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1179642

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of Government funding for local authorities in England.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	900885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has responded to the pressures councils are facing. The settlement provides access to an estimated 4.4 per cent increase in core spending power; the largest year on year increase in a decade, with a further £1.5 billion to fund adult and children’s social care.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 24/02/2020 16:26:00 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1182243

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold: Reform
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2020 to Question 21370, on Leasehold: Reform, for what reasons he has provided actions undertaken by his Department in 2018 in answer to the referenced question regarding the 2019 Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee's report entitled Leasehold reform, Twelfth Report of Session 2017-19, HC 1468.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	24361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>Question 21370, answered on 2 March, related to a request by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee in its 2019 report on leasehold reform for a review of the Leasehold Advisory Service to be undertaken. A review of the organisation was undertaken in 2018, a few months prior to the Committee's report, and there are ongoing actions since the review which were outlined in the previous answer.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 09/03/2020 16:25:22 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1217584

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	5G
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to bring forward legislation to reform permitted development rights to support the (a) deployment of 5G and (b) expansion of mobile coverage.
	tabling member constituency	Ashford
	tabling member printed	Damian Green
	uin	64043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>In August 2019, a joint consultation by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport was launched to consider amending permitted development rights to support increased mobile coverage and 5G deployment.</p><p>The consultation closed on 04 November 2019. The Government is considering the replies and will issue a response in due course. Subject to the outcome of this consultation, if the proposals are taken forward, we anticipate undertaking a further consultation on the detail of those proposals.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/07/2020 14:45:06 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

1217603

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	5G
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on the proposed reforms to permitted development rights to support the deployment of 5G and extend mobile coverage.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	64357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>In August 2019, a joint consultation by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport was launched to consider amending permitted development rights to support increased mobile coverage and 5G deployment.</p><p>The consultation closed on 04 November 2019. The Government is considering the replies and will issue a response in due course. Subject to the outcome of this consultation, if the proposals are taken forward, we anticipate undertaking a further consultation on the detail of those proposals.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/07/2020 14:45:54 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1178382

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated under the (a) Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme (SOAHP) 2016 to 2021 and (b) addendum to the SOAHP published in June 2018 to each region (a) in total and (b) per capita.
	tabling member constituency	Harborough
	tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
	uin	2034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes in a wide range of tenures.</p><p>The Mayor has overall responsibility for affordable housing policy and programme delivery in London. Government has agreed a £4.8 billion deal with the GLA.</p><p>Homes England is responsible for the delivery of the Affordable Homes Programme for the rest of England and have been allocated £4.9 billion.</p><p>The Department publishes spend information on spend in its yearly accounts which are available on gov.uk at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mhclg-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mhclg-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019</a></p><p>We do not publish annualised data on capital spend by local areas.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/02/2020 17:48:43 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

1179375

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of the homes funded by the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-2021 since 2016 are for (a) shared ownership and (b) rent to buy.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	18489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes in a wide range of tenures, including shared ownership.</p><p>Over 82,000 new shared ownership homes have been delivered since 2010.</p><p>Since 2016, over 48,000 new shared ownership and over 4,000 new intermediate rent homes, including Rent to Buy, have been delivered. Further information on this may be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a>.</p><p>The Government is committed to introducing a new, reformed Shared Ownership model, making buying a share of a home fairer and more transparent. This new model will be simpler to understand and will better enable shared owners to buy more of their property and eventually reach full ownership.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/02/2020 17:16:22 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1179377

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities meet the requirement for major planning developments to contain 10 per cent affordable home ownership, as set out in the revised National Planning Policy Framework, published July 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	18490
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework was revised in July 2018 to make it clear that planning policies and decisions should expect at least 10 per cent of homes on major housing sites be made available for affordable home ownership.</p><p>The Framework does not represent a mandatory approach and local authorities are best place to assess what is needed in their communities. However, local authorities are expected to comply with the policy and secure the delivery much needed affordable homes for sale, unless they are able to provide evidence that justifies a different approach.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/03/2020 16:25:05 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1180434

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated under the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016 to 2021 to date in each (a) region and (b) local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	20383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes in a wide range of tenures, including Social Rent.</p><p>The programme is delivered by our partners Homes England and the Greater London Authority (GLA), with £4.7 billion allocated to Homes England and £4.8 billion to the GLA.</p><p>The way in which Homes England and the GLA allocate this funding across the country is publicly available. To view the further allocations across England regions and local authorities please see the following:</p><ul><li>London funding allocations: <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/hfl_allocations_-_location_and_provider.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/hfl_allocations_-_location_and_provider.pdf</a></li><li>Homes England AHP minimum geography funding allocations: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/865149/Funding_by_Homes_England_minimum_geography_area_Final.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/865149/Funding_by_Homes_England_minimum_geography_area_Final.csv/preview</a></li><li>Homes England summary report:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shared-ownership-and-affordable-homes-programme-2016-to-2021-summary-end-of-september-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shared-ownership-and-affordable-homes-programme-2016-to-2021-summary-end-of-september-2019</a>.</li></ul> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/03/2020 15:58:41 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1181537

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his oral contribution of 27 February 2020, Official report, column 509, if he will provide details of the annual amount of grant funding allocated to affordable housing in each of the last 10 financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	22361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes in a wide range of tenures.</p><p>The table below provides details on affordable homes programme funding since 2010. This data may also be found in the public domain at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-oscar-publishing-from-the-database" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-oscar-publishing-from-the-database</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Affordable Homes Programme Expenditure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£2,660,493,213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£1,431,994,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£1,136,633,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£1,219,494,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1,342,398,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£1,256,863,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£747,333,.000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£1,308,730,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£1,670,312,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The way in which our delivery partners Homes England and the Greater London Authority allocate this funding across the country is publicly available. To view the further allocations across England regions and local authorities please see the following:</p><ul><li>London funding allocations: <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/hfl_allocations_-_location_and_provider.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/hfl_allocations_- _location_and_provider.pdf</a></li></ul><ul><li>Homes England AHP provider funding: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/865148/Funding_by_lead_provider_Final.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/865148/Funding_by_lead_provider_Final.csv/preview</a></li></ul> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 04/03/2020 15:28:22 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1182601

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2020
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2020 to Question 20383 on Affordable Housing, whether the statistics on funding allocations include (a) affordable home ownership, (b) affordable rent and (c) social rented homes funded through the Shared Ownership and Affordable Housing Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	25223
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes in a wide range of tenures, including Social Rent. <br> <br>We do not break down funding by tenure for the programme however, new affordable home ownership, affordable rent and social rented homes have been funded through the Shared Ownership and Affordable Housing Programme 2016/21.</p><p>The Affordable Homes Programme supports councils and housing associations to build more genuinely affordable homes, in areas of acute affordability pressure, with at least 12,500 social rent homes to be delivered in high cost areas to support families struggling to pay their rent.</p><p>Further information on affordable housing supply may be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/affordable-housing-supply</a></p><p>Building on this, we announced at budget 2020 that we are investing £12 billion to build affordable homes between 2021/22 - 2025/26. This will be the biggest cash investment in affordable housing for a decade.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 12/03/2020 13:41:18 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey