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78287

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Constituencies
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to receive reports from the Boundary Commissioners in relation to district and ward boundaries.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL1177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Reports on ward boundaries are not made to the Government. The electoral arrangements of a local authority (number of councillors and the number and boundaries of electoral areas) are matters that are entirely the responsibility of the independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England which itself makes the statutory order, subject to Parliament not objecting to a draft of the proposed order, implementing any new electoral arrangements. Recommendations for changes to administrative (district and county) boundaries are required to be sent to the Secretary of State but the Commission has no such reviews in hand.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/07/2014 12:28:55 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

78376

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 3 December 2013, Official Report, column 630W, on EU grants and loans, how much and what proportion of 2007 to 2013 European Regional Development Fund monies allocated to the UK with match-funding in place have been (a) contractually committed and (b) drawn down in (i) each English region and (ii) in total to date.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the attached table (1). The “contractually committed” figures are up to 30 September 2014. All contractually committed funding has had match funding identified, so no separate figures are shown for this.</p><p>Across the programme, an average of 100% of the programme is now contractually committed. All spending of taxpayers’ money must ensure value for money; and money should not be spent on poor quality projects just for the sake of it. Spending must also comply with complex and bureaucratic EU rules, or else risk “financial corrections” down the line.</p><p>Where the contractually committed figure is slightly less than the total allocation, this reflects the restrictive, bureaucratic rules associated with the whole programme, and the lack of flexibility in the rules.</p><p>To place this in context, I attach with this answer a table (2) showing the allocations in the 2000-06 programme under the last Labour Government: only 93% of the allocation was ever committed, leaving £392 million of uncommitted resources; of which £48 million was uncommitted in the West Midlands Objective 2 area, £64 million uncommitted in the North West Objective 2 area, and £38 million uncommitted in the Yorkshire and the Humber Objective 2 area.</p><p>In this context, despite the complexities, the 2007-13 programme has been far better administered under this Government than the 2000-06 programme under the last Administration.</p><p>The European Regional Development Fund is a circular programme. UK taxpayers’ money is given to the European Union budget. Under the Fund, a local project receives a contract, spends money and then claims from DCLG. DCLG then claims funds back from the European Commission. The whole process goes through a complex auditing process involving DCLG auditors and then European Union auditors. After a period of time, the majority of unspent funding is returned to the UK Government by the European Commission. We continue to have concerns over the bureaucratic and time consuming nature of the processes involved in the programme, as a consequence of rules imposed by the European Commission.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name 206317 Umunna - Table 1.docx title Table 1 2 file name 206317 Umunna - Table 2.pdf title Table 2 question first answered 26/11/2014 16:11:42 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78377

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Council Housing: Greater London
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 council homes were built in each London Borough in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	206262
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>More new council housing was started in London last year than in all the 13 years of the last Labour Government combined. Statistics on local authority (council) house building by local authority area are published in the Department’s live table 253, which is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 31/07/2014 13:10:27 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

78378

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Rented Housing: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the average sector rent was in each London Borough in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	206263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on average rents in the local authority sector for 2011-12 and 2012-13 can be found in section H of the datasets on the Department’s website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2011-to-2012</a> and</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2012-to-2013</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on average rents in the private sector can be found on the Valuation Office’s website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/statisticalReleases/140610_Private_Rental_Market.html" target="_blank">http://www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/statisticalReleases/140610_Private_Rental_Market.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on average social rents Private Registered Providers can be found on the Department’s website at:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies</a></p><p> </p><p>The tables below show how rents have fallen in real terms.</p><p> </p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/08/2014 12:07:07 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis attachment 1 file name 0418 Khan - Table.docx title Rents Tables
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

78379

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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 London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number of new homes needed annually to meet London's housing needs into 2020.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	206259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>From the 1 April 2012, the Mayor of London has had strategic oversight of housing, regeneration and economic development in London.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not estimate demand for housing. However, the Department publishes household projections, which are a trend-based view of the number of households that would form given projected population and previous demographic trends.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent household projections are 2011-based. The projected household numbers are disaggregated by household type and are published at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-communities-and-local-government/series/household-projections" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-communities-and-local-government/series/household-projections</a></p><p>I would observe that new home registrations rose by 30% in 2013 in England, the highest since 2007; and are up 60% in London, the highest for over two decades, this is in contrast to Wales which has a Labour Administration, where new home registrations are falling (source: NHBC).</p><p> </p><p>More new council housing was started in London last year than in all the 13 years for the last Labour Government combined.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 31/07/2014 13:13:11 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

78380

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Rented Housing: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new affordable homes in each London Borough were rented at below (a) 70 per cent, (b) 60 per cent and (c) 50 per cent of market rent in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	206260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information is not held centrally. Notwithstanding, I also refer the rt. hon. Member to the answer to him of 14 May 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 638W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 31/07/2014 13:08:46 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

78381

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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 London
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 affordable homes were built in each London Borough in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	206261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Statistics on delivery of affordable housing by local authority area are published in the Department’s live table 1008, which is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics include both newly built housing and acquisitions, and include figures for 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13. Further statistics will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My department holds some statistics for 2013-14, for affordable housing delivery through programmes reported by the Homes and Communities Agency and the Greater London Authority (but not through other sources).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In total, the combined figures show that almost 200,000 affordable homes have been delivered in England from 2010-11 to 2013-14, of which almost 49,000 are in London. We expect these figures to be revised upwards when full affordable housing supply statistics are published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s affordable housing programme for 2015 to 2018 aims to deliver 165,000 new affordable homes, and lever in a further £23 billion of public and private investment in affordable housing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/09/2014 14:33:52 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

78382

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	Empty Property: Greater London
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 properties in each London borough were classified as empty in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	206264
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Statistics on vacant dwellings in England by local authority district are published in the Department’s live table 615 which is available at the following link.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It gives annual total numbers of empty homes and those vacant longer than six months and also vacants in the local authority, housing association and other public sector tenures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below provides information on all vacants for individual London Boroughs for the last four years. It is a clear sign that the Government’s approach to reducing empty homes is working.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 02/09/2014 14:15:53 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams attachment 1 file name 0424 Khan (table).docx title All Vacant Dwellings, London Boroughs Table
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

78383

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of funds allocated in each region under the European Regional Development Fund have been returned as a result of slippage and underperformance in each region; and on what dates each such withdrawal took place.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2014 answer text <p>In 2013, £4.1 million was withdrawn from European Regional Development Fund allocations, which represents a tiny proportion of the total £2.74 billion budget. All spending of taxpayers’ money must ensure value for money and money should not be spent on poor quality projects. In addition, all spending must comply with complex EU rules, or else risk “financial corrections” down the line.</p><p> </p><p>The European Regional Development Fund is a circular programme. UK taxpayers’ money is given to the European Union budget. Under the Fund, a local project receives a contract, spends money and then claims from DCLG. DCLG then claims funds back from the European Commission. The whole process goes through a complex auditing process involving DCLG auditors and then European Union auditors. After a period of time, the majority of unspent funding is returned to the UK Government by the European Commission. We continue to have concerns over the bureaucratic and time consuming nature of the related processes involved in the programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 22/10/2014 16:19:41 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

78384

registered interest
date	16/07/2014
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	EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which bids in each region have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected under the European Regional Development Fund since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	206274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>Since 2007, the 2007-13 round of the European Regional Development Fund has seen 1,535 projects across England approved, with £2.7 billion of funds committed.</p><p>Of these, 860 bids were approved since May 2010; a further 395 were either withdrawn by applicants or rejected for not meeting the (complex) eligibility criteria established at the start of the programme under the last Administration. A list of projects is given in the attached table.</p><p>All spending of taxpayers’ money must ensure value for money: and money should not be spent on poor quality projects just for the sake of it. Spending must also comply with complex and bureaucratic EU rules, or else risk “financial corrections” down the line. We continue to have concerns over the bureaucratic and time consuming nature of the processes involved in the programme, as a consequence of rules imposed by the European Commission.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 23/10/2014 16:00:27 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name 206274 Umunna - Table.xlsx title ERDF Projects
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna