Euston Station: High Speed 2 Line, how much from the public purse has been spent on HS2 works relating to Euston station as of 27 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	174404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The most recent costs for Euston are as reported in the NAO report that was published on 27 March 2023, which are £548m on design and preliminary works and £1.5Bn on enabling works and land &amp; property costs for the station and the surrounding area.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 30/03/2023 08:28:18 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1607714

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: CCTV
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many licensing authorities have introduced mandatory CCTV in (a) taxis and (b) private hire vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	174319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>As of 31 March 2022, 15 authorities had a requirement for all licensed taxis to have CCTV fitted and 14 had a requirement for all licensed PHVs to have CCTV fitted.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 30/03/2023 08:20:04 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

1607717

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish (a) his response to the Reviewing personal safety measures on streets in England consultation launched in July 2021 and (b) the responses to that consultation received by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	174369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The results from this call for evidence are shaping the work to update Manual for Streets and Manual for Streets 2, which is currently underway. The Government intends to publish the consultation response at the same time as the revised Manual for Streets, later this year. The consultation response will summarise the feedback received and from what type of organisation.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 30/03/2023 08:26:49 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1607718

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) vehicles containing emissions defeat devices and (b) vehicle models containing emissions defeat devices in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	174370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>The DVSA Market Surveillance Unit (MSU) conducts an annual emissions-testing programme to test vehicle emissions in the real world. Where MSU testing identifies non-compliant emissions, including suspicions of a prohibited defeat device, DVSA works with the manufacturer to implement improvement plans.</p><p> </p><p>The results of the MSU annual emissions-testing programme are made publicly available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dvsa-vehicle-market-surveillance-unit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dvsa-vehicle-market-surveillance-unit</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2015, there have been 134 manufacturer recalls or non-code actions involving a total of 1.85 million vehicles to amend or upgrade emissions systems. Not all action will have been to address non-compliance. A breakdown of the models by year is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total vehicles within scope</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,197,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>8,311</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>7,649</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>74,660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>186,201</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>114,142</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>263,027</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>4,386</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 174371 question first answered 30/03/2023 08:22:06 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh