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date	30/06/2023
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	Buildings: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that unprofitable developers that built faulty and dangerous buildings are accountable under the Responsible Actors Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	191983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2023 answer text <p>The <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fresponsible-actors-scheme%23%3A~%3Atext%3DRegulations%2520to%2520implement%2520the%2520first%2Ccontrol%2520prohibitions%2520imposed%2520on%2520them.&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5e068561e8d645a33f5608db7d5702a1%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638241584871661154%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=670AOYvJ49NJzJEqyQTlonYLYiz%2BPVs%2FprRgpzF7FIQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Building Safety (Responsible Actors Scheme and Prohibitions) Regulations 2023</a> were signed into law on 3 July. We intend to launch the Scheme this Summer.</p><p>The eligibility criteria include a £10 million per annum average operating profits threshold, in order to make sure that the Scheme's initial focus is on substantial, profitable businesses. Companies that developed defective buildings but do not meet the profits threshold will be able to join the Scheme voluntarily, and we intend to extend the Scheme to cover all developers who have developed defective residential buildings over 11m and should be paying to fix them. The Building Safety Act 2022 also provides other ways to pursue developers who were responsible for unsafe buildings.</p><p>The regulations make it possible for entities which are controlled by a prohibited developer but are not in the building industry to apply for an exception from the prohibitions.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 191984 question first answered 05/07/2023 13:15:05 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

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date	15/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to safeguard taxi drivers from taxi fare evaders.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Laura Smith
uin	191983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s Best Practice Guidance suggests that signs or notices that set out the expectations of passengers when travelling in a taxi or private hire vehicle (PHV) are displayed. This could include that passengers ensure they are aware of the fare on the meter and notify the driver if it is approaching the limit of their financial means. When a fare has been agreed before setting off passengers should ensure they have the means to pay before travelling.</p><p> </p><p>Legislation allows taxi drivers to recover unpaid fares and costs to be recovered should a passenger refuse to pay.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 21/11/2018 12:51:03 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4648 label Biography information for Laura Smith