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1544858

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has to increase the quality of social housing.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	94684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2022 answer text <p>The Government has taken a variety of recent steps to increase the quality of social housing, including through the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill. More recently, the Secretary of State has written to all providers of social housing and a copy of the letter is available <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F1118876%2FSoS_letter_to_all_providers_of_social_housing.pdf&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ca0b42da5935542ab6e6f08dad3c0e898%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638055122724696727%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=XpC2lyMFPXXBtyo8YuK5EBizGDzMWDbw1hjdYahI86Y%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 01/12/2022 17:30:43 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1140763

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of new homes for social rent since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Eltham
	tabling member printed	Clive Efford
	uin	912098
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, we have delivered over 430,000 new affordable homes, including over 308,000 for rent. Between 2010-11 and 2017-18, we delivered nearly 135,000 social rent homes.</p><p>Our £9 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver around 250,000 new affordable homes by March 2022, including at least 12,500 for social rent.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 22/07/2019 15:54:36 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	165 label Biography information for Clive Efford

1362747

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to increase the supply of (a) affordable and (b) social housing.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
	uin	903790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>We are committed to increasing the supply of affordable homes and are investing over £12 billion in affordable housing. This is the largest investment in affordable housing since 2010.</p><p>This includes our new Affordable Homes Programme which will provide up to 180,000 affordable homes - should economic conditions allow. Around 32,000 of these will be homes for social rent.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 25/10/2021 16:43:32 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1543785

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What progress his Department has made on increasing the supply of social housing.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	902308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>This Government understands the importance of social housing and are clear that more homes must be built.</p><p>Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver tens of thousands of high-quality social homes right across the country, ensuring that hard working families and individuals can live in safety and security in the communities they call home.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 21/11/2022 16:17:19 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1229343

	registered interest
	date	28/08/2020
	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	Social Rented Housing
	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 steps he is taking to (a) enable the use of derelict buildings for housing developments and (b) reduce waiting times for people applying for social housing allocations.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
	tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
	uin	82407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Brownfield Housing Fund</p><p>The Prime Minister recently announced that seven Mayoral Combined Authorities, including the West Midlands Combined Authority, are each receiving a share of the £400 million Brownfield Housing Fund. The fund will bring under-utilised brownfield land back into use, including derelict buildings and vacant land, to help unlock 26,000 homes, contributing to the levelling-up of our country.</p><p>Social Housing</p><p>The Localism Act 2011 gave local councils power to manage their own waiting lists, so they can decide who should qualify for social housing in their area and develop solutions which make best use of the social housing stock. Since 2012, the social housing waiting list in England has reduced by 37 per cent.</p><p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of affordable housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes. The existing Affordable Homes Programme will be extended by one year. This will save homes that would otherwise have been lost following site closures due to Covid-19.</p><p>We have announced the details of a £12 billion investment in affordable housing to March 2026. This includes the new Affordable Homes Programme of £11.5 billion to deliver up to 180,000 homes should economic conditions allow. In total, this five-year programme represents the highest single funding commitment to affordable housing in a decade. Further details can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fjenrick-unveils-huge-12-billion-boost-for-affordable-homes&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C8748b2ebba654085f82508d8540bf2a4%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637351757572461512&amp;sdata=eKtz8fMZh4sNSHbWKNEVBzVkJeoZ7pJO%2BBL1yfqHk7g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jenrick-unveils-huge-12-billion-boost-for-affordable-homes</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 08/09/2020 16:20:45 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1679849

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the guidance his Department issues to local authorities on criteria for allocating social housing to people on the housing waiting list.
	tabling member constituency	Redditch
	tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
	uin	8157
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities allocate social housing in line with local housing need. This work is governed by a legal framework set by central government, which is provided to local authorities in statutory guidance. The department keeps this policy under review and any further announcements will be made in the usual way.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 17/01/2024 11:17:58 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
	tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

1381889

	registered interest
	date	24/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that the number of social homes being sold and demolished does not exceed the number of social homes being built.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	80952
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>Since 2010, we've delivered over 395,300 affordable homes for rent, of which over 153,400 homes are for social rent. <br> <br> Our new £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme (AHP) will deliver more than double the social rent than the current programme, with around 32,000 social rented dwellings due to be delivered. <br> <br> Following a consultation on the use of Right to Buy receipts, the Government introduced a package of reforms this year to help local authorities build more homes. This set of reforms, combined with the abolition of the borrowing cap in 2018, gives councils substantially increased flexibilities to build the homes England needs.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/12/2021 17:51:11 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1379866

	registered interest
	date	18/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the (a) availability of labour in maintenance roles and (b) potential effect of that availability on the time taken for council residential properties to be made available to people on the housing waiting list.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	77474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2021 answer text <p>Since 2012, the number of households on local authority waiting lists has reduced by 37.5%.</p><p>There is high demand for social housing and even those with priority for social housing may have to wait before a home which meets their needs becomes available. Local authorities are responsible for managing their waiting lists.</p><p>We believe the most effective way of reducing social housing waiting list times is by increasing the supply of affordable housing.</p><p>Our new £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme, will provide up to 180,000 new homes across the country, should economic conditions allow. This builds upon the success of our £9 billion Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme, running to 2023, which will deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 26/11/2021 14:21:32 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1225815

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2020
	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	Social Rented Housing
	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 plans he has to publish a social housing White Paper.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing North
	tabling member printed	James Murray
	uin	75463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government will publish the Social Housing White Paper later this year.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 21/07/2020 13:58:40 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1536489

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help support (a) councils and (b) housing associations to meet social housing requirements.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	72427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2022 answer text <p>Since 2010, more than 598,900 affordable homes have been delivered, including 157,200 for social rent. In 2020-21, 38 new Affordable Homes were provided in Slough, all of which were Affordable Rent. The Department only holds relevant data for England.</p><p>In 2012 we abolished open waiting lists and gave local authorities the power to manage their own waiting lists. This is because local authorities are best placed to develop solutions which make best use of local social homes.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 72420 72425 72426 question first answered 03/11/2022 17:55:01 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi