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228780

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2015
	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	Affordable Housing: South East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government plans to invest in affordable housing in the South East of England between 2015 and 2020; and how many affordable homes he forecasts will be built in that region in that period.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	228536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">£38 billion public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020. This means over the next Parliament we will build more new affordable homes than during any equivalent period in the last twenty years. Funding is allocated through competitive bidding and there are no top down targets for particular areas.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme has made initial allocations of £1.3 billion grant funding to deliver almost 62,000 new affordable homes, including £154 million in the East and South East area to deliver over 9,600 homes. The Homes and Communities Agency are inviting bids for the remainder of the 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme funding. Approximately £800 million is available.</del></p><p> </p><p>Affordable housing expenditure for England, <del class="ministerial">South East,</del> Surrey and Elmbridge in each year since 2005 is set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">South East</del></p></td><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>Elmbridge</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£m</del></p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>965</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">123</del></p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,083</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">157</del></p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,578</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">224</del></p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2,660</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">426</del></p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>3,737</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">565</del></p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2,612</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">424</del></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>2,029</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">363</del></p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>1,921</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">375</del></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>1,577</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">269</del></p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The budget for the supply of new affordable housing in 2014-15 is £1,239 million. However, this under-states the total level of affordable housing investment under this Government. Our Affordable Homes Programme is on track to deliver and surpass 170,000 new affordable homes between 2011 and 2015, and lever in £19.5 billion of public and private investment.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">A further £38 billion of public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020. This means over the next Parliament we will build more new affordable homes than during any equivalent period in the last twenty years. Funding is allocated through competitive bidding and there are no top down targets for particular areas.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">We do not publish regional statistics, nor does our housing or planning policy operate on the old Government Office Regions.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 25/03/2015 16:26:58 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2015 14:00:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 52898 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

228781

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2015
	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	Affordable Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the Government has spent on affordable housing in (a) England, (b) the South East, (c) Surrey and (d) Elmbridge in each year since 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	228549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">£38 billion public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020. This means over the next Parliament we will build more new affordable homes than during any equivalent period in the last twenty years. Funding is allocated through competitive bidding and there are no top down targets for particular areas.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme has made initial allocations of £1.3 billion grant funding to deliver almost 62,000 new affordable homes, including £154 million in the East and South East area to deliver over 9,600 homes. The Homes and Communities Agency are inviting bids for the remainder of the 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme funding. Approximately £800 million is available.</del></p><p> </p><p>Affordable housing expenditure for England, <del class="ministerial">South East,</del> Surrey and Elmbridge in each year since 2005 is set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">South East</del></p></td><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>Elmbridge</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£m</del></p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>965</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">123</del></p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,083</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">157</del></p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,578</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">224</del></p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2,660</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">426</del></p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>3,737</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">565</del></p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2,612</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">424</del></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>2,029</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">363</del></p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>1,921</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">375</del></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>1,577</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">269</del></p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The budget for the supply of new affordable housing in 2014-15 is £1,239 million. However, this under-states the total level of affordable housing investment under this Government. Our Affordable Homes Programme is on track to deliver and surpass 170,000 new affordable homes between 2011 and 2015, and lever in £19.5 billion of public and private investment.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">A further £38 billion of public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020. This means over the next Parliament we will build more new affordable homes than during any equivalent period in the last twenty years. Funding is allocated through competitive bidding and there are no top down targets for particular areas.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">We do not publish regional statistics, nor does our housing or planning policy operate on the old Government Office Regions.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 25/03/2015 16:26:58 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2015 14:00:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 52972 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

106410

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2014
	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
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the affordable housing budget was in each of the last 15 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	213381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Affordable housing expenditure for the last 15 years is set out below. Expenditure is a more accurate reflection of resources used to deliver affordable housing as budgets can and do fluctuate during the year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>965</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,083</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,578</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2,660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>3,737</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2,612</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>2,029</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>1,921</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>1,577</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>1,647</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>1,831</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>1,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td><p>1,175</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>1,116</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999-00</p></td><td><p>965</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The budget for the supply of new affordable housing in 2014-15 is £1,239 million. Our Affordable Homes Programme is on track to deliver 170,000 new affordable homes between 2011 and 2015, with £19.5 billion of public and private funding. Over 144,000 homes were delivered by the end of September 2014. <em>(DCLG Affordable Housing Supply, 2013-14 (16 October 2014), table 2012, Affordable Housing starts and completions funded by the HCA and GLA (20 November 2014). </em>We are confident that we will meet the target.<br><br>217,000 affordable housing have been delivered from April 2010 to September 2014.<br><br>£38 billion of public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020. This means over the next parliament we will build more new affordable homes than during any equivalent period in the last twenty years.<br><br></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 25/03/2015 16:23:29 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

223562

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2015
	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
	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 take steps to incentivise local authorities to promote social tenants' Right to Buy.
	tabling member constituency	Bromley and Chislehurst
	tabling member printed	Robert Neill
	uin	225453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Under the Housing Act 1985 and associated secondary legislation, social landlords have a duty to supply information to their tenants to make them aware of how they can exercise their Right to Buy.</p><p> </p><p>However, it has been clear that some Labour councils have not enthusiastically done this, trying to keep their tenants in the dark. My Department has used a variety of media channels to raise awareness of the Right to Buy. We are open to representations on how we can further take forward the Right to Buy.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, Right to Buy sales help councils boost housing construction and reduce housing waiting lists. Since the Right to Buy was reinvigorated in England, £730 million in sales receipts are being re-invested in affordable house building; levering a further £1.7 billion of investment over the next 2 years. This means that in total, over £2.4 billion will be raised to invest in affordable house building as a result of the Right to Buy.</p><p> </p><p>My Department recently announced a new £42 million fund in 2015-16 to help council tenants who are eligible for Right to Buy to purchase a home on the open market. This will prioritise several groups of council tenants, including older people and will give those older people an opportunity to buy a home which is more suitable for their needs, or closer to family or support networks.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 25/03/2015 13:41:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1601 label Biography information for Sir Robert Neill

228284

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2015
	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	Forced Labour
	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 28 January 2015 to Question 221886, how many cases of forced labour have been found by local authorities during pro-active inspection of houses of multiple occupation in the last five years; and what training his Department provides to officials in local authorities on (a) the indicators of forced labour and (b) working with victims of trauma.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
	tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
	uin	228292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not collect information on the number of local authority inspections of Houses in Multiple Occupation. The Department does not have policy responsibility for forced labour or victims of trauma, consequently local authority officers do not receive training from my Department on the indicators of forced labour or working with victims of trauma. To support local authorities, we have just published revised guidance on tackling rogue landlords, as well as beds in sheds. This builds on the £6.7 million the Government has given councils to tackle rogue landlords in their area. To date, nearly 40,000 properties have been inspected and over 3,000 landlords are now facing further action or prosecution for breaking the law.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 25/03/2015 17:52:17 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 51990 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

228782

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2015
	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	Council Housing: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council houses have been sold in (a) London and (b) each London borough since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	228550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on local authority right to buy sales in London and in each London Borough are published in the Department's live table 685 (annual) and 691 (quarterly) which are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales</a><br><br>In England, council house building starts are now at a 23 year high and twice as many council homes have been built in the last 4 years than from 1997 to 2009. Previously, councils were not encouraged to build new homes from sales receipts and only 1 new council home was built for every 170 Right to Buy sales completed under the last Administration.</p><p>Since the Right to Buy was reinvigorated in England, £730 million in sales receipts are being re-invested in affordable house building; levering a further £1.7 billion of investment over the next 2 years. This means that in total, over £2.4 billion will be raised to invest in affordable house building as a result of the as a result of Right to Buy.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 25/03/2015 13:38:35 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan