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449771

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	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	Derelict Land: Greater Manchester
	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 provide brownfield gap funding to bring brownfield land in Greater Manchester back into use for homes and business.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	25468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">In March 2015 the Greater Manchester Combined Authority contracted with the Department for a £300 million recyclable financial investment to accelerate delivery of up to 15,000 homes over 10 years. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority are aware that, in light of this contract, it will not be possible for bids from the Manchester area to be accepted for other central government housing investment programmes.</del></p><p><br /><ins class="ministerial">A £3 billion housing financial transaction programme is available over the over the next five years to support small builders and get infrastructure on large sites, this is in addition to the £300 million Manchester Housing Investment Fund. The Spending Review made £2.3 billion available to support the preparation of up to 60,000 Starter Homes by 2020. This includes £1.2 billion to prepare more brownfield land for starter homes. Further details about the use of this funding will be announced shortly. Bids from Greater Manchester will be eligible to apply for these funds in the normal way.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/02/2016 12:56:11 question first ministerially corrected 29/02/2016 10:24:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 43706 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

442274

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2016
	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	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what incentives his Department provides to encourage local authorities to build retirement and adapted housing.
	tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
	tabling member printed	Mims Davies
	uin	20766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>We are committed to increasing the diversity and choice of housing for older people. We know that the right housing can help people to have the lifestyle they want in later life, and help people stay healthier for longer. The National Planning Policy Framework requires local authorities to plan for a mix of housing based on current and future demographic trends, and the needs of different groups in the area, including older people and disabled people. In March 2015 we strengthened our planning guidance further to encourage local authorities to recognise the importance for planning for older people’s housing.</p><p>Local authorities are eligible to bid for capital grant funding for specialised housing for older people, including adapted housing through the Government’s Affordable Homes Programme, which includes funding for supported housing and the Care and Support Specialised Housing Fund.</p><p>To help older people stay healthier for longer in their existing home the Government provides the Disabled Facilities Grant, which is part of the Better Care Fund. This capital grant for adaptations is paid to local authorities in England to fund the provision of home adaptations (including stair lifts, level access showers and, in some instances, home extensions) to help disabled people to live as comfortably, safely and independently as possible in their own homes for longer. In the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor announced that funding for the Grant will rise to over £500 million by 2020. Annual allocations for the Disabled Facilities Grant for each year until 2020 will be announced in due course.</p><br /> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/01/2016 16:26:46 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies

442268

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2016
	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	Housing: Floods
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on housebuilding on floodplains.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	20851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>National planning policy is designed to protect people and property from flooding. Local planning authorities are expected to avoid inappropriate development in areas at risk of flooding by directing development away from areas at highest risk, including floodplains. The policy is underpinned by planning guidance which makes clear that new house building should not be permitted in functional floodplains where water has to flow or be stored in times of flood.</p><p>Mitigation measures to make development acceptable in flood risk areas can be made a requirement of any planning consent.</p><p>All local planning authorities are expected to follow the strict tests set out in national planning policy and guidance. Where these tests are not met, national policy is very clear that new development should not be allowed.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/01/2016 16:37:03 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

442271

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2016
	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	Housing: Floods
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities follow the guidance given by the Environment Agency on the building of houses on floodplains.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	20849
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>National planning policy on flooding must be taken into account by local planning authorities in preparing their local plans and we are clear they should take advice from the Environment Agency and other relevant flood risk management bodies in doing so.</p><p>Additionally, a local planning authority must, as set out in the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015, consult the Environment Agency on planning applications for development proposed on a floodplain and, in determining the application, they must take into account their advice. As an added safeguard, if a local planning authority wants to approve an application that the Environment Agency has objected to because of concerns about flood risk, they must first refer it to the Secretary of State to consider whether it should be ‘called-in’. Between April 2011 and March 2015 over 99% of proposed new homes had planning outcomes in line with Environment Agency advice where they had been made aware of the decision.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/01/2016 16:52:39 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

442265

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2016
	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	Housing: Floods
	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 new homes have been built in National Flood Zone 3 in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	20847
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s latest land use change statistics provide estimates on the proportion of new residential addresses created in national flood zone 3. The latest figures show that in 2013-14, 7% of new residential addresses were created in the national flood zone 3. This equates to an estimated 9,100 homes being built in national flood zone 3 in 2013-14.</p><p>Prior to the publication of 2013-14 figures land use change statistics were calculated using a different methodology so they are not directly comparable to the 2013-14 figures. Figures produced using the previous methodology were last published for the calendar year 2011 and are provided in the attached table.</p><p>National planning policy is designed to protect people and property from flooding. Local planning authorities are expected to avoid inappropriate development in areas at risk of flooding by directing development away from areas at highest risk.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/01/2016 16:55:01 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis attachment 1 file name PQ 20847.xlsx title National Flood Zone 3
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

443201

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	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: Overcrowding
	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 and what proportion of homes in the social rented sector have been classified as overcrowded in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	21534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department publishes estimates of the numbers and proportions of homes in the social rented sector that have been classified as overcrowded. The proportion was estimated as 7.3% in 2010/11 and as 6.2% in 2013/14. These figures are from the English Housing Survey and are available at:</p><p>Annex Table 1.13 at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/469214/2013-14_Section_1_Households_tables_and_figures_FINAL.xlsx</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/01/2016 16:56:53 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

442269

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2016
	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	Housing: Floods
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the guidance given to local authorities regarding housebuilding on floodplains.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	20850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department, together with the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, holds regular discussions with the Environment Agency on a variety of matters including to ensure the safeguards in national planning policy to protect people and property from flooding are being applied. Between April 2011 and March 2015 over 99% of proposed new homes had planning outcomes in line with Environment Agency advice where they had objected because of concerns about flood risk and had been made aware of the decision.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/01/2016 17:00:15 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

442542

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2016
	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	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the total area of the direct commissioning site at Northstowe has planning permission for housing development.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	20954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The planning process is ongoing for these sites. This will be completed in due course working closely with the local communities and local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 20955 20956 20957 20958 20959 20975 20976 20977 20978 20979 20980 question first answered 12/01/2016 17:54:29 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

442537

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2016
	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	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the total area of the direct commissioning site at Connaught Barracks has planning permission for housing development.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	20955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The planning process is ongoing for these sites. This will be completed in due course working closely with the local communities and local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 20954 20956 20957 20958 20959 20975 20976 20977 20978 20979 20980 question first answered 12/01/2016 17:54:29 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

442540

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2016
	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	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the total area of the direct commissioning site at Lower Grayling Well has planning permission for housing development.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	20956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The planning process is ongoing for these sites. This will be completed in due course working closely with the local communities and local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 20954 20955 20957 20958 20959 20975 20976 20977 20978 20979 20980 question first answered 12/01/2016 17:54:29 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey