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524215

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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	Social Rented Housing: Standards
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 and what proportion of (a) local authority and (b) housing association homes in each English local authority area have not met the decent homes standard in each year since 2001.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	40126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2016 answer text <p>Estimates at England level of the numbers and proportions of homes ‘not meeting the decent homes standard’ by tenure are available from the English Housing Survey, 2014/15 Headline Report, Housing Stock, Annex Table 2.2 at the following link <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2014-to-2015-headline-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2014-to-2015-headline-report</a> Figures for years prior to 2006 are summarised in Live Table 119 at this link <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>Some information at local authority level is available from 2010 from various data returns from local authorities and private registered providers (housing associations) as follows:</p><p>Local authority housing data<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-housing-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-housing-data</a></p><p>Local Authority Business Plan Statistical Annex<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/business-plan-statistical-appendix-bpsa-data-returns-for-2010-11" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/business-plan-statistical-appendix-bpsa-data-returns-for-2010-11</a></p><p>Private Registered Providers:<br>Homes and Community Agency (HCA), Statistical Data Return<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistical-data-return-statistical-releases" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistical-data-return-statistical-releases</a></p><p>HCA Regulatory and Statistical Return<br>http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120419011320/http:/www.tenantservicesauthority.org/server/show/nav.15039</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/06/2016 15:21:22 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

524216

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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 Growth Deals: Tees Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will provide additional resources to the Tees Valley Combined Authority and Local Enterprise Partnership to assist them in the key role envisioned for them in the independent report, Tees Valley: opportunity unlimited, published on 7 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	40129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2016 answer text <p>Officials in the Cities and Local Growth Unit will continue to work with the Tees Valley to implement their current devolution deal – including additional resources of £15 million per year, and over £100 million in already agreed growth deals. Tees Valley Combined Authority is already putting in place plans for implementing Lord Heseltine’s report. Government is committed to work coherently with local leaders to support the economic growth opportunities that have been identified.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 16/06/2016 17:32:15 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm previous answer version 3853 answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

524217

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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	Green Belt
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 applications were made by developers for housebuilding on green belt land in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	40163
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government does not hold information on the numbers of planning applications made in the Green Belt.</p><p>The department’s Land Use Change Statistics estimate that 3% of new residential addresses created in 2014-15 were in the Green Belt; unchanged from 2013-14. This equates to an estimated 3,900 homes – 2.9998% of the total homes built in the Green Belt in 2013-14, and 4,600 homes – 2.9997% of the total homes built in 2014-15.</p><p>The figures in the 13/14 publication are the first in the new series and so are not directly comparable to the previous Land Use Change Statistics which last published data covering the year 2011. Figures for 2011 and prior are available from the department’s website.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/land-use-change-statistics-in-england-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/land-use-change-statistics-in-england-2011</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 40156 question first answered 14/06/2016 17:04:11 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

524218

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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	Green Belt
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 houses were built on green belt land in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	40156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government does not hold information on the numbers of planning applications made in the Green Belt.</p><p>The department’s Land Use Change Statistics estimate that 3% of new residential addresses created in 2014-15 were in the Green Belt; unchanged from 2013-14. This equates to an estimated 3,900 homes – 2.9998% of the total homes built in the Green Belt in 2013-14, and 4,600 homes – 2.9997% of the total homes built in 2014-15.</p><p>The figures in the 13/14 publication are the first in the new series and so are not directly comparable to the previous Land Use Change Statistics which last published data covering the year 2011. Figures for 2011 and prior are available from the department’s website.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/land-use-change-statistics-in-england-2011" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/land-use-change-statistics-in-england-2011</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 40163 question first answered 14/06/2016 17:04:11 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

524219

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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: Construction
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 (a) unsuccessful and (b) successful applications there were for planning permission for residential homes in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	40166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>We publish statistics on our website concerning dwellings. In the results attached we have used figures from ‘Table 2.5 s78 planning appeals – dwellings decided &amp; allowed’ on the Planning Inspectorate Statistics page. Below is a link to this page.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planning-inspectorate-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/planning-inspectorate-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/06/2016 16:56:34 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis attachment 1 file name PQ 40166 table.docx title Number of s78 planning appeals for dwellings
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

524220

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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	Vacant Land
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 applications there were by developers for housebuilding on brownfield sites in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	40176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government does not hold information on the numbers of planning applications made on previously developed (brownfield) land.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/06/2016 15:28:02 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

524221

registered interest
date	09/06/2016
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	Hull City Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 6 June 2016, Official Report, column 825, what the source is for the comments attributed to the Leader of Hull City Council.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	40188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2016 answer text <p>The source was the Hull Daily Mail on the 4th February 2016. The full article can be found through the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-people-happy-UK-average-official-statistics/story-28672567-detail/story.html" target="_blank">http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-people-happy-UK-average-official-statistics/story-28672567-detail/story.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 21/06/2016 13:31:39 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 3912 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

523858

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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, what discussions he has had with the Local Government Association on the effect of charges on local authorities of changes to funding over the next five years announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	39883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The 2015 Spending Review confirmed a historic four year settlement for local government, including making councils responsible to local people for their financing, rather than central government. It delivers a long-held ambition for councils to be financed from locally raised resources. And it means that by the end of this Parliament, councils will benefit from 100 per cent business rates retention – something they have been calling for, for over a quarter of a century.</p><p>It is a settlement which has been subject to extensive consultation, including with the Local Government Association, which welcomed the offer of a four year planning horizon. A range of additional funding flexibilities were sought during the consultation, especially on fees for planning and licensing.</p><p>In February 2016, proposals were outlined to link future increases in councils’ fees for processing planning applications to performance in terms of speed and quality of decisions.</p><p>By the end of this Parliament, local government will be able to retain 100 per cent of local taxes, including up to £13 billion of revenue from business rates, to spend on local government services. In order to ensure that the reforms are fiscally neutral, these new powers must come with new responsibilities, as well as phasing out grants from Whitehall. The government is working closely with the Local Government Association to design the reforms.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 15/06/2016 15:29:32 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

523860

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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	First Time Buyers: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive on steps to support first-time buyers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	39884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has had no formal meetings with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive.</p><p>However, the Department is actively involved with the British Irish Council, who meet frequently to discuss cross-cutting housing issues and share expertise.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/06/2016 15:27:35 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

523862

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
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	Sleeping Rough: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive on reducing the number of people sleeping rough in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	39886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2016 answer text <p>One person without a home is one too many. That is why we have increased central investment to tackle homelessness over the next four years to £139 million. This includes a new national £10 million programme to support innovative ways to prevent and reduce rough sleeping, building on the success of our No Second Night Out initiative.</p><p>Homelessness is a devolved matter. I have not had any conversations with my counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive but would be happy to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 15/06/2016 15:30:13 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon