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1421785

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	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	Social Rented Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to introduce annual targets for local authorities on the delivery of new social housing in their local authority areas.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	122734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>It is for local authorities to identify the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community, including those who require affordable housing, and reflect this in planning and other policies.</p><p>The Government has given local authorities a comprehensive range of tools to enable local authorities to deliver social housing, including through their own housebuilding programmes. This includes our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme which councils can bid for, and the abolition of Housing Revenue Account (HRA) borrowing cap in 2018. Local authorities have also been given more freedom on how they can spend the money they receive from Right to Buy sales on replacement homes as well as continued access to low cost borrowing via the Public Works Loan Board. These reforms give local authorities greater flexibility to invest in new homes and the next generation of council housing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/02/2022 14:19:45 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1421786

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	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	Social Rented Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he will take to ensure that local authorities acquire or build new social housing to meet rising demand in areas where there is a net loss of social housing.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	122735
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>Building more social and affordable homes is a priority for this Government, and we want to see local authorities playing a key role in the delivery of new housing. Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme, which councils can bid for, will deliver up to 180,000 affordable homes should economic conditions allow. This on top of our £9 billion Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme, running to 2023, which will deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes.</p><p>The Government wants to see local authorities delivering the next generation of council housing and we have given them a comprehensive range of tools to do so. In March 2021, we announced a package of reforms to give councils more freedom in how they can spend the money they receive from Right to Buy sales on replacement homes. In addition to this, Government abolished the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) borrowing cap in 2018, allowing councils to borrow to build more council homes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 21/02/2022 17:28:30 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1434726

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2022
	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	Social Rented Housing: Waiting Lists
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing use of empty residential units held as investments for housing people on local authority social housing waiting lists.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	128337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>Local councils are best placed to determine how best to increase their stock of social housing. We have given councils powers to manage empty homes in their districts and we encourage councils to publish their empty homes policies.</p><p>We are committed to investing in social housing. Our new £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will provide up to 180,000 new homes across the country, should economic conditions allow. This builds upon the success of our £9 billion Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme, running to 2023, which will deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 03/03/2022 15:42:27 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1434729

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2022
	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	Social Rented Housing: York
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of social housing units developed in York in each of the last 5 years.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	128338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The number of new affordable housing completions in each local authority is published in live table 1008C. Those figures are broken down by tenure here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cb4ba4a2a5f534ca6051f08d9fd192100%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637819106628145539%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=dv70eoV8dTlSGcNLOBM2ZiqtZqDkjHsm%2BHqyVotFN2M%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a> .</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 03/03/2022 15:43:00 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1434807

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2022
	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	Social Rented Housing: Empty Property
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a limit on the length of time properties owned by (a) social landlords and (b) councils can remain void.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	128347
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>Access to social housing is managed locally, within a national framework. The government has given local councils freedom to manage their own waiting lists, so they can decide who should qualify for social housing in their area and develop solutions which make best use of the social housing stock.</p><p>The average (median) number of vacant days before a social housing property (local authority and housing association owned) was let in 2019/20 was 19 days.</p><p>The length of time a property is void can be affected by a range of factors, including whether a property is under repairs or in need of adaptations, how extensive these repairs or adaptations are and whether a property is earmarked for demolition or sales. There are therefore legitimate reasons for a property to remain void.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 03/03/2022 17:44:44 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1434810

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2022
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will undertake an in-depth study on the reasons for housing challenges in (a) York and (b) other cities.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	128348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>Throughout its work the Department seeks to better understand the differing housing needs and challenges of local areas both through close engagement with local areas and monitoring relevant data, in line with our Levelling Up White Paper commitments.</p><p>The White Paper emphasises the Government's commitment to creating a fair and just housing system that works for everyone. This is essential for spreading opportunity and levelling up. This includes supporting more first-time buyers to move onto the housing ladder, delivering more homes that are genuinely affordable, radically improving housing quality and reducing homelessness.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 03/03/2022 17:45:13 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1435174

