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829023

registered interest
date	23/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on their housebuilding programme of the announcement by the Federation of Master Builders that two-thirds of SME construction companies in London are struggling to hire bricklayers and carpenters.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL5006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>We need an industry that has the right skills to build more homes, including in new and innovative ways. Industry needs to take responsibility for ensuring that it has a sustainable supply chain, working with contractors to address skills requirements. As we leave the EU, there is an opportunity to invest in the workforce.</p><p>In the Housing White Paper, 'Fixing our broken housing market', the Government has set out its plans to help the construction sector ensure that it has the workforce it needs. We are reforming the Construction Industry Training Board so that it delivers the skills and technical education industry needs. This includes more workplace experience and simplification of the path to qualification. A new £34 million fund, administered by the Department for Education, will support and incentivise innovative and employer-led approaches to construction training.</p><p>In my own department, we are encouraging greater use of Modern Methods of Construction to increase productivity in housebuilding and reduce our reliance on traditional building skills. We are providing financial support through the Home Building Fund and working with lenders to overcome their concerns. We will ensure that our stakeholders have the opportunity to put their concerns about a future migration model to the Home Office.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 05/02/2018 16:21:09 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

810011

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of long-term rental units in London that have changed to become short term or holiday lets in the last five years; and how they plan to encourage private landlords to provide more housing for people seeking long term accommodation.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL4357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/01/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Autumn Budget statement, it was announced that the Government will consult on ways to overcome the barriers landlords can face in offering longer, more secure tenancies to those tenants who want them. We do not have an estimate of those long-term rental units in London that have changed to or are additionally used for short term or holiday lets in the last five years.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 02/01/2018 16:15:24 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

802502

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Juries
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of jury service on the availability of GPs; and whether the Department of Health has any plans to request that the Ministry of Justice exempt GPs from jury service from where there is a shortage of NHS provision.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL3964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>As independent contractors, it is for individual general practitioner (GP) practices to ensure their registered patients continue to have access to primary medical services where a GP is absent on jury service.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no plans to request an exemption from jury service for GPs.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 19/12/2017 15:28:26 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

792907

registered interest
date	21/11/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the announcement by the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust and King's Health Partners that they intend to create a new clinical academic facility for cardiovascular and respiratory services, whether they intend to review the proposal from NHS England to close the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust's congenital heart disease services.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL3431
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2017 answer text <p>At its public meeting on 30 November 2017 and following its review of and public consultation on Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) services in England, the NHS England Board agreed to note the outline proposal presented by the Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust for how full compliance against the standards might be achieved; to confirm that NHS England should work with the Royal Brompton and other potential partners on the full range of options for delivering a solution that could deliver full compliance with the standards and ensure the sustainability of other connected services; and to continue to commission level 1 CHD services from the Trust, conditional on the Trust demonstrating sufficient progress within required timescales.</p><p> </p><p>The commissioning of CHD services in England is a matter for NHS England. The Government will continue to hold NHS England to account as it takes forward the recommendations of its review.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 05/12/2017 13:45:37 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

788290

registered interest
date	13/11/2017
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	Funeral Payments
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review the maximum payment that can currently be made under the Funeral Payment scheme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL3082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2017 answer text <p>The Social Fund Funeral Expenses Payments scheme comprises of two elements. The first element covers the ‘necessary’ costs of arranging a funeral, which include costs of a burial or cremation including the purchase of a grave. It also meets the cost of any medical references or the removal of active implanted medical devices for cremations, reasonable costs if a body has to be moved for more than fifty miles and travel costs for the applicant to arrange and attend the funeral. These costs are paid in full and there is no maximum contribution.</p><p> </p><p>The second element covers all other costs, which are subject to a maximum of £700. We have no plans at this time to review this component of the scheme.</p> answering member printed Baroness Buscombe question first answered 20/11/2017 15:56:52 answering member 3349 label Biography information for Baroness Buscombe
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

772414

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 14 September (HL1598), whether they will consider setting up a system under which local authorities would, for a registration fee, have the right to confirm that a holiday let is legally in accordance with the terms of the letter’s mortgage or tenancy agreement.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL2107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>We have no plans to set up or consult on a local authority register in respect of short term holiday letting eligibility or tenants. One borough sought consent from the Secretary of State to direct that the right to short-term let without planning permission for up to 90 nights in a year should not apply to particular residential properties. The planning practice guidance sets out the criteria the Secretary of State will apply in considering whether to give consent. [The guidance can be found at paragraph: 111 reference ID: 13-111-20160519]</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL2108 HL2109 question first answered 31/10/2017 15:05:21 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

772415

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 14 September (HL1597) that no consultations have been carried out, what plans they have to consult local authorities on a register of short-term holiday let tenants.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL2108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>We have no plans to set up or consult on a local authority register in respect of short term holiday letting eligibility or tenants. One borough sought consent from the Secretary of State to direct that the right to short-term let without planning permission for up to 90 nights in a year should not apply to particular residential properties. The planning practice guidance sets out the criteria the Secretary of State will apply in considering whether to give consent. [The guidance can be found at paragraph: 111 reference ID: 13-111-20160519]</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL2107 HL2109 question first answered 31/10/2017 15:05:21 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

772416

registered interest
date	17/10/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 14 September (HL1596), how many London boroughs have sought consent from the Secretary of State to remove the freedom to short-term let for 90 nights from a property; and whether they have any plans to publicise this procedure to London boroughs.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL2109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>We have no plans to set up or consult on a local authority register in respect of short term holiday letting eligibility or tenants. One borough sought consent from the Secretary of State to direct that the right to short-term let without planning permission for up to 90 nights in a year should not apply to particular residential properties. The planning practice guidance sets out the criteria the Secretary of State will apply in considering whether to give consent. [The guidance can be found at paragraph: 111 reference ID: 13-111-20160519]</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL2107 HL2108 question first answered 31/10/2017 15:05:21 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

760483

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are aware of the difficulties experienced by London borough councils in the enforcement of the 90 days a year limit for homeowners' short-term letting of their property.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL1596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/09/2017 answer text <p>Where there are concerns about serious abuse of the 90 night limit a London Borough can seek a consent from the Secretary of State for the authority to make a direction to remove the freedom to short term let for 90 nights from that property. The criteria for assessing a request for consent are set out in the Department's planning practice guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 25/09/2017 13:02:52 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

760484

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the need for a registration process of short-term holiday let tenants; and whether they have consulted local councils on this issue.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL1597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2017 answer text <p>There has been no assessment of, or consultation on, a register of short term holiday let tenants.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 28/09/2017 14:28:30 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes