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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

34375

	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, how many families were placed in temporary accommodation in each London borough in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	184631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the rt. hon. Member to Live Table 784 available 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 numbers of households in temporary accommodation in London are still well belowthe level they were at their peak, under the previous Administration, when they hit more than 63,800. Councils have a responsibility to move homeless households into settled accommodation as quickly as possible and we made common sense changes to the law to enable them to use suitable private rented homes. Indeed, the average stay in temporary accommodation in England has been reduced from 20 months at the beginning of 2010 to 14 months now.</p><p>We have also seen a 42% reduction in the numbers of families with children in Bed and Breakfast for more than six weeks on this time last year across the country. The seven local authorities that we funded to tackle families in Bed and Breakfast have made significant progress achieving an overall reduction of 96% since the funding began.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 09/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

78381

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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: 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 affordable homes were built in each London Borough in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	206261
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Statistics on delivery of affordable housing by local authority area are published in the Department’s live table 1008, which is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These statistics include both newly built housing and acquisitions, and include figures for 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13. Further statistics will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My department holds some statistics for 2013-14, for affordable housing delivery through programmes reported by the Homes and Communities Agency and the Greater London Authority (but not through other sources).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In total, the combined figures show that almost 200,000 affordable homes have been delivered in England from 2010-11 to 2013-14, of which almost 49,000 are in London. We expect these figures to be revised upwards when full affordable housing supply statistics are published in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government’s affordable housing programme for 2015 to 2018 aims to deliver 165,000 new affordable homes, and lever in a further £23 billion of public and private investment in affordable housing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/09/2014 14:33:52 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

851726

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2018
	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	Buildings: Fire Prevention
	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 assessment his Department has made of the suitability of using desktop studies to assess the flammability of cladding on buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	130489
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Interim report of Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety made the following recommendation;</p><p>&quot;The government should significantly restrict the use of desktop studies to approve changes to cladding and other systems to ensure that they are only used where appropriate and with sufficient, relevant test evidence. Those undertaking desktop studies must be able to demonstrate suitable competence. The industry should ensure that their use of desktop studies is responsible and in line with this aim.&quot;</p><p>The government has accepted this recommendation and will be consulting shortly on proposed changes to building regulations guidance.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/03/2018 12:02:05 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab previous answer version 44856 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

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

78377

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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	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 homes were built in each London Borough in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	206262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>More new council housing was started in London last year than in all the 13 years of the last Labour Government combined. Statistics on local authority (council) house building by local authority area are published in the Department’s live table 253, which is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 31/07/2014 13:10:27 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

884893

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	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	Council Tax: Non-payment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of legislative proposals to remove prison sentences for the non-payment of council tax in line with other forms civil debt sentencing.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	135881
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>Every penny of council tax that is not collected means a higher council tax or worse services in an area. However, it is important that councils are sympathetic to those in genuine hardship and are proportionate in enforcement. The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations are clear that the magistrates courts can only consider sending people to prison where the failure to pay is due to wilful refusal or culpable neglect. The Department has no plans to change those provisions.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 19/04/2018 14:48:51 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

229086

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Written Questions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to reply to Question 224607, tabled by the hon. Member for Tooting on 20 February 2015 for answer on 24 February 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	228799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Question 224607 was answered on 24 March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 26/03/2015 08:36:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

78382

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2014
	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	Empty Property: 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 properties in each London borough were classified as empty in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
	uin	206264
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Statistics on vacant dwellings in England by local authority district are published in the Department’s live table 615 which is available at the following link.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It gives annual total numbers of empty homes and those vacant longer than six months and also vacants in the local authority, housing association and other public sector tenures.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below provides information on all vacants for individual London Boroughs for the last four years. It is a clear sign that the Government’s approach to reducing empty homes is working.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 02/09/2014 14:15:53 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams attachment 1 file name 0424 Khan (table).docx title All Vacant Dwellings, London Boroughs Table
	tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

905491

	registered interest
	date	16/05/2018
	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	Fire Prevention
	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 requests for financial assistance to undertake fire safety work from local councils and housing associations has his Department refused since the Grenfell Tower fire; and of each such request what the sum of money applied for was.
	tabling member constituency	Tooting
	tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
	uin	144961
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not declined any requests for financial flexibilities to assist local authorities in competing essential fire safety work.</p><p>We have listened to what social sector landlords have been telling us about the cost of Aluminium Composite Material cladding systems and the decisions that they are making about how to fund it. The Prime Minister announced on 16 May that the Government will fully fund the removal and replacement of dangerous cladding on building owned by councils and housing associations, with costs estimated at £400 million. We will also continue to offer financial flexibilities for local authorities who need to undertake other essential fire safety work. We want to allocate this funding as soon as possible and we will announce more details shortly, including how we will encourage landlords to continue to pursue other parties for costs where they are responsible or at fault.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 21/05/2018 15:30:30 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan