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1305058

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to amend the reasonable excuses for international travel from the 29 March 2021 to include visits to see family members and long term partners in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Gateshead
tabling member printed	Ian Mearns
uin	174100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The intention behind this question is unclear. Government does not set out reasonable excuses for individuals entering England. There are no plans to amend reasonable excuses for international travel from England to include visits to see family members and long term partners overseas where there are not otherwise legally permitted reasons for travel.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 13/04/2021 16:54:12 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4000 label Biography information for Ian Mearns

1305456

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Transport for London on its policy on restrictions on road space through the Streetspace scheme.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	174723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The responsibility for transport in London, including the Streetspace scheme, is devolved to the Mayor of London and Transport for London. Local authorities are responsible for ensuring that local decisions about street infrastructure take account of the needs and opinions of local people. The Department is not responsible for policing what local authorities implement on their roads.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 13/04/2021 11:16:12 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1305457

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
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	Kingspan Group: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his letter to building control bodies on the retraction of three tests carried out on Kingspan K15 insulation, what contribution Kingspan is planned to make to the cost of remediation of buildings with Kingspan insulation, where that is required.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	174876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>We have announced that we will be introducing a levy and tax on developers to contribute to righting the wrongs of the past. The proposed levy will be targeted and apply when developers seek permission to develop certain high-rise buildings in England.</p><p>It is also clear that further measures must be put in place to prevent unsafe products being placed on the market and there must be action against companies which advertise and sell unsafe products, or who game the testing regime.</p><p>That is why we have brought forward proposals to strengthen the regulation of construction products in the draft Building Safety Bill. We have also announced in January a new national regulator for construction products, which will be based in the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS), and who are receiving up to £10 million in 2021/22 to set it up. A review of the system for testing construction products was announced in January and will report its findings later this year. The Government will act where we see standards falling short.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 13/04/2021 13:02:20 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1305458

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
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	New Homes Quality Board: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason appointments to the New Homes Quality Board were not subject to open applications.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	174877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The New Homes Quality Board is independent of Government and was established through an industry-led initiative. The Government had no role in making appointments to the Board or the appointment of the Chair. The Board brings together a wealth of relevant experience from across the housing industry and includes consumer protection groups. We are supportive of the Board’s aims and we have been kept appraised of its work, including on a code of practice. However, the Government has not been involved in the code’s development.</p><p>The Government is bringing forward legislation, through the Building Safety Bill, to provide for the New Homes Ombudsman which will resolve disputes, provide effective protection for new build home-buyers and will set out the arrangements for the New Homes Ombudsman scheme. Legislation will also underpin a developers’ code of practice to cover the standards of conduct and quality of work expected of developers, including fire safety issues.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 174878 174879 question first answered 13/04/2021 13:21:11 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1305459

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
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	New Homes Quality Board: Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the process was for selecting members of the New Homes Quality Board, including appointment of the Chair.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	174878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The New Homes Quality Board is independent of Government and was established through an industry-led initiative. The Government had no role in making appointments to the Board or the appointment of the Chair. The Board brings together a wealth of relevant experience from across the housing industry and includes consumer protection groups. We are supportive of the Board’s aims and we have been kept appraised of its work, including on a code of practice. However, the Government has not been involved in the code’s development.</p><p>The Government is bringing forward legislation, through the Building Safety Bill, to provide for the New Homes Ombudsman which will resolve disputes, provide effective protection for new build home-buyers and will set out the arrangements for the New Homes Ombudsman scheme. Legislation will also underpin a developers’ code of practice to cover the standards of conduct and quality of work expected of developers, including fire safety issues.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 174877 174879 question first answered 13/04/2021 13:21:11 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1305460

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
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	New Homes Quality Board: Codes of Practice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the New Homes Quality Board is planned to include considerations affecting fire safety in its work putting together a Code of Conduct for the building industry.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	174879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The New Homes Quality Board is independent of Government and was established through an industry-led initiative. The Government had no role in making appointments to the Board or the appointment of the Chair. The Board brings together a wealth of relevant experience from across the housing industry and includes consumer protection groups. We are supportive of the Board’s aims and we have been kept appraised of its work, including on a code of practice. However, the Government has not been involved in the code’s development.</p><p>The Government is bringing forward legislation, through the Building Safety Bill, to provide for the New Homes Ombudsman which will resolve disputes, provide effective protection for new build home-buyers and will set out the arrangements for the New Homes Ombudsman scheme. Legislation will also underpin a developers’ code of practice to cover the standards of conduct and quality of work expected of developers, including fire safety issues.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes grouped question UIN 174877 174878 question first answered 13/04/2021 13:21:11 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1305461

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
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	Building Safety Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the building safety fund registration statistics, what is classified as basic information to assess whether an application is eligible.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	174880
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>The criteria used to assess the eligibility of registrations for the Building Safety Fund is set out in the prospectus. The Building Safety Fund prospectus, as well the annex with the registration questions (Prospectus Annex B), can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund&amp;data=04%7C01%7CBSP_PQ%40communities.gov.uk%7C0e9eddd444894ea28f3908d8f03d3ddb%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637523493101351005%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=xKK7bpTEo1AFCn50TdnI76unsPZLQCKIBkiL5Ix6tyg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund</a> .</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 13/04/2021 13:02:58 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1305462

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Additional Restrictions Grant and Local Restrictions Support Grant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the Government's timeframe is for local authorities to issue final payments for the Local Restrictions Grant and the Additional Restriction Grant; and if he will consider extending the final payment date for those schemes.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	174881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government continues to provide financial support via Local Authorities for businesses that are required to close, or which are severely affected by the restrictions put in place to tackle Covid-19 and save lives.</p><p> </p><p>At the Budget, my Rt. Hon. Friend Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer further extended the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG) scheme, providing top-up funding for Local Authorities to distribute to businesses. Final payments of the ARG must be made by 31 March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Local Authorities were expected to pay eligible businesses the full allocation of the Local Restrictions Support Grant (LRSG) (Closed) as soon as possible after receipt of the funding. They must issue payments for the second round of the 2021 LRSG (Closed) by 30 June 2021. The first round of LRSG (Closed) payments, from 5 January, must be paid out by 30 April 2021.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to extend these deadlines.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 19/04/2021 16:27:41 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1305463

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Cultural Heritage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if he publish the minutes from his meeting held on 23 February 2021 with 25 heritage organisations in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	174882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>There are currently no plans to publish minutes of this invitation only meeting of sector stakeholders. The meeting was held for the purpose of discussing policy development.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 13/04/2021 09:45:48 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1305464

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a student who receives a positive result on a school-based lateral flow test may return to school and stop self-isolating, if they receive a negative result on a PCR test.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	174883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/04/2021 answer text <p>In January, confirmatory PCR testing for pupils and students taking lateral flow tests in an assisted setting at school or college was paused. This was the same across all other sectors and NHS Test and Trace set out at the time that this was expected to be a temporary measure until prevalence was reduced. NHS Test and Trace and Public Health England have kept the changing clinical circumstances under review and have now advised that, due to the ability for PCR to now detect and track new variants and the lower prevalence of COVID-19, confirmatory PCR testing should now be reintroduced.</p><p> </p><p>If you conduct a lateral flow test at home or receive a supervised school/college-based lateral flow test (LFT) as part of the rapid asymptomatic testing programme and it is positive then you, your close contacts, and other members of your household should self-isolate immediately in line with NHS Test and Trace guidance. All positive results from rapid tests, whether conducted at home or at a school or college, will then need to be confirmed with a PCR test within two days of the positive LFT. This should be booked immediately either online or by calling 119. Whilst awaiting the PCR result, you and your close contacts should continue to self-isolate. If the PCR test is negative, provided it was taken within two days of the positive LFT, it overrides the LFT and you can return to school or college and you, your close contacts, and other members of your household can stop self-isolating.</p><p>NHS Test and Trace guidance is available to view here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-test-and-trace-how-it-works." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nhs-test-and-trace-how-it-works.</a></p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 14/04/2021 10:31:52 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire