Asked by: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding they will allocate annually to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund; and what proportion of such funding will be given to each of the devolved administrations.
Answered by Lord Greenhalgh
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will help to level up and create opportunity across the UK for people and places.
Funding for the UKSPF will ramp up so that total domestic UK-wide funding will at least match receipts from EU structural funds. Its funding profile will be set out at the next Spending Review.
To help local areas prepare over 2021-22 for the introduction of the UKSPF, the Government will provide additional funding to support our communities to pilot programmes and new approaches. Further details will be published in the new year.
Asked by: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will establish the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Answered by Lord Greenhalgh
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will help to level up and create opportunity across the UK for people and places.
Funding for the UKSPF will ramp up so that total domestic UK-wide funding will at least match receipts from EU structural funds. Its funding profile will be set out at the next Spending Review.
To help local areas prepare over 2021-22 for the introduction of the UKSPF, the Government will provide additional funding to support our communities to pilot programmes and new approaches. Further details will be published in the new year.
Asked by: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Answered by Lord Greenhalgh
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will help to level up and create opportunity across the UK for people and places.
Funding for the UKSPF will ramp up so that total domestic UK-wide funding will at least match receipts from EU structural funds. Its funding profile will be set out at the next Spending Review.
To help local areas prepare over 2021-22 for the introduction of the UKSPF, the Government will provide additional funding to support our communities to pilot programmes and new approaches. Further details will be published in the new year.
Asked by: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial resources have been allocated to the Future Homes Task Force from (1) 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020, and (2) 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021.
Answered by Lord Greenhalgh
The Future Homes Taskforce has been set up by the Home Builders Federation to provide sector leadership on climate change issues for housing. The Taskforce will produce a report later this year which will be sent to Government Ministers for consideration. No funding has been requested or allocated to their work although officials from No 10, BEIS, MHCLG and HMT are working with the Home Builders Federation to help inform industry’s discussions.
Asked by: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Future Homes Task Force.
Answered by Lord Greenhalgh
This Government is improving building standards and overhauling our outdated planning system as a priority. By putting communities in control of what is built locally we will deliver better designed, more sustainable buildings and the homes that are needed for the next generation.
The Government looks forward to seeing the plans of the Future Homes Task Force later this year to support this exciting agenda as we work towards a cleaner, greener and more beautiful built environment.
Asked by: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of making it compulsory for landlords to provide a carbon monoxide alarm in properties with any fuel burning appliance to improve safety for tenants.
Answered by Lord Barwell
Solid fuel appliances are responsible for a disproportionate number of carbon monoxide deaths and injuries compared to other combustion appliances.
The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) regulations 2015 require landlords to have a carbon monoxide alarm in any room containing a solid fuel burning appliance (e.g. a coal fire, wood burning stove) in their rented properties. Additionally, landlords are already required to carry out an annual gas safety check and to service and repair gas appliances to ensure they are maintained in a safe condition.
Asked by: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with landlords on the adequacy of smoke and carbon monoxide alarm regulations in the private rented sector.
Answered by Lord Barwell
The Government introduced the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) regulations in 2015 to protect private sector tenants from death or injury in the home caused by smoke and carbon monoxide poisoning. The Government plans to conduct a review of the regulations by the end of 2017.
My officials meet regularly with associations of landlords, and will of course discuss with them the review of the regulations.
Asked by: Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to meet with the (a) National Landlords Association and (b) Scottish Association of Landlords to discuss the effectiveness of the carbon monoxide alarm regulation ahead of the planned review in October 2017.
Answered by Lord Barwell
The Government plans to conduct a review of the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) regulations 2015 regulations by the end of 2017. The Department meets regularly with the National Landlords Association and other landlord and tenant representatives.
The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 apply in England only. There are separate requirements for Scotland under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014.