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2022
	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: Pensioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that everyone of pensionable age is in secure housing and not exposed to the risks of the private rented sector.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	129175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>Ensuring older people have access to the right homes that suit their needs can help them to live independently for longer and feel more connected to their communities. We are committed to improving the diversity of accommodation available for older people, so that they can choose the best housing option for them, in the places they want to live.</p><p>Boosting the supply of a range of specialist housing across the country will be key to achieving this aim. We are investing £11.5 billion in the new Affordable Homes Programme, which includes the delivery of specialist or supported housing, including retirement housing.</p><p>A new government taskforce, as announced in the Levelling Up White Paper, will look at ways we can provide greater choice, quality and security of housing for older people. Further details on the scope of the taskforce work will be confirmed in due course.</p><p>We are committed to driving up standards in private rented accommodation for all tenants and we will be consulting on introducing a legally binding Decent Homes Standard in the Private Rented Sector and a landlord register. We will publish a White Paper in Spring this year that will set out our proposals for reform of the private rented sector.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 129176 question first answered 01/03/2022 17:43:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1435175

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2022
	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: Pensioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what priority he is giving to ensure that people of pensionable age are not living in damp or cold homes.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	129176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2022 answer text <p>Ensuring older people have access to the right homes that suit their needs can help them to live independently for longer and feel more connected to their communities. We are committed to improving the diversity of accommodation available for older people, so that they can choose the best housing option for them, in the places they want to live.</p><p>Boosting the supply of a range of specialist housing across the country will be key to achieving this aim. We are investing £11.5 billion in the new Affordable Homes Programme, which includes the delivery of specialist or supported housing, including retirement housing.</p><p>A new government taskforce, as announced in the Levelling Up White Paper, will look at ways we can provide greater choice, quality and security of housing for older people. Further details on the scope of the taskforce work will be confirmed in due course.</p><p>We are committed to driving up standards in private rented accommodation for all tenants and we will be consulting on introducing a legally binding Decent Homes Standard in the Private Rented Sector and a landlord register. We will publish a White Paper in Spring this year that will set out our proposals for reform of the private rented sector.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 129175 question first answered 01/03/2022 17:43:31 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1435176

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2022
	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: Pensioners
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the cost of living pressures on the ability of people of pensionable age being able to continue living in their current accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	129177
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The Government is taking action to help people, including Pensioners, with cost of living pressures. The Chancellor's announcement on 3 February of a package of support to help households with rising energy bills, worth £9.1 billion in 2022-23, will also be available to eligible pensioners.</p><p>Individuals in who are unable to afford their rental payments may be eligible for a range of support through the Universal Credit system. In April 2020, we boosted investment in the Local Housing Allowance by nearly £1 billion.</p><p>For those who need it most, support is available through Discretionary Housing Payments, the additional £65 million funding for renters in arrears, and the £500 million Household Support Fund, of which £421 million will go to help vulnerable people in England with the cost of essentials over the winter period.</p><p>On the wider issue of older people's housing, we are committed to ensuring that older people can live in the right kind of homes that suit their needs, in the places they want to live. A new government taskforce, as announced in the Levelling Up White Paper, will look at ways we can provide greater choice, quality and security of housing for older people.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 03/03/2022 15:40:43 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1435177

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2022
	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: Older People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase the quantity of homes available for elderly residents to support access to secure accommodation in later life.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	129178
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework already sets out that local authorities should assess the types of specialist housing needed for older people, and this should be reflected in their local planning policies. We also continue to review the departmental programmes and engage with key stakeholders, ahead of setting out a proposed way forward for the planning reforms.</p><p>Furthermore, we have recently announced a new taskforce on the issue of older people's housing, which will look at ways we can provide greater choice, quality and security of housing for older people, and support the growth of the sector in this country. This work will be taken forwards in partnership with the Department of Health and Social Care.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 03/03/2022 15:39:22 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell