Asked by: Drew Hendry (Scottish National Party - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has had discussions with the Financial Conduct Authority on the classification of timber framed homes as non-standard construction materials for insurance purposes.
Answered by Lee Rowley
The Department has regular engagement with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the insurance sector on a range of issues, but this has not covered the classification of timber-framed buildings for insurance purposes. The Department is happy to receive further representations on this issue.
Asked by: Drew Hendry (Scottish National Party - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has held recent discussions with trade associations representing private parking firms on changes in the level of parking fees for disabled drivers.
Answered by Jacob Young
As part of the new Private Parking Code of Practice that is in development, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, is reviewing the existing private parking charge cap. It recently published a draft Impact Assessment and concluded a Call for Evidence that considered various options relating to parking charge and debt recovery fee caps. We intend to consult on these elements of the Code in due course.
Last month, my predecessor met with both industry and consumer representatives to discuss the Call for Evidence and forthcoming Code of Practice.
Owners of private car parks are covered by the Equality Act, and are therefore required to take reasonable steps to ensure that disabled people have the same access to the service as non-disabled people.
Asked by: Drew Hendry (Scottish National Party - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the appropriateness of parking fees for disabled drivers charged by private parking companies; and what information his Department holds on the relation of such fees to the rate of inflation.
Answered by Jacob Young
As part of the new Private Parking Code of Practice that is in development, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, is reviewing the existing private parking charge cap. It recently published a draft Impact Assessment and concluded a Call for Evidence that considered various options relating to parking charge and debt recovery fee caps. We intend to consult on these elements of the Code in due course.
Last month, my predecessor met with both industry and consumer representatives to discuss the Call for Evidence and forthcoming Code of Practice.
Owners of private car parks are covered by the Equality Act, and are therefore required to take reasonable steps to ensure that disabled people have the same access to the service as non-disabled people.
Asked by: Drew Hendry (Scottish National Party - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of commissioning fees in the mobile homes market.
Answered by Eddie Hughes
A mobile home site owner is entitled to a maximum 10% commission on the sale of a mobile home by a resident. The department commissioned research on the likely impacts on residents and site owners of a change to the 10% commission paid on the sale of a park home. The research was carried out by the University of Liverpool last year and the final report submitted on 12 January 2022. While considering the findings it was decided further research was required to ensure the report was comprehensive. The final report has now been received by the department and it is currently being reviewed and prepared for publication. It will be published as soon as possible.
Asked by: Drew Hendry (Scottish National Party - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has taken steps to ensure that information about the Homes for Ukraine programme is available in Ukrainian.
Answered by Eddie Hughes
I refer the Hon Member to the answers given to PQ UIN 145857 on 28 March 2022 and PQ UIN 144955 on 29 March 2022, which include links to published guidance and information at Gov.uk.