Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to publish new advice and regulations on the installation of mandatory fire alarms in communal areas of public housing.
Answered by Lord Sharma
The Government will consider these issues in light of the Independent Review on Building Regulations and Fire Safety, the findings of the Public Inquiry and on going work to review building safety.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of university premises, including student accommodation, which are clad in flammable substances.
Answered by Lord Sharma
On 5 September 2017, we published consolidated advice for building owners following large-scale testing, which includes the relevant data, and can be viewed here:
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many prosecutions have been brought for breach of fire safety building regulations in each of the last seven years.
Answered by Lord Sharma
Prosecutions for breaches of the Building Regulations, including regulations on fire safety, are brought by local authorities. The Department for Communities and Local Government does not collect information on such prosecutions.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) building regulations concerning fire safety and (b) fire safety guidance for commercial and domestic planning applications used by fire services and local authorities' planning departments.
Answered by Lord Sharma
The Government will consider these issues in light of the Independent Review on Building Regulations and Fire Safety, the findings of the Public Inquiry and ongoing work to review building safety.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on tower blocks in Wolverhampton which are clad in flammable substances.
Answered by Lord Sharma
We have not been informed of any high rise residential buildings in Wolverhampton where combustible material has been identified by the Building Research Establishment’s (BRE) testing programme. However, NHS Improvement did confirm on Tuesday 18 July that a cladding sample from an in-patient unit at New Cross Hospital, part of the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, had been screened as not being of limited combustibility in the test being carried out at BRE.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the level of future demand for social care in Wolverhampton; and what estimate his Department has made of the financial cost of that care.
Answered by Marcus Jones
This Government recognises that adult social care is a key priority which provides vital services to millions of people across the country.
It is for local authorities to allocate spending for services, including adult social care, according to local demand.
However, we recognise the importance of supporting these services and have listened to representations from local authorities and care providers. In addition to the package announced at the 2015 Spending Review and the 2017-18 Local Government Finance Settlement, the Government has now provided a further £2 billion to local authorities for adult social care over the next three years, of which Wolverhampton will receive over £12 million.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 5.5 of Spring Budget 2017, what estimate his Department has made of how much of the additional £2 billion of social care funding will be allocated to (a) Wolverhampton and (b) the West Midlands Combined Authority area.
Answered by Marcus Jones
The Department published the allocations for the distribution of the additional funding for adult social care announced at the Spring Budget 2017 online on 9 March, together with an Explanatory Note concerning distribution - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-allocations-of-the-additional-funding-for-adult-social-care.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what UK projects received funding under the European Regional Development Fund 2007-2013; what the location of each such project was; and what the amount received in funding was for each such project.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
In the 2007-13 programmes, the grant recipients of the European Regional Development Fund generally had to deliver the projects across the region covered by that programme; location details for those grant recipients have been provided and are shown in the attached table.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which of his Department's projects have received funding under the European Regional Development Fund 2007 to 2013; what the location is of each such project; and how much each such project received.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
The information requested is in the attached table.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2015 to Question 1052, if the Government will make an estimate of the average value of high-value council homes.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Through the Local Government Transparency Code we require all councils to be more transparent about the value of their social housing stock.
The Department will outline our proposals for the Housing Bill when it is published.