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1017284

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date	29/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Community Housing Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will hold discussions with the Chancellor on (a) extending the Community Housing Fund for the whole of the next five-year Spending Review period and (b) allowing unspent money from the current Fund to rollover; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	197410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>The Community Housing Fund is currently scheduled to close in March 2020. The question as to whether the Fund should be extended, or the annual funding profile carried forward, will be given due consideration during the preparations for the next Spending Review, which will take place next year.</p><p>The Government recognises that the community-led housing sector offers significant potential for helping to meet housing need across England. In addition to helping increase the rate of delivery of new housing, it will help deliver a range of benefits including diversifying the housebuilding sector, improving design and construction quality, developing modern methods of construction, and sustaining local communities and local economies. The support and close involvement of the local community enables the community-led approach to secure planning permission and deliver housing that could not be brought forward through speculative development.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/12/2018 17:07:51 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1017288

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to fully exempt Community Land Trusts and cohousing tenants from the Voluntary Right to Buy; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	197414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2018 answer text <p>Residents of co-operatives are exempt from the Voluntary Right to Buy, and housing associations – including those partnering in community-led schemes – will have discretion not to sell certain homes. This can include homes built through a community land trust.</p><p>Where a housing association exercises this discretion, the tenant will be offered an alternative property so that they have the same opportunity for home ownership as other tenants.</p><p>Housing associations are professional organisations that operate according to sound commercial and social principles, and we would expect them to work with their local community on the operation of the voluntary agreement.</p><p>We are currently running a large-scale pilot of the Voluntary Right to Buy in the Midlands, one aim of which is to test out the exemptions and portability policies.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 07/12/2018 14:41:52 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1016318

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Repossession Orders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) median and (b) mean times were for landlords to progress from a claim to possession of a property by a county court bailiff under the accelerated process for the most recent period for which figures are available (i) across England and (ii) by each court circuit.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	196734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The average time taken from issue to repossession (in weeks) in accelerated possession cases in the county court is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>London</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Midlands</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>North East</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>North West</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>South East</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>South West</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Med</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Med</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Med</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Med</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Med</p></td><td><p>Mean</p></td><td><p>Med</p></td><td><p><strong>Mean</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Med</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>22.9</p></td><td><p>17.9</p></td><td><p>19.0</p></td><td><p>15.4</p></td><td><p>17.2</p></td><td><p>13.0</p></td><td><p>19.6</p></td><td><p>14.3</p></td><td><p>16.2</p></td><td><p>13.0</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p><strong>20.7</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16.1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>24.5</p></td><td><p>18.0</p></td><td><p>19.6</p></td><td><p>16.7</p></td><td><p>16.3</p></td><td><p>12.9</p></td><td><p>20.0</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td><td><p>16.5</p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td><td><p>16.6</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p><strong>21.8</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16.3</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>27.2</p></td><td><p>17.9</p></td><td><p>17.8</p></td><td><p>14.7</p></td><td><p>17.8</p></td><td><p>13.0</p></td><td><p>17.8</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td><td><p>17.4</p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td><td><p>15.2</p></td><td><p>11.9</p></td><td><p><strong>23.2</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16.0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>29.6</p></td><td><p>19.3</p></td><td><p>18.0</p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td><td><p>15.5</p></td><td><p>12.6</p></td><td><p>18.8</p></td><td><p>13.9</p></td><td><p>16.0</p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td><td><p>16.3</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p><strong>24.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16.4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>30.8</p></td><td><p>20.1</p></td><td><p>19.9</p></td><td><p>16.4</p></td><td><p>16.5</p></td><td><p>13.1</p></td><td><p>19.1</p></td><td><p>14.0</p></td><td><p>17.5</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td><td><p>15.4</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td><td><p><strong>24.4</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17.0</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/12/2018 16:32:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1016319

registered interest
date	28/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Evictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to end the practice of no-fault eviction under section 21 of the Housing Act 1998; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	196735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The vast majority of tenancies end without problem and it is only in a minority of cases that landlords seek repossession of their property through the courts. The English Housing Survey 2016-17 found that just 10 per cent of tenants moved because they were asked to leave or were given notice by their landlord and not all these cases involved in court proceedings.</p><p>Only a small percentage of moves in the private rented sector end in the courts. In England and Wales, there were 20,590 private landlord possession cases in 2016-2017, compared to the total of 1.1 million moves into and within the Private Rented Sector.</p><p>Landlords need to know they have the flexibility to get their property back quickly when their circumstances change. Without those assurances, landlords would be less willing to enter and stay in the market, which does not help tenants.</p><p>The government is committed to protecting the rights of tenants and giving them more security. We recently consulted on ways to overcome the barriers to landlords offering longer, more secure tenancies in the private rented sector. This included seeking views on the grounds under which a landlord should be able to recover their property.</p><p>Some landlords have expressed concerns about their ability to repossess their property through the courts. To better understand this we launched a call for evidence, on 13 November, to better understand the experience of courts and tribunal service users, including members of the judiciary, landlords and tenants, in property cases. This call for evidence will close on 22 January.</p><p>We want to consider carefully the responses to both the consultation on overcoming the barriers to longer tenancies, and the call for evidence on user experience of the courts, before making any policy decisions. We will provide more information on next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 03/12/2018 17:06:49 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas