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48941

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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 (a) improvement notices in accordance with section 11, (b) prohibition orders in accordance with section 20, (c) hazard awareness notices in accordance with section 28 and (d) emergency remedial actions under section 40 or emergency prohibition orders under section 43 of the Housing Act 2004 have been issued by local authorities in England following the discovery of a category 1 hazard during a housing health and safety rating system inspection in the private rented sector in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	197159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

48771

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
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 plans he has to publish data on (a) women's homelessness, (b) the number of women who become homeless in a reporting period and (c) the length of their homelessness.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	196818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 13 March 2014, Official Report, column 311-312W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

48882

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
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 steps he is taking to prevent and tackle women's homelessness.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	196820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>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>The Government is committed to tackling and preventing all forms of homelessness and rough sleeping the Government. We have:</p><p>• Invested nearly £2 million to stop unlawful practice of councils placing families in B&amp;Bs for more than 6 weeks;</p><p>• Supported the roll out of ‘No Second Night Out' schemes across England, helping 67 per cent of rough sleepers off the streets after a single night;</p><p>• Invested £42.5 million to improve rough sleeper hostels;</p><p>• Made it easier for councils to help move homeless families out of temporary accommodation more quickly by using good-quality privately rented accommodation - backed up by a £1 billion investment to expand the rented sector; and</p><p>• Supported Local authorities to deliver high quality housing solutions for vulnerable people through the Gold Standard scheme. Councils aiming for the Standard are supported by £1.7 million worth of training and other support.</p><p>The dynamics of domestic abuse mean that accommodation can play an important role in the resolution of interpersonal abuse and conflict. This is why local authorities provide 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>This 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> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

48449

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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, when he expects to publish the findings of the research he commissioned from the University of Sheffield into the New Homes Bonus.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Raynsford
uin	196708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department is undertaking a wider evaluation of the New Homes Bonus; its findings will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	171 label Biography information for Mr Nick Raynsford

48451

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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 much housing stock was held by (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations for (i) social rent, (ii) affordable rent, (iii) intermediate rent and (iv) affordable homeownership in each year from 2010 to 2013.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Raynsford
uin	196529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Statistics on the amount of dwelling stock in England by tenure are published in the Department's live table 104, which is available at the following link:</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>This provides the total amount of stock owned by Private Registered Providers (housing associations) and local authorities but does not provide any further breakdown.</p><p>More detailed information on housing stock owned by local authorities, including a breakdown between those for social rent and those for affordable rent, for 2011-12 and 2012-13 only, can be found in the dataset that accompanies the Department's annual Local Authority Housing Statistics release. Information on housing stock for intermediate rent and affordable home ownership is not collected separately. For 2011-12 and 2012-13, these datasets can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2012-to-2013</a> (Section A, Question 2)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2011-to-2012</a> (Section A, Question 2)</p><p>Detailed information on housing stock owned by Private Registered Providers can be found in the dataset that accompanies the Homes and Communities Agency's annual Statistical Data Return. For 2011-12 and 2012-13, these datasets can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/news/second-statistical-data-return" target="_blank">http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/news/second-statistical-data-return</a> (2012-13)</p><p><a href="http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/news/statistical-data-return" target="_blank">http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/news/statistical-data-return</a> (2011-12)</p><p>Prior to 2011-12, this information was collected in the Tenant Services Authority's Regulatory and Statistical return and can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120419011320/http:/www.tenantservicesauthority.org/server/show/nav.15039" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120419011320/http://www.tenantservicesauthority.org/server/show/nav.15039</a></p><p>£19.5 billion of public and private investment in affordable homes will deliver 170,000 homes in the four years to 2015. Half way through, we have already delivered almost 99,000 affordable homes (98,700).</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	171 label Biography information for Mr Nick Raynsford

48452

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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 people (a) under 18 and (b) under 16 years of age have been given social housing in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	196482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The numbers of lead tenants being given social housing aged under 18 in England in the past five years for which data are available (1<sup>st</sup> April 2008 – 31<sup>st</sup> March 2013) is in the table below. Lead tenants are defined as the most economically active in the household. Numbers shown include lettings from both local authorities and private registered providers.</p><p>The numbers per year and per tenure type are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Tenant age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12<sup>i,ii</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13<sup>i,ii</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>General Needs</p></td><td><p>Under 18</p></td><td><p>2,758</p></td><td><p>2,232</p></td><td><p>2,108</p></td><td><p>1,875</p></td><td><p>1,535</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which under 16</em></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total lettings</p></td><td><p>264,790</p></td><td><p>260,235</p></td><td><p>269,187</p></td><td><p>270,678</p></td><td><p>260,530</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Supported Housing<sup>iii</sup></p></td><td><p>Under 18</p></td><td><p>9,579</p></td><td><p>8,520</p></td><td><p>9,384</p></td><td><p>9,021</p></td><td><p>7,989</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which under 16</em></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total lettings</p></td><td><p>114,400</p></td><td><p>107,520</p></td><td><p>124,438</p></td><td><p>123,806</p></td><td><p>118,213</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>Under 18</p></td><td><p>12,336</p></td><td><p>10,752</p></td><td><p>11,492</p></td><td><p>10,897</p></td><td><p>9,524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which under 16</em></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total lettings</p></td><td><p>379,190</p></td><td><p>367,756</p></td><td><p>393,625</p></td><td><p>394,484</p></td><td><p>378,743</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>i. Includes both social and Affordable Rent lettings.</p><p>ii. For 2011/12 and 2012/13, age is imputed where missing.</p><p>iii. Supported housing is defined as housing with special design facilities features, or designated for a particular client group.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: values in columns may not sum to totals due to rounding. Source: Continuous Recording of Lettings system (CORE).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

48456

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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 recent representations he has received on the potential merits of extending the Right to Acquire to homes built before 1997.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Mary Macleod
uin	196563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My Department has received a number of recent representations from individual housing association tenants to extend the Right to Acquire to homes built before 1997, to enable them to buy the home in which they currently live.</p><p>The Right to Acquire is offered on a different basis to the Right to Buy, including the level of discount, to reflect the different tenancy and type of landlord. Housing association properties which were not part of a stock transfer have been provided through various forms of finance, including private money. However, the Government is committed to keeping the policy under review and we are open to further representations on this matter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	3927 label Biography information for Mary Macleod

48457

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2014, Official Report, column 56W, on families: disadvantaged, what criteria his Department uses for assessing whether a family has been turned around.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	196545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As set out in my answer to the hon. Member for Croydon North (Steve Reed) on 2 December 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, column 556W, the criteria used by local authorities to determine whether a family is deemed turned around are published in the Financial Framework for the Troubled Families Programme's Payment by Results Scheme. This can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-troubled-families-programme-financial-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-troubled-families-programme-financial-framework</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

48461

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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 the net change was in the number of homes for social rent between 1984 and 1990.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	196794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Statistics on the amount of dwelling stock in England by tenure are published in the Department's live table 104, which is available at the following link:</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>Taken together, the Private Registered Provider (housing association) and local authority tenures provide an estimate of total social housing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

48501

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 533W, on wind power, what proportion of the anticipated generating capacity of onshore wind projects at appeal stage in the planning system related to applications recovered by him in each month of 2013.
tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
uin	196646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As I have said in my earlier answer, my Department does not centrally hold details of the generation capacity of wind turbine appeals.</p><p>As at the 1 October 2013, there were 255 onshore wind farm appeals, of which 32 were or have subsequently been recovered.</p><p>I can confirm that 17 onshore wind farm appeals were recovered in 2013. This amounts to 6% of the number of onshore wind farm appeals received (280) during that period.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Appeals Received</p></td><td><p>Appeals Recovered</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sept</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I also refer the hon. Member to the written statement of 9 April 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 12-13WS, which explains the background to the recovery of these planning appeals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 196645 question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott