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44617

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage local authority pension schemes to take into account environmental, social and governance factors in their decisions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Harrison
	uin	HL6274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p>These issues are matters for individual local authorities that administer pension funds to consider when deciding upon their investment strategies. Each administering authority is required to publish a statement of principles, which may address such issues. Statutory guidance states that the authority must report periodically to scheme members on the implementation of their policies.</p><p>Notwithstanding, local authorities need to focus on delivering a good rate of return for their fund and value for taxpayers, given local government pensions cost taxpayers (via employer contributions) almost £6 billion a year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	2488 label Biography information for Lord Harrison

44590

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made about the number of off-plan and readily available houses that are purchased by foreign investors.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL6247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information on the number of foreign buyers of new build properties.</p><p>However, publicly available research has looked at the influence ‘international buyers' have in the new build market in London. Savills suggest of an estimated 97,000 Greater London sales in 2012 (which includes existing property), only 750 were “prime new build sales to international second home buyers”. An estimated 3,000 were for investment in lettings, and therefore available to UK residents as tenants.</p><p>(<a href="http://pdf.euro.savills.co.uk/residential---other/spot-worldlondon-lr.pdf" target="_blank">http://pdf.euro.savills.co.uk/residential---other/spot-worldlondon-lr.pdf</a>)</p><p>Knight Frank (October 2013) found that between 85 and 90 per cent of new build purchases in Greater London over the last two years went to UK residents. They note that “Our research points to the fact that the majority of demand for new-build property in London from overseas remains focussed on the relatively small and concentrated market made up of the central London postcodes.”</p><p>(<a href="http://resources.knightfrank.com/GetResearchResource.ashx?versionid=2017&amp;type=1" target="_blank">http://resources.knightfrank.com/GetResearchResource.ashx?versionid=2017&amp;type=1</a>)</p><p>I would also refer the noble Lord to my reply to him of 1 April 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, columns WA179-180.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

44896

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	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
	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 amount of surplus public land sold so far to support housebuilding and development.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Seccombe
	uin	HL6299
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>The Government has taken action to free up land for productive economic use. At the end of December 2013, the Public Sector Land Programme had sold surplus Government owned land capable of delivering over 68,000 homes in England as part of our ambition to dispose of surplus land with capacity for 100,000 homes by 2015. And through the recently concluded Strategic Land and Property Review the Government has identified scope to release £5 billion from its land and property between 2015 and 2020, creating opportunities for housing and economic development.The Government will look to quantify the housing and growth ambitions for this new programme by the time of the Autumn Statement.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	2097 label Biography information for Baroness Seccombe

44876

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the percentage cost over-run established by the management board for any budget in the Department for Communities and Local Government to merit being tabled at the departmental management board; and how many times in the last 12 months that has occurred.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL6279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department's financial position is reviewed on a regular basis.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

44895

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps the Department for Communities and Local Government has taken to cut spending on Common Purpose leadership courses.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Seccombe
	uin	HL6298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>I confirm that the Secretary of State has given a clear steer that spending on Common Purpose is not appropriate, and no expenditure has been undertaken since 2010. By contrast, the last Administration spent £235,950 on Common Purpose.</p><p>In '50 ways to save' the Department's best practice guidance on sensible savings, we recommended councils cancel spending on Common Purpose leadership courses as a practical way of saving money.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	2097 label Biography information for Baroness Seccombe

45999

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department for Communities and Local Government will be paying new burdens funding to compensate local authorities for the additional costs of introducing local Council Tax Reduction Schemes in 2015–16.
	tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
	uin	HL6477
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>In line with the new burdens doctrine, we will be assessing the need for continued new burdens funding for Local Council Tax Support in 2014-15, alongside consideration of the allocation of Local Council Tax Support Administration subsidy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

46417

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in calculating the non-ring-fenced funding provided to local authorities to deliver statutory obligations, they make any assumptions about the proportions of that funding likely to be used in fulfilling each of those obligations; and if so, what assumptions they have made of the likely expenditure on electoral registration.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wills
	uin	HL6514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The total amount of funding provided through the local government finance settlement in England is set at the time of the appropriate Spending Review. In setting this amount the Government considers the likely pressures and efficiency savings that can be made on a range of services, together with the overall fiscal environment, including the need to tackle the deficit left by the last Administration. This amount may be subsequently amended either through Budgets or Autumn Statements.</p><p>It is up to local authorities to decide how to set their budgets, taking into account local spending priorities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

46418

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they calculate the local government finance settlement.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wills
	uin	HL6515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The method of calculating the local government finance settlement is set out in the Local Government Finance Report (England) for each year. The report for 2014/15 was approved by Parliament on 12 February. A copy of this report can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-finance-report-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-finance-report-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

46000

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 18 March (WA 24), whether they decided against appointing a representative of private tenants on the Private Rented Sector Taskforce; and if so, why.
	tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
	uin	HL6478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>As I explained in my previous answer, the Taskforce is a technical advisory group to provide professional and expert knowledge on increasing institutional investment in the private rented sector and support new build schemes.</p><p>It does not have any remit on broader policy on the private rented sector. It does not seek to ‘represent' the views of any sector or group. The determination of government policy remains a matter for Ministers.</p><p>Notwithstanding, the Taskforce has engaged with organisations representing private tenants and the broader private rented sector.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

46001

	registered interest
	date	31/03/2014
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much income from capital receipts from sales under the Right to Buy scheme has been paid to HM Treasury by local authorities in each year since 2010–11.
	tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
	uin	HL6479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The table below answers the noble Lady's question:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Receipts arising in that year<sup>1</sup> from Right to Buy sales (or equivalents)<sup>2</sup> which are payable to HM Treasury (£ million)<sup>3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-2011<sup>4</sup></p></td><td><p><strong>114.4</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p><strong>138.9</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p><strong>123.6</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2013-December 2014</p></td><td><p><strong>120.8<sup>5</sup></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes</p><p><sup>1 </sup>Figures include the payable part of mortgage repayments and repayments of discounts paid in the current year in respect of Right to Buy sales made in previous years.</p><p><sup>2 </sup>For 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, figures include the payable part of receipts arising from all other disposals of dwellings. For 2012-2013 and 2013-2014, figures only include receipts arising from sales of dwellings to secure tenants which are below market value and some shared ownership sales.</p><p><sup>3</sup> All figures are provisional, though those for all years up to 2012-2013 have been audited which means that they are less likely to be amended.</p><p><sup>4</sup> Until the end of 2010-2011, receipts received by authorities which were debt-free on 31 March 2004 were payable not to HM Treasury but to the Department of Communities and Local Government and its predecessor departments.</p><p><sup>5</sup> The figure for 2013-2014 is only for the first three quarters of that year.</p><p>For 2009-2010, receipts arising from the sale of dwellings received by local authorities that were not debt-free that were paid to HM Treasury amounted to <strong>£132.7 million</strong>. For 2008-2009, the equivalent figure was <strong>£135.9 million</strong>.</p><p>The reinvigoration of Right to Buy since April 2012 has ensured, for the first time ever, that the receipts from the additional sales (those over what was forecast prior to the change) are reinvested to help fund new homes for affordable rent. So far, £300 million has been generated from additional sales and already over 2,000 homes have been started on site or acquired.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
	tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow