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34369

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2014
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	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 average proportion of market rent of all affordable housing is in each London borough.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	184627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I have placed in the Library of the House, a table showing affordable and social rents as a proportion of market rents, for each London borough.</p><p>The affordable rent model allows for more new affordable housing to be delivered with lower levels of taxpayer capital subsidy and by levering in more private investment. The programme is helping deliver £15 billion of private investment in new affordable housing over the current spending review, alongside £4.5 billion of public investment. Social rent and affordable rent go hand in hand; both help provide accommodation for those on low incomes.</p><p>As the National Audit Office has observed: “the Department selected the best delivery model open to it for the funds it had available” and “the Department has so far achieved its policy objective to maximise the number of homes delivered within the available grant funding” (National Audit Office, “Financial viability of the social housing sector: introducing the Affordable Homes Programme”, 4 July 2012, <em>HC465,</em> pp.6-7).</p><p>I note in his recent Fabian Society pamphlet, the rt. hon. Member has complained that affordable rent would result in rents of 80 per cent of market rents in London. Whilst it varies by borough, as the table shows, for example, affordable rent levels are 38 per cent of average local market rents in Camden, 48 per cent in Islington, 54 per cent in Southwark and 35 per cent in Westminster, reflecting local circumstances.</p><p>I also observe that the housing policy announced at the Labour Party Conference in October 2012 also endorsed the use of affordable rents to build new homes; albeit this point is frequently lost on many Labour hon. Members who proceed to attack the basic principle of affordable rent in allowing more new affordable homes to be built using taxpayer capital subsidy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

46048

	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homeless households were accepted as being owed a duty of accommodation by their local authority in each year since 2010; and how many such acceptances were the result of domestic violence.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	194443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Thursday 3 April 2014]</em></p><p>I refer the hon. Member to Live Table 773 available on my Department's website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/286822/Table_773.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/286822/Table_773.xlsx</a> for data on homelessness acceptances and households with a priority need category of domestic violence.</p><p>Data at local authority level can be found in our “Detailed local authority level homelessness figures” spreadsheets which can be found on my Department's website at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a></p><p>The average numbers since 2010 are far less than under the last Administration, but there is no case for complacency or tolerance of domestic violence.The Coalition Government has ring-fenced nearly £40 million of stable funding for specialist local domestic and sexual violence support services until 2015. This funding is used to part-fund 54 Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference coordinators and 144 Independent Domestic Violence Advisors. We have piloted and rolled out Clare's Law and Domestic Violence Protection Orders; extended the definition of domestic abuse to cover controlling behaviour and teenage relationships; run two successful campaigns to challenge perceptions of abuse; and placed Domestic Homicide Reviews on a statutory footing to make sure lessons are learned from individual tragedies.</p><p>The dynamics of domestic abuse mean that accommodation can play an important role in the resolution of interpersonal abuse and conflict. It is the foundation to ensuring that adult and child victims are afforded safety and security. This is why this Government has invested £470 million to prevent and tackle all forms of homelessness over the spending review period. The homelessness legislation in England provides one of the strongest safety nets in the world for families with children and vulnerable people who become homeless through no fault of their own.</p><p>There is a range of support for victims of domestic abuse. Some victims will be accommodated in refuges, but Sanctuary Schemes and mainstream local authority accommodation may be an option for others, while some victims will pursue independent solutions with help and advice from support schemes as necessary.</p><p>My Department also funds UKRefugesOnline a UK wide database of domestic violence services which supports the national 24 hour free phone domestic violence helpline. It enables those working with victims of domestic violence to identify appropriate services and potential refuge vacancies around the country so that victims can get the help they need as quickly as possible.</p><p>This Government has also made common sense changes to the law to allow local authorities to end the main homelessness duty with offers of accommodation in good-quality private sector accommodation. This helps homeless households move to settled accommodation more quickly and means they spend less time in temporary accommodation. Indeed, we have reduced the average stay in temporary accommodation from 20 months at the beginning of 2010 to 14 months now.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 4496 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

50292

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2014
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the average satisfaction rating given by tenants relating to maintenance service in public housing in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	198259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Information on tenants' satisfaction in relation to repairs and maintenance in local authority housing for England is reported in the English Housing Survey. The data collected since 2008/9, which cannot be broken down by local authority area, are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p>Satisfied %</p></td><td><p>Dissatisfied %</p></td><td><p>Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied %</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/9</p></td><td><p>63.7</p></td><td><p>28.9</p></td><td><p>7.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>65.1</p></td><td><p>25.3</p></td><td><p>9.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>65.8</p></td><td><p>25.9</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>65.6</p></td><td><p>25.0</p></td><td><p>9.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Data for 2012/13 are expected to be published in July 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

57710

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what change there was in the number of homelessness acceptances arising from the end of a private sector tenancy in (a) Bury St Edmunds, (b) Suffolk and (c) England and Wales in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
	uin	198572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>To assist public scrutiny, a table showing homelessness acceptances due to loss of private sector tenancy, by local authority, in each year from 2003 to 2013 is available in the Library of the House,</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data is not collected by parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The dataset shows that under the last Administration, the average numbers were higher than under this Administration, especially when taking into account the changes in the overall size of the private rented sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I would note that the rental sector policies of HM Opposition would make the problem worse, by reducing availability of private rented accommodation, forcing up rents and discouraging investment in the private rented sector. By contrast, this Government is increasing house building, delivering £19.5 billion of investment in affordable housing, supporting billions of private investment in new private rented accommodation, providing £470 million to prevent and tackle all forms of homelessness, and avoiding the excessive regulation which would harm the interests of tenants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 11/06/2014 15:29:14 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

57842

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Social Rented 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 many tenants from elsewhere in the UK have taken advantage of Home Swap Direct to arrange exchanges to Scotland in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	199053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Details of the number of moves that have taken placeunder the <em>HomeSwap</em> Direct Scheme from elsewhere in the United Kingdom to Scotland in each of the last three years are not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p><em>HomeSwap</em> Direct increases opportunities for social tenants who wish to find a new home by allowing tenants looking for a swap to see details of every possible property nationwide, no matter which mutual exchange website their landlord has chosen to subscribe to. The scheme has operated very successfully since its launch in October 2011 with tenants carrying out over 18 million searches of the property data held on <em>HomeSwap</em> Direct.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 09/06/2014 15:23:12 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

57932

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Help to Buy Scheme: Huntingdon
	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 average age of buyers using the Government's Help to Buy scheme was in Huntingdon constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Huntingdon
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Djanogly
	uin	199063
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding reply: Monday 9 June2014] </em></p><p>The area of Huntingdonshire District Council comprises all the Huntingdon constituency and part of the North West Cambridgeshire constituency. Separate figures for the Huntingdon constituency could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Figures for the numbers of sales under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme as at 30 April 2014 broken down by local authority and postcode sector are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics</a>. I have also placed a copy of the table in the Library of the House.</p><p>A figure for the average age of buyers in Huntingdonshire is not available because central government does not collect information on the ages of buyers under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme.</p><p>The average annual total applicant income of the 127 households that had bought a property within the area of Huntingdonshire District Council under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme as at 31 March 2014 was £49,181. During this period, the average purchase price of properties bought under the scheme in the same area was £213,573 and the total amount of equity loan payments made by central government was £5,424,768.</p><p>Central government does not collect figures on the numbers of applications that have been (a) successful or (b) unsuccessful under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme. A breakdown for Huntingdonshire is therefore not available.</p><p>The Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme is a matter for the Treasury. Their most recent statistics show that the average value of the 23 properties in Huntingdonshire that had been sold under the scheme by 31 March 2014 was £162,228, and that the total value of loans supported by the scheme for these properties was £3,528,682. This information is available from Table 7 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 199059 199060 199062 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:02:13 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 247 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	1425 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Djanogly

57933

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Help to Buy Scheme: Huntingdon
	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 average (a) household income and (b) house property acquisition price was of those buying under the Government's Help to Buy scheme in Huntingdon constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Huntingdon
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Djanogly
	uin	199062
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding reply: Monday 9 June2014] </em></p><p>The area of Huntingdonshire District Council comprises all the Huntingdon constituency and part of the North West Cambridgeshire constituency. Separate figures for the Huntingdon constituency could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Figures for the numbers of sales under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme as at 30 April 2014 broken down by local authority and postcode sector are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics</a>. I have also placed a copy of the table in the Library of the House.</p><p>A figure for the average age of buyers in Huntingdonshire is not available because central government does not collect information on the ages of buyers under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme.</p><p>The average annual total applicant income of the 127 households that had bought a property within the area of Huntingdonshire District Council under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme as at 31 March 2014 was £49,181. During this period, the average purchase price of properties bought under the scheme in the same area was £213,573 and the total amount of equity loan payments made by central government was £5,424,768.</p><p>Central government does not collect figures on the numbers of applications that have been (a) successful or (b) unsuccessful under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme. A breakdown for Huntingdonshire is therefore not available.</p><p>The Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme is a matter for the Treasury. Their most recent statistics show that the average value of the 23 properties in Huntingdonshire that had been sold under the scheme by 31 March 2014 was £162,228, and that the total value of loans supported by the scheme for these properties was £3,528,682. This information is available from Table 7 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 199059 199060 199063 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:02:13 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 246 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	1425 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Djanogly

57935

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Help to Buy Scheme: Huntingdon
	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 total value of Government assistance provided under the Help to Buy scheme is in the Huntingdon constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Huntingdon
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Djanogly
	uin	199060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding reply: Monday 9 June2014] </em></p><p>The area of Huntingdonshire District Council comprises all the Huntingdon constituency and part of the North West Cambridgeshire constituency. Separate figures for the Huntingdon constituency could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Figures for the numbers of sales under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme as at 30 April 2014 broken down by local authority and postcode sector are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics</a>. I have also placed a copy of the table in the Library of the House.</p><p>A figure for the average age of buyers in Huntingdonshire is not available because central government does not collect information on the ages of buyers under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme.</p><p>The average annual total applicant income of the 127 households that had bought a property within the area of Huntingdonshire District Council under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme as at 31 March 2014 was £49,181. During this period, the average purchase price of properties bought under the scheme in the same area was £213,573 and the total amount of equity loan payments made by central government was £5,424,768.</p><p>Central government does not collect figures on the numbers of applications that have been (a) successful or (b) unsuccessful under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme. A breakdown for Huntingdonshire is therefore not available.</p><p>The Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme is a matter for the Treasury. Their most recent statistics show that the average value of the 23 properties in Huntingdonshire that had been sold under the scheme by 31 March 2014 was £162,228, and that the total value of loans supported by the scheme for these properties was £3,528,682. This information is available from Table 7 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 199059 199062 199063 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:02:13 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 245 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	1425 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Djanogly

57936

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Help to Buy Scheme: Huntingdon
	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 applications have been made (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully under the first stage of the Government's Help to Buy scheme in Huntingdon constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Huntingdon
	tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Djanogly
	uin	199059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding reply: Monday 9 June2014] </em></p><p>The area of Huntingdonshire District Council comprises all the Huntingdon constituency and part of the North West Cambridgeshire constituency. Separate figures for the Huntingdon constituency could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>Figures for the numbers of sales under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme as at 30 April 2014 broken down by local authority and postcode sector are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics</a>. I have also placed a copy of the table in the Library of the House.</p><p>A figure for the average age of buyers in Huntingdonshire is not available because central government does not collect information on the ages of buyers under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme.</p><p>The average annual total applicant income of the 127 households that had bought a property within the area of Huntingdonshire District Council under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme as at 31 March 2014 was £49,181. During this period, the average purchase price of properties bought under the scheme in the same area was £213,573 and the total amount of equity loan payments made by central government was £5,424,768.</p><p>Central government does not collect figures on the numbers of applications that have been (a) successful or (b) unsuccessful under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme. A breakdown for Huntingdonshire is therefore not available.</p><p>The Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme is a matter for the Treasury. Their most recent statistics show that the average value of the 23 properties in Huntingdonshire that had been sold under the scheme by 31 March 2014 was £162,228, and that the total value of loans supported by the scheme for these properties was £3,528,682. This information is available from Table 7 at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 199060 199062 199063 question first answered 12/06/2014 15:02:13 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 244 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	1425 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Djanogly

58127

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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	Help to Buy Scheme: North West
	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 average price has been for houses sold under (a) the Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee and (b) the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme in (i) the North West, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) Pendle.
	tabling member constituency	Pendle
	tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
	uin	198937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>a) Data on the Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee scheme are published by the Treasury. Figures to 31 March 2014 are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/help-to-buy-mortgage-guarantee-scheme-quarterly-statistics-october-2013-to-march-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>b) For the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme, figures for the average purchase price of properties are available at district council level, with the most recent official statisics relating to sales under the scheme to 30 April 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(i) As outlined in the Written Ministerial Statement of 18 September 2012, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 32WS, my Department no longer publishes statistics by government office region</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(ii) The average figure for that period across the twelve district council areas of Lancashire is £176,888. The figure for Lancashire can be compared with a national average of £205,424, as published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(iii) In Pendle, only one sale had been completed by 30 April 2014, and so quoting the average figure for that area would lead to disclosure of the purchase price of that property. This might be regarded as creating an unacceptably high risk of disclosing personal data and a statistical distortion.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures for the numbers of sales under the Help to Buy equity loan scheme as at 30 April 2014 broken down by local authority and postcode sector are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-monthly-statistics</a>. I have also placed a copy of the table in the Library of the House .</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 11/06/2014 16:46:36 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson