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1717209

registered interest
date	10/05/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Leasehold: Forfeiture
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any information on the number of leases that have been forfeited in the past year under section 146 of the Law of Property Act 1925.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL4563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes broader statistics on the numbers of mortgage lender and landlord possession actions in the county courts of England and Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 23/05/2024 13:50:08 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1697689

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing: Sales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what analysis they have conducted, if any, of the reasons behind rising numbers of landlords selling their properties.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL3496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2024 answer text <p>The most recent English Private Landlord Survey from 2021 found that almost half of landlords (48%) planned to keep the number of rental properties the same. The English Private Landlord Survey does not include prospective landlords who may be considering entering the market.</p><p> </p><p>The most frequently reported reasons for planning to decrease or sell their properties are set out in detailed analysis (attached) in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-private-landlord-survey-2021-main-report#full-publication-update-history" target="_blank">English Private Landlord Survey </a> report. The next publication is expected later in 2024.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The most recent English Housing Survey from 2022-23 found that the proportion of households in the private rented sector has doubled since the early 2000s and remained a similar proportion (19%) since 2013-14. For more detailed analysis, please see (attached) the full <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/english-housing-survey-2022-to-2023-headline-report&amp;data=05|02|PS.Advisers@levellingup.gov.uk|9a9efa9933224009a47d08dc5476123a|bf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8|0|0|638478113279646537|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|0|||&amp;sdata=K87lbzhDAhaQyLfQoC76SgElCHDAAlKrWy10cZZZt04=&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">English Housing Survey</a> report.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne attachment 1 file name HL3496 - English Private Landlord Survey 2021_ main report - GOV.UK.pdf title English Private Landlord Survey 2 file name HL3496 - English Housing Survey 2022 to 2023_ headline report - GOV.UK.pdf title English Housing question first answered 05/04/2024 13:10:43 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1691880

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total cost of eradicating homelessness in England.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2770
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government has made the unprecedented commitment to end rough sleeping and to fully enforce the Homelessness Reduction Act. In September 2022, we published our cross-government strategy ‘Ending Rough Sleeping for Good’, and we are investing almost £2.4 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping between 2022 and 2025.</p><p>We are also taking action to prevent people from becoming homeless or rough sleeping in the first place. We are investing over £1.2 billion in the Homelessness Prevention Grant over three years, including a £109 million top-up for 2024/25, giving councils the funding they need to prevent homelessness and help more people sooner.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 11/03/2024 17:23:43 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1688928

registered interest
date	14/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Property Development: Energy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made, if any, of the incentives required to encourage housing developers to join a voluntary energy-use monitoring scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that good quality homes are built which meet the energy efficiency standards they were designed to. That is why, as part of the Future Homes and Buildings Standards consultation, we are consulting on introducing a post-occupancy fabric performance testing scheme for new homes.</p><p>We are proposing that developers opt-in to performance testing a proportion of their new homes. This would enable us to gather better data on how significantly new homes are underperforming.</p><p>We envisage that many developers will opt-in to the performance testing scheme and have been encouraged by work some developers are already doing to monitor and improve the actual performance of their homes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL2508 question first answered 27/02/2024 16:49:10 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1688929

registered interest
date	14/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing: Energy
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to introduce mandatory energy performance testing for new homes.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL2508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that good quality homes are built which meet the energy efficiency standards they were designed to. That is why, as part of the Future Homes and Buildings Standards consultation, we are consulting on introducing a post-occupancy fabric performance testing scheme for new homes.</p><p>We are proposing that developers opt-in to performance testing a proportion of their new homes. This would enable us to gather better data on how significantly new homes are underperforming.</p><p>We envisage that many developers will opt-in to the performance testing scheme and have been encouraged by work some developers are already doing to monitor and improve the actual performance of their homes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL2507 question first answered 27/02/2024 16:49:10 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1685368

registered interest
date	26/01/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Buildings: Insurance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to stop managing agents charging leaseholders excessive commission charges for renewing buildings insurance.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL1969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2024 answer text <p>The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill seeks to ban the placer of insurance on residential leasehold properties from receiving any form of commission that is passed on to leaseholders as a cost. Instead, costs relating to the placement and management of buildings insurance will be issued through a transparent handling fee, proportionate to the value of the work done. The detail will be set out in affirmative secondary legislation.</p><p>Transparency reforms within the Bill will require the placer of insurance to disclose information about their decision-making process when purchasing buildings insurance on behalf of leaseholders. These measures will support responsible, transparent, and accountable sourcing of buildings insurance for leaseholders of multi-occupancy buildings.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 08/02/2024 14:10:23 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1681419

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill on the cost and speed of extending leaseholds.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL1486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>Our reforms will make it cheaper and easier for leaseholders to extend their lease or purchase their freehold. An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill has been carried out and published on the Parliament website at: <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3523/publications" target="_blank">Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament</a>.</p><p>The rates used in enfranchisement valuation calculations will be prescribed by the Secretary of State and the Government is giving further consideration to how these rates should be reached.</p><p>The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is A1P1 ECHR compliant as introduced on 27 November 2023.</p><p>We are going to launch an online calculator which will help leaseholders understand how much it will cost to extend their lease or purchase their freehold upfront.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL1487 HL1488 HL1489 HL1490 question first answered 23/01/2024 15:35:56 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn attachment 1 file name Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament.pdf title Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1681420

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will specify (1) the deferment rate, and (2) the rate for discounting future ground rent schemes, in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL1487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>Our reforms will make it cheaper and easier for leaseholders to extend their lease or purchase their freehold. An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill has been carried out and published on the Parliament website at: <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3523/publications" target="_blank">Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament</a>.</p><p>The rates used in enfranchisement valuation calculations will be prescribed by the Secretary of State and the Government is giving further consideration to how these rates should be reached.</p><p>The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is A1P1 ECHR compliant as introduced on 27 November 2023.</p><p>We are going to launch an online calculator which will help leaseholders understand how much it will cost to extend their lease or purchase their freehold upfront.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL1486 HL1488 HL1489 HL1490 question first answered 23/01/2024 15:35:56 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn attachment 1 file name Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament.pdf title Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1681421

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to set the deferment rate in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill to 5 per cent or greater.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL1488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>Our reforms will make it cheaper and easier for leaseholders to extend their lease or purchase their freehold. An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill has been carried out and published on the Parliament website at: <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3523/publications" target="_blank">Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament</a>.</p><p>The rates used in enfranchisement valuation calculations will be prescribed by the Secretary of State and the Government is giving further consideration to how these rates should be reached.</p><p>The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is A1P1 ECHR compliant as introduced on 27 November 2023.</p><p>We are going to launch an online calculator which will help leaseholders understand how much it will cost to extend their lease or purchase their freehold upfront.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL1486 HL1487 HL1489 HL1490 question first answered 23/01/2024 15:35:56 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn attachment 1 file name Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament.pdf title Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1681422

registered interest
date	10/01/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Leasehold: Reform
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether leasehold reform breaches the human rights of freeholders as property owners.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL1489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>Our reforms will make it cheaper and easier for leaseholders to extend their lease or purchase their freehold. An Impact Assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill has been carried out and published on the Parliament website at: <a href="https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3523/publications" target="_blank">Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament</a>.</p><p>The rates used in enfranchisement valuation calculations will be prescribed by the Secretary of State and the Government is giving further consideration to how these rates should be reached.</p><p>The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill is A1P1 ECHR compliant as introduced on 27 November 2023.</p><p>We are going to launch an online calculator which will help leaseholders understand how much it will cost to extend their lease or purchase their freehold upfront.</p> answering member printed Baroness Penn grouped question UIN HL1486 HL1487 HL1488 HL1490 question first answered 23/01/2024 15:35:56 answering member 4726 label Biography information for Baroness Penn attachment 1 file name Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill publications - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament.pdf title Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott