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1002075

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Local Government: Coastal Areas
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 financial support his Department provides to local authorities that serve coastal communities.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	188022
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to supporting coastal communities to unlock barriers to their development and growth, and to strengthen their appeal as places to live, work and visit.</p><p>Since 2012 we have provided coastal communities in England with £132 million of support through the Coastal Communities Fund, £3.7 million through the Coastal Revival Fund and provided £1.46 million to support the establishment of 146 Coastal Communities Teams around the English Coastline. We are continuing to support coastal communities with at least £40 million in the current round (Round 5) of Coastal Communities Fund and with a further £1 million for the Coastal Revival Fund.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 19/11/2018 15:55:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1002077

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Sleeping Rough: Care Leavers
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 recent estimate he has made of the number of young people who sleep rough and have spent time in foster care.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	188024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government does not collect statistics on whether or not people sleeping rough have spent time in foster care. However, the department does produce annual rough sleeping counts and estimates, which are single night snapshots of the number of people sleeping rough in local authority areas. In autumn 2017, there were 369 people aged 25 years and under who were recorded as sleeping rough in England.</p><p>From April of this year, the Government extended personal adviser support for all care leavers up to age 25. The recently published Rough Sleeping Strategy also committed an additional £3.2 million of funding for 47 local authority areas to employ specialist personal advisers. They will provide intensive support for care leavers with the most complex needs who are most at risk of rough sleeping.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 19/11/2018 15:54:55 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1002083

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Brexit
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 total cost to the public purse is of new staff employed by his Department to assist in preparations for the UK leaving the EU since 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	188079
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is working with the Department for Exiting the EU and other government departments to prepare the UK's exit from the EU. Given the interactions between EU exit work and the Department's other priorities, it is not possible to provide a reliable figure on expenditure related to new staff employed since June 2016 who are assisting with preparations for the UK leaving the EU.<em><br></em></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 19/11/2018 15:56:24 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1002279

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Leasehold
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to help those purchasers of houses with leasehold agreements with excessive uprating provisions to replace such provisions with fairer ones.
tabling member printed	Lord Turnbull
uin	HL11300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is clear that unfair leasehold practices have no place in the housing sector. We are committed to improving the leasehold system by making it fairer and more transparent. We will be introducing legislation to ban new leasehold houses.</p><p>It is right that developers who sold leaseholds with onerous terms should support their customers to amend such lease terms. Some developers have introduced assistance schemes which is welcome. The Government is engaging with industry to ensure they are taking action to provide assistance to existing leaseholders with onerous terms.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 19/11/2018 15:30:13 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3758 label Biography information for Lord Turnbull

1002614

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Adroit Economics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the (a) project specification of the work and (b) any completed outputs arising from the commissioning of an analysis arising from the commissioning of evaluation and analytical services from Adroit Economics Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	188723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Information about the requirements for this project are available on the Government contracts finder web site. The outputs of work undertaken under this contract are reflected, for example, in the assessment of impacts included in the recent consultations on fire safety issues and has helped inform the development of policy on other Building Regulations’ matters.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 19/11/2018 15:52:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1003579

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Buildings: 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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2018 to Question 164527 on Buildings: Insulation, what assessment he has made of the level of risk combustible cladding poses to (a) schools, (b) care homes and (c) hospitals.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	189775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The remediation programme underway since the Grenfell Tower tragedy is dealing with Aluminium Composite Materials cladding systems which are unsafe. We expect building owners to be systematically reviewing the safety of their buildings as a matter of course. All buildings covered under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, which include schools, hospitals, and residential care premises, must have their fire risk assessment regularly reviewed so as to keep it up to date.</p><p>Schools are very safe environments in this regard as they are typically occupied during the daytime and have multiple exit routes. In addition, all schools must comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, including having an up-to-date Fire Risk Assessment and conducting regular fire drills.</p><p>NHS trusts are locally responsible for their fire safety, and take it very seriously. Fire safety guidance specific to the NHS, Firecode, is provided to support them in doing this. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, NHS organisations must, as far as is reasonably practical, make sure that everyone on the premises, or nearby, can escape safely if there is a fire. They will therefore consider the ban on combustible cladding as part of the regular fire risk assessments they carry out on their existing estate</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/11/2018 16:27:09 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1003600

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Leasehold: Reform
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the (a) people and (b) organisations that were invited to the roundtable event on leasehold reform on Thursday 8 November.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	189727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State met with industry stakeholders on Thursday 8 November to discuss how best to support existing leaseholders with onerous leases.</p><p>Names of invitees cannot be disclosed for data protection reasons. The organisations invited to attend the meeting were as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Adriatic Land</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aviva</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barclays</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barratt Homes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bellway</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Building Societies Association</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City and Docklands</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Competition and Markets Authority</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consensus Business Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conveyancing Association</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Countryside Properties</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E&amp;J Estates</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fairview New Homes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>First Base</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Freehold Corporation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Galliford Try</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Helical</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Higgins Construction</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Home Builders Federation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HSBC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Inspired Villages</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Laing O’Rouke</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land Charter Homes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Landmark Investments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Law Society</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Linea Homes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lloyds Bank</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Long Harbour</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LPC Living</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Miller Homes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morris Homes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcourt Residential</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Persimmon Homes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pier Management</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redrow</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rothesay Life</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Bank of Scotland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Santander</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solicitors Regulation Authority</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taylor Wimpey</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trading Standards</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Finance</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weston Homes</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 19/11/2018 16:09:25 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1003665

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Energy
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 quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department, (ii) the Planning Inspectorate, (iii) the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, (iv) the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation, and (v) Homes England in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	189712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested for (i) the Department, (ii) Planning Inspectorate, (iii) Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre and (v) Homes England are set out in the tables at annex A. The information for (iv) the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation (EDC) is not held centrally. The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is committed to delivering a sustainable government estate and has reduced its carbon emissions by 64 per cent since 2009-10.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 19/11/2018 16:12:35 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry attachment 1 file name 189712_Quantity_of_Gas_and_Eelctricity.docx title PQ 189712 - Quantity of Gas and Electricity
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1003666

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Energy
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 cost was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department, (ii) the Planning Inspectorate, (iii) the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, (iv) the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation and (v) Homes England in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	189713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested for (i) the Department, (ii) Planning Inspectorate, (iii) Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre and (v) Homes England are set out in the attached table.</p><p>The information for (iv) the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation (EDC) is not held centrally.</p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is committed to delivering a sustainable government estate and has reduced its carbon emissions by 64 per cent since 2009-10.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 19/11/2018 16:11:35 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry attachment 1 file name 189713_cost_of_Gas_and_Electricity .docx title PQ 189713 - Table of cost of Gas and Electricity
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1003736

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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	Council Tax: Non-payment
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 plans he has to bring England in line with the rest of the UK by ending the use of imprisonment for non-payment of council tax debt.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	189834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Imprisonment should only ever be the last resort for non-payment of council tax. Before a magistrates’ court commits someone to prison for failure to pay their council tax, it must inquire as to the debtor’s means, and satisfy itself that failure to pay is due to “wilful refusal or culpable neglect”. This is to prevent persons who are genuinely unable to pay their council tax from being committed to prison. The Government does not have any plans to change the current arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 19/11/2018 16:24:15 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman