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172485

registered interest
date	07/01/2015
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, what estimate he has made of the amount of New Homes Bonus funding allocated to (a) Swindon, (b) Wiltshire and (c) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Swindon
tabling member printed	Justin Tomlinson
uin	219996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>The table below sets out to the nearest £10,000 how much New Homes Bonus funding has been allocated to the unitary authorities of Swindon and Wiltshire, and to England as a whole. Figures for 2015-16 are provisional allocations announced in December last year. The figures show cumulative totals as new Homes Bonus is paid for six years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2011-12</p><p>(£million)</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p><p>(£million)</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p><p>(£million)</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p><p>(£million)</p></td><td><p>2015-16 <br> (provisional)</p><p>(£million)</p></td><td><p>Total New Homes Bonus</p><p>2011-2016 (£million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>1.45</p></td><td><p>2.78</p></td><td><p>4.01</p></td><td><p>5.07</p></td><td><p>6.10</p></td><td><p><strong> 19.41</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br> Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>1.84</p></td><td><p>4.59</p></td><td><p>7.59</p></td><td><p>10.90</p></td><td><p>14.28</p></td><td><p><strong> 39.2</strong><strong>0</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>199.26</p></td><td><p>431.89</p></td><td><p>668.34</p></td><td><p>916.97</p></td><td><p>1,167.31</p></td><td><p><strong> 3,383.77</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The New Homes Bonus rewards the delivery of additional homes and is a powerful, simple and transparent incentive for housing growth, and getting long-term empty homes back into use.</p><p> </p><p>The Bonus ensures that local authorities who promote and welcome growth can share in its economic benefits, and build the communities in which people want to live and work. Councils are free to spend the Bonus as they choose, including on front-line services and keeping council tax low.</p><p> </p><p>The Bonus also reverses the perverse situation under the last Labour Government, where councils were effectively penalised for building new homes; councils with a larger council tax base from house building found that the amount of formula grant they received from central government was reduced during the equalisation process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/01/2015 14:22:18 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson

172147

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Repossession Orders
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 number of properties repossessed in (a) Worcester, (b) Worcestershire and (c) England in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Worcester
tabling member printed	Mr Robin Walker
uin	219885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The Council of Mortgage Lenders collects data on the number of properties that have been repossessed, and provide this to the Ministry of Justice who publish the data and it can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The data are for the United Kingdom as a whole. No further geographical breakdown is available. Data for 2005-14 is shown in the attached Table 1.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice collects and publishes mortgage and landlord possession statistics, which include mortgage and landlord possession claim actions in county courts in England and Wales. Data is available at county and local authority level and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/375809/mortgage-and-landlord-statistical-data-june-to-september-2014.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/375809/mortgage-and-landlord-statistical-data-june-to-september-2014.zip</a></p><p> </p><p>Data for Worcester, Worcestershire and England, 2005-14, is shown in the attached Table 2.</p><p> </p><p>According to the Council of Mortgage Lenders, the number of mortgage possessions is at its lowest annual figure since 2007.</p><p> </p><p>Moreover, Bank of England statistics published on 9 December 2014 state that the number of new mortgage arrears cases is at its lowest quarterly level since the statistical series began in 2007.</p><p> </p><p>The action that this Government has taken to tackle the deficit left by the last Administration has kept interest rates down and helped reduce the number of repossessions.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/01/2015 15:47:54 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis attachment 1 file name 150112 tables 1and2 PQ643713 (UIN219885) Walker.docx title tables 1 and 2 for PQ UIN:219885
tabling member	4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker

172150

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Planning Permission: Appeals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on planning appeal costs being awarded against a district council when that appeal has been dismissed.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	219907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>All parties in planning appeals normally meet their own expenses. They are expected to behave reasonably to support an efficient and timely process, for example in providing all the required evidence and ensuring that timetables are met. Where a party has behaved unreasonably, and this has directly caused another party to incur unnecessary or wasted expense in the appeal process, they may be subject to an award of costs. A party applying for costs may have costs awarded against them, if they themselves have behaved unreasonably. It is a matter for the Planning Inspector, or the Secretary of State if a recovered decision, to determine applications for costs on a case-by-case basis.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/01/2015 15:42:34 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

172152

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
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	Park Homes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his proposed committee on Park Homes will commence its meetings.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	219918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>My Department is making arrangements for the working group on park homes to hold its first meeting in February. The working group will be tasked with identifying evidence of poor practice in the sector and investigating how best to raise standards further and tackle abuse.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 12/01/2015 18:37:23 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

171919

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2014 to Question 209508, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the consultation on the Review of Property Conditions in the Private Rented Sector.
tabling member constituency	Cities of London and Westminster
tabling member printed	Mark Field
uin	219700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>We aim to publish the Government's response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/01/2015 15:41:20 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1405 label Biography information for Mark Field

171920

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
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 much has been paid under the New Homes Bonus grant scheme in each region in each year since 2013; and what estimate he has made of the amount likely to be so paid in each year to 2018; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	219736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my Written Ministerial Statement of 16 December 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 79WS. We have not published any estimates to 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The New Homes Bonus operates at a local authority level, and we do not publish statistics based on the former government office regions. We have abolished regional government and regional planning.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/01/2015 14:29:23 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 37598 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

171924

registered interest
date	05/01/2015
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	Change of Use
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 bring forward proposals to prevent businesses from being evicted by office-to-home conversions in (a) mixed business and residential areas and (b) areas not deemed as requiring regeneration.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	219656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>Permitted development rights that allow the change of offices to residential use were introduced in May 2013. These rights are contributing to a more efficient use of our existing building stock, and are providing badly needed new homes such as studios and one-bedroom flats for young people, using brownfield land. This market-led approach reflects that business patterns are changing with new technology: as a whole, while there is increasing demand for new housing due to a growing population, modern firms need less physical office space than they used to.<br><br>My Department is considering responses to the technical consultation on planning that was published on 31 July. We will publish the Government’s response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/01/2015 15:33:52 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

171785

registered interest
date	02/01/2015
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	Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on informing organisations whose funding from his Department is to be reduced of that decision and the reasons for it, before the House is informed by means of a statement or otherwise.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	219637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>We will not fund any organisation that supports or is linked to individuals who fuel hatred, division and violence. We will fund only those programmes and organisations that actively encourage integration and uphold fundamental British values. Where the House is informed of a decision to cease funding an organisation, we aim to communicate final decisions to the organisations at the same time. This procedure was followed in the case of the Muslim Charities Forum.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to cease funding the Muslim Charities Forum was made following a formal review of the project, which found concerns surrounding performance, governance and the support of individuals with extremist views.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2014, Islamic Help, a member organisation of the Muslim Charities Forum, organised a fundraising event for Syria, presented by Uthman Lateef. This individual has espoused hatred and division and on this basis my Department wrote to Faith Action requesting that they no longer fund Islamic Help.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams grouped question UIN 219654 question first answered 12/01/2015 19:05:55 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams previous answer version 37333 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

171786

registered interest
date	02/01/2015
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	Radicalism
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 Written Statement of 18 December 2014, HCW5154, which individual with extremist views was invited by Islamic Help to speak at one of its events.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	219654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>We will not fund any organisation that supports or is linked to individuals who fuel hatred, division and violence. We will fund only those programmes and organisations that actively encourage integration and uphold fundamental British values. Where the House is informed of a decision to cease funding an organisation, we aim to communicate final decisions to the organisations at the same time. This procedure was followed in the case of the Muslim Charities Forum.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to cease funding the Muslim Charities Forum was made following a formal review of the project, which found concerns surrounding performance, governance and the support of individuals with extremist views.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2014, Islamic Help, a member organisation of the Muslim Charities Forum, organised a fundraising event for Syria, presented by Uthman Lateef. This individual has espoused hatred and division and on this basis my Department wrote to Faith Action requesting that they no longer fund Islamic Help.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams grouped question UIN 219637 question first answered 12/01/2015 19:05:55 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams previous answer version 37335 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

171513

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
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: Sales
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 on brownfield land (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of all residential property sales were sold in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
uin	219417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department publishes data on residential property sales, based on Land Registry data. These are available in Live Tables 588 (annual) and 584 (quarterly) at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-housing-market-and-house-prices" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-housing-market-and-house-prices</a><br><br>The Department does not, however, collect data on the proportion of these properties that were built on brownfield land.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/01/2015 16:06:35 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab