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818585

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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 Dwelling Management Orders
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent estimate they have made of the number of Empty Dwelling Management Orders (EDMOs); what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of EDMOs; and whether they have any proposals to change (1) the regulations relating to EDMOs, and (2) the way in which EDMOs operate in practice, in order to increase their ease of use.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL4462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Empty Dwelling Management Orders (EDMOs) enable a local housing authority to put an empty property back into use. The property must have been empty for at least two years and be a blight on the local neighbourhood. It is for local housing authorities to decide when to use these powers and Government does not collect data on the number of EDMOs that have been issued. The number of empty homes is at its lowest since records began. In May 2010 over 300,000 homes in England had been standing empty for longer than 6 months. As of November 2017 the number of long-term empty properties had fallen to 206,236. There are no current plans to make any changes to the way in which EDMOs operate.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 16/01/2018 17:55:22 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

801225

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
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	Nuclear Power Stations: Planning Permission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the process for obtaining planning permission for a small modular reactor nuclear power station.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL3882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>Section 15 of the Planning Act 2008 requires that any proposed nuclear power generating station with a capacity of more than 50 megawatts in England and Wales would need to seek development consent from the Secretary of State through the nationally significant infrastructure planning regime. For projects that do not meet that threshold, planning permission would need to be sought under relevant town and country planning legislation. Section 39 of the Wales Act 2017, when fully in force, will (subject to transitional provisions) devolve to Wales the responsibility for planning development consents for nuclear power generating station projects up to and including 350 megawatts. Proposals for such generating stations in Wales over 350 megawatts will still continue to be determined by the Secretary of State.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 18/12/2017 14:29:53 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

773548

registered interest
date	19/10/2017
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	Council Tax
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to consider the proposal for a prevention precept on council tax at district council level to match the social care precept available to county councils in two-tier shire counties.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL2263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government recently published the Local Government Finance Settlement 2018 to 2019: Technical Consultation. This sets out the Government’s intended approach for the third year of the multi-year settlement, including consideration of the council tax referendum thresholds which were set in 2017-18.</p><p>The consultation closed on 26 October 2017 and proposals for 2018-19 will be published later in the year, following consideration of responses. The consultation (attached) can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/645012/2018-19_Local_Government_Finance_Settlement_-_technical_consultation.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/645012/2018-19_Local_Government_Finance_Settlement_-_technical_consultation.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 01/11/2017 17:41:45 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 171030 2018-19 Local Government Finance Settlement consultation HL2263.pdf title Consultation document
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

769211

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
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	Social Rented Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the new houses built following the allocation of £2 billion for new council and housing association housing will be social housing and affordable housing respectively.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL1945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>As set out at Autumn Statement 2016, the Affordable Homes Programme is fully flexible and sets no ringfences on particular forms of tenure. The precise tenure types and number of homes will depend on bids received. Funding for social rent will be focused on areas with acute affordability challenges, while funding Affordable Rent homes will continue to be available for most areas.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 26/10/2017 14:12:12 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

769212

registered interest
date	12/10/2017
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	Social Rented Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the role of local authorities in securing the new houses to be built following the allocation of £2 billion for new council and housing association housing in areas where there has been large-scale stock transfer of former council housing.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL1946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government wants to see local authorities delivering new housing. The extra £2 billion funding and rent certainty we have just announced will further support councils and housing associations to build more affordable homes.</p><p>Housing providers should work with the local authority to ensure that their schemes take account of the local affordable housing needs and through the National Planning Policy Framework, we expect local authorities to identify and plan to meet the market and affordable housing needs in their area.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 26/10/2017 14:14:39 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

768537

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
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	Lancashire County Council
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether they should take direct control of the administration of Lancashire County Council by appointing a commissioner.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL1891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State uses his statutory powers of inspection under the 1999 Local Government Act extremely rarely, and has only appointed inspectors twice in the last five years, in Tower Hamlets and Rotherham. In both cases there were highly exceptional circumstances, with evidence from statutory inspections of widespread, systemic and extremely serious failures in those local authorities.</p><p>At present the Government has made no assessment of whether statutory action would be appropriate in Lancashire County Council.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 23/10/2017 16:25:20 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

675717

registered interest
date	19/01/2017
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	Mortgages
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact, if any, of the designation of a selective licensing area on the availability of mortgages for the purchase of houses in that area for (1) buy to let, and (2) owner occupation.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL4793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information on mortgage providers’ lending criteria and their allocation of mortgages in areas designated under selective licensing.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 30/01/2017 17:32:55 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

649386

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
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 and Planning Act 2016
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which sections of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 are not yet in force; and when they intend to bring those sections into force.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL3749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The following sections of the Housing &amp; Planning Act 2016 are not yet in force:</p><ul><li>Sections 1-8</li><li>Sections 13-63</li><li>Sections 92-123</li><li>Sections 125-126</li><li>Sections 128-129</li><li>Section 131</li><li>Sections 133-136</li><li>Section 138</li><li>Section 151</li><li>Section 155</li><li>Sections 157-160</li><li>Sections 180 &amp; 181</li><li>Sections 184- 189</li><li>Sections 191- 200</li><li>Sections 207- 211</li><li>Schedules 1-9</li><li>Schedule 11</li><li>Schedules 13 &amp; 14</li><li>Schedules 17-20</li></ul><p>The process for laying further regulations will continue throughout 2017.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 12/12/2016 15:10:01 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

649387

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
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 and Planning Act 2016
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, under the Housing and Planning Act 2016, (1) which orders and regulations have been made or have been laid before Parliament, and what is their timetable for laying further orders and regulations; and (2) which powers to make orders and regulations (i) they intend not to use at the current time, and (ii) they have decided not to bring into force.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL3750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The following Housing &amp; Planning Act 2016 orders and regulations have been made or laid before Parliament:</p><p>Statutory Instruments:</p><ul><li>Self-build and custom housebuilding</li><li>Enfranchisement and extensions of long leaseholds rentcharges</li><li>Neighbourhood planning</li><li>Local planning</li><li>Local Planning Authority performance</li><li>The Energy performance of buildings</li></ul><p>Commencement Orders:</p><ul><li>Part 1: New Homes in England</li></ul><p>o Self-build and custom housebuilding</p><ul><li>Part 3: Recovering abandoned premises in England</li></ul><p>o Vacant higher value local authority housing</p><ul><li>Part 6: Planning in England</li></ul><p>o Neighbourhood planning</p><p>o Local planning</p><p>o Planning in Greater London</p><p>o Powers for piloting alternative provision of processing services</p><p>o Review of minimum energy performance requirements</p><p>o Urban development corporations</p><p>o New towns</p><p>o Sustainable drainage</p><ul><li>Part 7: Compulsory purchase etc</li></ul><p>o Right to enter and survey land</p><ul><li>Part 9: General</li></ul><p>The current timetable for regulations within the Housing &amp; Planning Act 2016 will see the remaining regulations scheduled to be laid throughout 2017.</p><p>2) We have decided not to proceed with the High Income Social Tenants regulations after listening carefully to the views of tenants, local authorities and others. Local authorities and housing associations will continue to have local discretion. I updated the House on the 21<sup>st</sup> November on this policy.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 12/12/2016 15:09:36 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

642854

registered interest
date	23/11/2016
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	Council Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are planning to amend the rules limiting the amount that local authorities can borrow against the value of their existing housing stock; and if so, what is their estimate of the number of houses that local authorities in England could build in the next five years if the limit were removed entirely.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL3457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The borrowing caps were introduced as part of the Housing Revenue Account self-financing settlement, which entailed a once and for all rebalancing of housing debt. There are no plans to lift the caps, which are part of the government's strategy to manage the overall level of public debt.</p><p>Local authorities do have the capacity to borrow to build new homes, there is nearly £3.4 billion headroom available nationally and £2.9 billion in reserves.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/12/2016 15:31:00 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves