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1728290

registered interest
date	09/09/2024
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the (a) number of homes that have been unlocked by the Housing Infrastructure Fund and (b) number and proportion of those homes that have (i) received planning consent, (ii) started on site and (iii) been completed as of 9 September 2024.
tabling member constituency	Cities of London and Westminster
tabling member printed	Rachel Blake
uin	4858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The £4.2 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF) is now fully allocated to HIF projects. As of the end of June this year, £1.8 billion had been drawn down by local authorities.</p><p>The Department estimates that HIF has unlocked c260,000 homes. Local Authorities report starts and completions on housing developments facilitated by HIF investment to Homes England and the Department. Based on these returns, c29,000 homes have been started of which c18,500 have been completed.</p><p>It should, however, be noted that these Local Authority returns are not verified by government and should not be regarded as official statistics.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook grouped question UIN 4857 4859 question first answered 17/09/2024 15:41:06 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	5257

1728388

registered interest
date	09/09/2024
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that new houses are built with specifications that enable them to be carbon neutral.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr Simon Opher
uin	4956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to meeting its target of net zero emissions by 2050 and recognises the important contribution that the energy efficiency of buildings has to make in meeting it.</p><p>The Future Homes and Buildings Standards consultation was published in December 2023 and closed in March 2024. A Government response has not yet been issued.</p><p>We fully support the need for low carbon homes, fit for a net zero future. We are reviewing proposals and feedback from the Future Homes and Buildings Standards consultation and will publish the Government response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 17/09/2024 15:47:37 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	5030

1727683

registered interest
date	05/09/2024
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the impact of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 on airspace development.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	4449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The Department conducted an impact assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2022 which included the impact of the Act’s provisions on development and housing supply. The assessment can be found <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3523/publications" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 13/09/2024 07:46:46 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1727684

registered interest
date	05/09/2024
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of airspace development to help tackle housing shortages.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	4450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the value of upward extensions in delivering urban intensification where appropriate. We are consulting on further support for upward extensions as part of our consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system, which began on Tuesday 30 July and closes on Tuesday 24 September.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 13/09/2024 07:47:29 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1727792

registered interest
date	05/09/2024
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 His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the role modern methods of construction might play in speeding up the delivery of housing.
tabling member printed	Baroness Scott of Bybrook
uin	HL817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>Modern methods of construction (MMC) provides an important opportunity to improve productivity in the construction sector, and quickly deliver high quality, energy efficient, homes whilst creating new and diverse jobs in the sector.</p><p>We will reflect on views from across the sector to establish how best to increase the use of MMC and will set out more details on this in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Taylor of Stevenage grouped question UIN HL818 HL819 question first answered 19/09/2024 13:31:34 answering member 4956 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
tabling member	4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook

1727793

registered interest
date	05/09/2024
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 His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact modern methods of construction could have on achieving their housebuilding targets early.
tabling member printed	Baroness Scott of Bybrook
uin	HL818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>Modern methods of construction (MMC) provides an important opportunity to improve productivity in the construction sector, and quickly deliver high quality, energy efficient, homes whilst creating new and diverse jobs in the sector.</p><p>We will reflect on views from across the sector to establish how best to increase the use of MMC and will set out more details on this in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Taylor of Stevenage grouped question UIN HL817 HL819 question first answered 19/09/2024 13:31:34 answering member 4956 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
tabling member	4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook

1727794

registered interest
date	05/09/2024
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 His Majesty's Government what plans they have to financially support the modern methods of construction sector as part of their housebuilding programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Scott of Bybrook
uin	HL819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>Modern methods of construction (MMC) provides an important opportunity to improve productivity in the construction sector, and quickly deliver high quality, energy efficient, homes whilst creating new and diverse jobs in the sector.</p><p>We will reflect on views from across the sector to establish how best to increase the use of MMC and will set out more details on this in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Taylor of Stevenage grouped question UIN HL817 HL818 question first answered 19/09/2024 13:31:34 answering member 4956 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
tabling member	4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook

1727796

registered interest
date	05/09/2024
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 His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of their housing policy on existing labour supply challenges in the construction sector.
tabling member printed	Baroness Scott of Bybrook
uin	HL821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2024 answer text <p>To meet the Government’s commitment to deliver 1.5 million homes over this Parliament, alongside net zero and housing quality objectives, we will need to expand and upskill the construction workforce. We are working with the construction industry to ensure we have the workforce necessary to meet our housebuilding ambitions through the delivery of sufficient high-quality training opportunities which will build a diverse workforce that is fit for the future.</p> answering member printed Baroness Taylor of Stevenage question first answered 19/09/2024 13:32:08 answering member 4956 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
tabling member	4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook

1727450

registered interest
date	04/09/2024
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to take steps to upgrade roads to enable housing targets to be met.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr Simon Opher
uin	4282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the vital role that transport infrastructure plays in facilitating new housing development. A range of funding programmes exist to support the delivery of infrastructure, including roads, to support the delivery of new housing including the £4.2 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund and the £1.5 billion Brownfield, Infrastructure and Land fund.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 12/09/2024 15:44:00 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	5030

1726537

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
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 His Majesty's Government, further to the proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework, what steps they will take to ensure there is sufficient highways infrastructure to support housing growth given that the proposed reforms would introduce a high bar for refusing development on highways grounds.
tabling member printed	Lord Jamieson
uin	HL631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2024 answer text <p>We are clear that transport infrastructure is crucial in enabling sustainable development and that necessary transport infrastructure should be delivered through developer contributions.</p><p>However, the current approach to transport planning is dated and for that reason, we set out proposals for a ‘vision-led’ approach in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) consultation published on 30<sup>th</sup> July.</p><p>It remains the case that development should only be prevented or refused on highways grounds if there would be an unacceptable impact on highway safety, or the residual cumulative impacts on the road network would be severe.</p> answering member printed Baroness Taylor of Stevenage question first answered 17/09/2024 12:55:17 answering member 4956 label Biography information for Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
tabling member	5019 label Biography information for Lord Jamieson