Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Housing Minister's open letter to mortgage lenders on building safety of 12 January 2022, what information his Department holds on the number of lenders that have waived the annual 1% premium for shared owners who sublet.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
Following the Secretary of State’s letter to the sector last December, the department continues to work with registered providers of social housing and their representative groups, to ensure that relevant information is clearly available online for shared owners living in homes affected by building safety issues. We expect registered providers to update their websites with any necessary information at the earliest possible opportunity.
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on the number of buildings under the developer remediation scheme that were (a) transferred out of Government funding schemes and (b) had not started works on site by 30 April 2024.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
As at 31 March 2024, developers had taken responsibility for remediating 414 buildings that had applied to the Building Safety Fund, in line with the terms of the developer remediation contract. We intend to publish data on the progress which developers are making towards remediating those buildings in due course.
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2024 to Question 21335 on Flats: Fire Prevention, whether Jetty Court in Tower Hamlets is a relevant building under the developer remediation contract.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
To date, no developer has accepted responsibility for remediating Jetty House. The building is being remediated through the Building Safety Fund. If the department concludes that the building is covered by the developer remediation contract, the developer responsible will be required to reimburse the cost of works, in line with the terms of the contract.
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's Building Safety Remediation: monthly data release, updated on 18 April 2024, whether any buildings have made new applications to the Waking Watch Replacement Fund since 25 May 2023.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
Yes.
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many independent audits his Department commissioned under the Developer Self Remediation Terms in relation to building assessments from April 2023 to April 2024.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
To date, the department has commissioned 83 independent audits of assessments obtained by developers. The Government is intending to say more on the status of developer remediation in the weeks ahead.
A developer whose Scheme membership has been revoked would become subject to the prohibitions set out in regulations.
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of buildings over 11 metres requiring non-cladding remediation works where the building owner meets (a) the developer test (b) the contribution condition.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 21818 on 23 April 2024.
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of publishing monthly data on the number of independent audits conducted on buildings under the developer self-remediation scheme.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
To date, the department has commissioned 83 independent audits of assessments obtained by developers. The Government is intending to say more on the status of developer remediation in the weeks ahead.
A developer whose Scheme membership has been revoked would become subject to the prohibitions set out in regulations.
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department can take in the event that a building assessment under the developer self-remediation scheme fails to pass an independent audit on more than one occasion.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
To date, the department has commissioned 83 independent audits of assessments obtained by developers. The Government is intending to say more on the status of developer remediation in the weeks ahead.
A developer whose Scheme membership has been revoked would become subject to the prohibitions set out in regulations.
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to extend protections under schedule 8 of the Building Safety Act 2023 to leaseholders irrespective of when service charge demands were issued.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
The leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022 already apply irrespective of when service charge demands were issued.
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, on how many occasions he has used his powers to call in new planning proposals by developers on the basis of their lack of progress in remediating fire safety defects in legacy buildings.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
Any announcements will be made in the usual way.