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810667

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of housing costs in Greater Manchester on the ability of employers to recruit staff; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	121012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises that one of the effects of Britain's broken housing market is that property prices can stop people moving to where jobs are and prevents businesses from investing in our communities. In parts of Greater Manchester, house prices are nearly 9 times the average earnings. The Government's priorities are to boost housing supply and to build more affordable homes, supporting the needs of a wide range of people.</p><p>The Government is committed to building 300,000 homes a year on average by the mid-2020s. This will help to tackle the increasing lack of affordability by bringing more properties onto the market and slowing the rise in housing costs relative to the rise in wages.</p><p>In Greater Manchester in 2016/17 there were 7,030 permanent dwelling starts representing more than double the 2,810 starts of 2009/10 and showing the progress that has already been made.</p><p>The Prime Minister recently announced an additional £2 billion funding for affordable housing, increasing the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21 budget to over £9 billion to deliver a wide range of affordable housing, including social rent homes, by March 2021.</p><p>The new funding will support councils and housing associations to build more genuinely affordable homes, in areas of acute affordability pressure.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/01/2018 18:45:35 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

810674

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	121019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The table below sets out the expenditure for my Department on taxis, first class train tickets and business class air travel.</p><p>The information for taxis is as shown on the Department's Finance System and for train and air as recorded on the Redfern Travel Management Information Reports.</p><p>My Department started to use its current travel provider, Redfern, in July 2009 and, “although the format of the travel report for 2009–10 is for the partial year July 2009–March 2010 due to the previous travel contract being discontinued, this has been included for reference”. As can be seen, if the partial year of 2009–10 is compared to the full year of 2016–17, taxi fare expenditure has fallen by 51 per cent, first class train ticket expenditure has fallen by 97 per cent, and business class air travel has fallen by 82 per cent since the start of the decade, an overall fall of around 87 per cent or £230,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Expenditure to the nearest £thousand</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Type and Mode of travel</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>July 2009 – March 2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taxis Fares</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>First class train tickets</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business class air travel</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 17/01/2018 16:08:33 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

810175

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Landlords
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of his Department's dealing with rogue landlords in each year since 2010; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	120641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department made £12 million available between 2011 and 2016 to a range of local authorities to help them crack down on rogue landlords. This resulted in more than 5,000 landlords facing further action or prosecution for breaking the law.</p><p>Local authorities are responsible for taking enforcement action against rogue landlords. The Department does not hold information on money spent by individual local authorities in undertaking their enforcement activities.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/01/2018 18:47:21 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

810176

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many residential properties were owned by private landlords in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015, (g) 2016 and (h) 2017 to date.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	120642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Estimates of the numbers of privately rented dwellings in England can be found in the Department's published Live Table 104, which is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/01/2018 18:43:57 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

810177

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many representations he received from business groups prior to the announcement of the local government finance settlement; and if he will publish those representations.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	120643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>A summary of responses to the Local Government Finance Settlement 2018-19 technical consultation can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/local-government-finance-settlement-2018-to-2019-technical-consultation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/local-government-finance-settlement-2018-to-2019-technical-consultation</a></p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 15/01/2018 17:13:28 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

810178

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Smoke Alarms
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the proportion of households without functioning smoke alarms in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Greater Manchester and (d) Denton and Reddish constituency in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	120644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Latest findings from the English Housing Survey show that the proportion of households without a functioning smoke alarm in England was 12 per cent in 2013-14 and 2014-15. The proportion decreased to 11 per cent in 2015-16. These statistics will be updated with findings from 2016-17 in early 2018. The Ministry does not have published information on the prevalence of functioning smoke alarms below the national level.</p><p>Source: 2015-16 English Housing Survey Headline Report Annex Table 2.16 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2015-to-2016-headline-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2015-to-2016-headline-report</a> ) .</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/01/2018 18:50:38 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

810181

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Landlords
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen local authority powers to deal with rogue landlords.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	120647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is determined to crack down on rogue landlords. Local authorities already have strong powers under the Housing Act 2004 to require that landlords make necessary improvements to a property. Where a property contains potentially serious risks to the health and safety of the occupants, the local authority must take enforcement action.</p><p>The Housing and Planning Act 2016 introduced a range of further measures to strengthen local authority powers to tackle rogue landlords and drive up standards. In April 2017 we introduced civil penalties of up to £30,000 as an alternative to prosecution and extended Rent Repayment Orders, which require a landlord to repay a specified amount of rent to a local authority and/or tenant, to cover illegal eviction and failure to comply with a statutory notice. We intend to introduce a system of banning the most serious and prolific offenders from renting properties as well as a database of rogue landlords and lettings agents convicted of certain offences in April 2018.</p><p>These new powers will give local authorities the tools they need to crack down on the minority of landlords who disregard the law and take advantage of tenants in the private rented sector.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/01/2018 18:47:53 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

810185

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage young people to seek election to local councils; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	120651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities have an important role in encouraging young people’s participation in local democracy. Political parties also have a part to play in encouraging and recruiting young people. The British Youth Council’s network of forums of youth councils often mirror their adult counterparts at local authority and parish council level, providing young people with a positive experience of local representation.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 15/01/2018 17:11:42 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

810186

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from English local authorities on the UK's withdrawal from the EU in the last six months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	120652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department is working to support a smooth and orderly Exit from the European Union which delivers an outcome that works for local communities across the country.</p><p>This work has involved on-going engagement with local authorities, including roundtables in Cornwall and Great Yarmouth.</p><p>My Department will continue to engage with stakeholders as we begin discussions with the European Union on our deep and special future partnership.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 15/01/2018 17:12:53 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

810187

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Affordable Housing: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in construction of affordable homes within Greater Manchester since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	120653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Figures for the number of affordable homes supplied by local authorities, are published in live table 1008C at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 11/01/2018 18:48:47 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne