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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

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

228083

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	Local Government: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 bring forward legislative proposals to allow City of York Council to join the West Yorkshire Combined Authority; whether the new city deal announced in the Budget for the West Yorkshire Combined Authority will apply also to City of York Council; when City of York Council first notified his Department of its wish to join the West Yorkshire Combined Authority; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
uin	228261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The West Yorkshire governance review, published in July 2013, stated the wish for the area of the City of York Council to be included in the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, should the necessary legislative changes be made. The Government is committed to ensure that the combined authorities’ legislation is appropriate. Following its recent consultation, the Government intends shortly to lay a draft Legislative Reform Order which, if approved and made during the next Parliament, would give greater flexibility to enable - for example – local authority areas which do not all share a boundary but which are in same functional economic area, to form or join a combined authority. Changes can be made to an existing combined authority on the approval of Parliament. If York and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority wish for York to join the Combined Authority, and if the statutory conditions are met and there is wide local support, this Government would seek Parliament’s approval to make this change. The devolution deal announced on 18 March includes the City Of York.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/03/2015 17:50:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

228087

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	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 steps his Department has taken to explore the use of flat-pack housing as a means of tackling housing shortages.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	228031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>This Government wants to see high quality housing built quickly and efficiently and is working closely with the housebuilding industry to encourage take up of innovative approaches, including advanced housing manufacturing construction.</p><p> </p><p>The Government commissioned an industry-led Off-Site Housing Review report which was published in February 2013 and is available on the Construction Industry Council’s website at:</p><p><a href="http://cic.org.uk/news/article.php?s=2013-02-28-cic-presents-housing-minister-with-offsite-housing-review-report" target="_blank">http://cic.org.uk/news/article.php?s=2013-02-28-cic-presents-housing-minister-with-offsite-housing-review-report</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also encouraging the use of innovative construction techniques through our national planning guidance, published in March 2014, and our Affordable Homes 2015-18, Build to Rent and Housing Zones programmes.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Ministers have made a number of visits to housing developments recently, highlighting the quality and speed of construction benefits that advanced manufacturing can bring.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 228032 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:56:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

228088

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	Housing: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of flat-pack housing as a solution to housing shortages in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	228032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>This Government wants to see high quality housing built quickly and efficiently and is working closely with the housebuilding industry to encourage take up of innovative approaches, including advanced housing manufacturing construction.</p><p> </p><p>The Government commissioned an industry-led Off-Site Housing Review report which was published in February 2013 and is available on the Construction Industry Council’s website at:</p><p><a href="http://cic.org.uk/news/article.php?s=2013-02-28-cic-presents-housing-minister-with-offsite-housing-review-report" target="_blank">http://cic.org.uk/news/article.php?s=2013-02-28-cic-presents-housing-minister-with-offsite-housing-review-report</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also encouraging the use of innovative construction techniques through our national planning guidance, published in March 2014, and our Affordable Homes 2015-18, Build to Rent and Housing Zones programmes.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Ministers have made a number of visits to housing developments recently, highlighting the quality and speed of construction benefits that advanced manufacturing can bring.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 228031 question first answered 23/03/2015 17:56:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

228285

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	Landlords
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, when he expects the updated guidance to local authorities on dealing with rogue landlords to be published.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	228291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The guidance was published on 13 March and can be accessed at:</p><p><br>www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-the-private-rented-sector-and-tackling-bad-practice-a-guide-for-local-authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/03/2015 17:51:29 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

227703

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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	Social Rented Housing: Blackpool
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 households in Blackpool South constituency were on local authority housing waiting lists in (a) May 2010 and (b) February 2015.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	227928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on the numbers of households on local authorities' housing waiting lists in each local authority district, including Blackpool, are published in the Department's live table 600, which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies</a><br><br>These statistics are not available by parliamentary constituency.<br><br>In the Blackpool local authority area, housing waiting lists under the last Labour Government rose from 4,159 in April 1997 to 6,769 in April 2010. Under this Government, they have fallen to 4,843 as of April 2014.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/03/2015 12:38:59 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

227731

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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	Local Plans
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 bring forward legislative proposals to provide for local authorities who do not produce a local plan to be placed in special measures.
tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Jones
uin	227787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Plan making has significantly improved under this Government. 81% of local planning authorities have at least published their plan and 63% of local planning authorities now have an adopted local plan in place (compared to 17% in 2010).</p><p> </p><p>The Localism Act has strengthened the role of Local Plans, allowing local councils – in consultation with local residents – to draw up plans and determine where new development should and should not go. Paragraph 14 of the National Planning Policy Framework already provides a very strong incentive for councils to have a Local Plan in place. I am aware that the Labour Party's Lyons Review proposed that sanctions should be imposed against councils without a Local Plan and that the Secretary of State should direct the Planning Inspectorate to produce a Local Plan in place of the Council. However, I believe that proposal is excessively centralising, and would be an unpalatable re-creation of the top-down planning regime that we abolished in the Localism Act.</p><p> </p><p>Drawing up a Local Plan can be challenging – it involves trade-offs and hard choices, and there is no longer Regional Planning Guidance or Regional Spatial Strategy imposed from above to hide behind and blame. But it is our preference for this to be a locally-led process.</p><p> </p><p><br><br>The Government has supported local authorities in their Plan making by funding the Planning Advisory Service; the Planning Inspectorate; and senior retired Planning Inspectors to help bring forward sound Local Plans.</p><p> </p><p>This Government introduced neighbourhood planning which offers an unprecedented opportunity for communities to develop plans with statutory force. Over 1,400 communities, representing around 6 million people in England, have now applied for a neighbourhood area to be designated and 59 successful referendums on neighbourhood plans have been held. The Government is committed to supporting communities throughout the process and encouraging more communities to join them. The Government recently announced a new support contract worth £22.5 million, which will begin in April 2015 and last until 2018.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 227786 question first answered 24/03/2015 18:04:25 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones

227732

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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	Local Plans
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 assist local residents to produce a local plan in areas where no such plan has been produced by the local authority.
tabling member constituency	Nuneaton
tabling member printed	Mr Marcus Jones
uin	227786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Plan making has significantly improved under this Government. 81% of local planning authorities have at least published their plan and 63% of local planning authorities now have an adopted local plan in place (compared to 17% in 2010).</p><p> </p><p>The Localism Act has strengthened the role of Local Plans, allowing local councils – in consultation with local residents – to draw up plans and determine where new development should and should not go. Paragraph 14 of the National Planning Policy Framework already provides a very strong incentive for councils to have a Local Plan in place. I am aware that the Labour Party's Lyons Review proposed that sanctions should be imposed against councils without a Local Plan and that the Secretary of State should direct the Planning Inspectorate to produce a Local Plan in place of the Council. However, I believe that proposal is excessively centralising, and would be an unpalatable re-creation of the top-down planning regime that we abolished in the Localism Act.</p><p> </p><p>Drawing up a Local Plan can be challenging – it involves trade-offs and hard choices, and there is no longer Regional Planning Guidance or Regional Spatial Strategy imposed from above to hide behind and blame. But it is our preference for this to be a locally-led process.</p><p> </p><p><br><br>The Government has supported local authorities in their Plan making by funding the Planning Advisory Service; the Planning Inspectorate; and senior retired Planning Inspectors to help bring forward sound Local Plans.</p><p> </p><p>This Government introduced neighbourhood planning which offers an unprecedented opportunity for communities to develop plans with statutory force. Over 1,400 communities, representing around 6 million people in England, have now applied for a neighbourhood area to be designated and 59 successful referendums on neighbourhood plans have been held. The Government is committed to supporting communities throughout the process and encouraging more communities to join them. The Government recently announced a new support contract worth £22.5 million, which will begin in April 2015 and last until 2018.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 227787 question first answered 24/03/2015 18:04:24 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones

227735

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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	Housing: Blackpool
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 recorded as living in overcrowded conditions in Blackpool South constituency in (a) 2010 and (b) the most recent date for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	227930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The social housing reforms in the Localism Act have given local authorities and social landlords the tools they need to tackle overcrowding; while retaining the reasonable preference provisions in the allocation legislation which ensure that overcrowded families continue to get priority for social housing. HomeSwap Direct is there to make it easier for overcrowded social tenants to swap with those who want to downsize. The removal of the spare room subsidy also encourages the more effective use of social housing, by addressing the under-occupation of family homes.</p><p> </p><p>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. A further £38 billion public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020.</p><p> </p><p><br><br>Data on occupancy at the local authority level from the 2011 Census is published at:</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-wards-and-output-areas-in-england-and-wales/rft-qs412ew.xls" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-wards-and-output-areas-in-england-and-wales/rft-qs412ew.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/03/2015 12:54:27 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden