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486983

registered interest
date	24/03/2016
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	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, if he will estimate the number of new private rented homes that will be needed to meet demand in the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	32466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>It is difficult to determine the number of new private rented homes needed to meet demand as this is affected by a variety of outside impacts, including the affordability of home ownership, household formation rates and prospective sharing arrangements. The Government is committed to delivering 1 million new homes by the end of this parliament.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/04/2016 16:47:14 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

486985

registered interest
date	24/03/2016
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	Shared Ownership Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to undertake the review of shared ownership announced in the report, Proposals to streamline the resale of shared ownership properties, Consultation: summary of responses, published in March 2015.
tabling member constituency	South East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Lucy Frazer
uin	32617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government carried out an internal review of Shared Ownership policy last year. Following this, the Autumn Statement confirmed £4.1 billion for 135,000 new Help to Buy: Shared Ownership starts by 2021. It also raised the income cap on Shared Ownership in England from £60,000 to £80,000, removed restrictions on who can buy Shared Ownership homes, enabled existing shared owners to climb the Shared Ownership ladder and removed restrictions on how many bedrooms Shared Ownership buyers can purchase.</p><p>The prospectus for the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016 to 2021 was launched on 13 April 2016 and invites applications for up to £4.7 billion of funding to increase the supply of new shared ownership and affordable homes.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/04/2016 16:40:14 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer

487139

registered interest
date	24/03/2016
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	Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether housing association tenants who part-buy their properties under shared ownership will be able to use Right To Buy to purchase either a share or all of that property.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	32632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>As is the case with the existing Right to Buy, the agreement with housing associations and the National Housing Federation to extend Right to Buy discounts to housing association tenants will not apply to those people who already own a share in their home, including those who purchased their home under shared ownership.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/04/2016 16:16:03 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

485560

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
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, with reference to the local government finance settlement 2016-17, whether he consulted the Office for Budget Responsibility on the distribution of the transitional grant.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	32457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>The Office for Budget Responsibility is concerned with national economic forecasting, while the Transition Grant is a subnational distribution. It was therefore not necessary nor would it have been standard practice to consult the OBR on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 12/04/2016 10:12:00 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

485561

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
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, if he will publish the methodology used by his Department to calculate the distribution of the Transitional Grant announced in the local government finance settlement 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	32459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has published an explanatory note setting out the method of calculation of the Transition Grant. It is available to view at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/510870/Explanatory_note_on_the_allocation_of_the_Transition_Grant.pdf</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 11/04/2016 16:16:57 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

485562

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
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: Public Private Partnerships
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 9 March 2016 to Question 29831, on how many occasions his Department has provided advice and support upon request from local authorities who wish to undertake post-implementation value for money assessments.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	32297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>None. However, carrying out post-implementation reviews is an established practice of good policy making for both local and central government.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 11/04/2016 16:12:36 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

485565

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
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, with reference to page 2 of Budget 2016, whether the £3.5 billion savings to public spending to be achieved by 2012-20 will affect the four year funding settlement to local councils announced by his Department in December 2015.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	32326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>While the Government has not yet completed its departmental efficiency review to help identify further savings in 2019-20, we expect the four year allocations confirmed in the final settlement on 10 February 2016 to be the amounts presented to Parliament each year, should councils choose to accept the offer.</p><p>We look forward to councils publishing efficiency plans by 14 October 2016 that demonstrate how the greater certainty on offer can bring about opportunities for further savings. However, if councils prefer not to have a four year settlement we cannot guarantee their future levels of funding.</p><p>We have been clear that funding allocations in 2019-20 may be subject to the implementation of 100% business rate retention, something councils have asked for over decades and which we are working with the sector to deliver.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 19/04/2016 16:51:42 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

485566

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
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	Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how he plans that the section 31 grant to compensate councils for the extension of small business rate relief will be funded.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	32229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2016 answer text <p>By raising £8 billion through a package of measures to counter tax avoidance and aggressive tax planning by multinational enterprises, Government has been able to announce in the Budget a £6.7 billion reduction in business rates. This is the biggest ever cut in business rates in England. The funding for these section 31 grants was provided for in Budget 2016 through the Budget scorecard (lines 15-17). This additional funding is included in the DCLG Local Government DEL budget figures on page 91 of the Budget Report.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 19/04/2016 16:52:52 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

484327

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2016 to Question 27887, if he will publish a list of all those planning appeals allowed in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	32210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>Attached is a table which shows all planning appeals allowed in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/04/2016 17:00:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis attachment 1 file name PQ 32210 table.xlsx title Planning appeals allowed table
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

484328

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2016 to Question 27886, if he will publish a list of the planning appeals which were recovered in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	32209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>Attached is a table which shows all planning appeals which have been recovered in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/04/2016 16:55:06 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis attachment 1 file name PQ 32209 table.xlsx title Planning appeals table
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq