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802934

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
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
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 has been allocated under the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21 to (a) London and (b) each Homes and Communities Agency operating area to the end of September 2017; and what the number of housing units in receipt of such allocation has been by tenure in that period.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	118354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>Affordable housing remains the Government’s priority. That’s why the Prime Minister recently announced an additional £2 billion funding for affordable housing, increasing the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21 budget to over £9 billion to deliver a wide range of affordable housing, including social rent homes.</p><p>The Affordable Homes Programme is delivered through the Greater London Authority (GLA) and the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).</p><p>London will receive £3.15 billion over the period 2015 – 2021 to deliver at least 90,000 affordable housing starts by March 2021. Details for GLA allocations are available at the following link: <a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/record-17bn-deal-for-new-homes" target="_blank">https://www.london.gov.uk/press-releases/mayoral/record-17bn-deal-for-new-homes</a></p><p>The breakdown of funding and housing units so far delivered by HCA operating areas up to 2021 will be published in quarter 4, details for the 2015 to 2018 programme can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/affordable-homes-programme-2015-to-2018-guidance-and-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/affordable-homes-programme-2015-to-2018-guidance-and-allocations</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 13/12/2017 17:07:31 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

802936

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
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
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 funding per unit from allocations under the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21 for (a) London and (b) each Homes and Communities operating area, excluding nil grant units was for (i) the entire programme (ii) Affordable Rent units and (iii) Affordable Home Ownership units for the period up to the end of September 2017,
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	118356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Funding is allocated by the Homes and Communities Agency and the Greater London Authority in London. Housing associations and local authorities are able to bid into the Programme for funding.</p><p>Successful bids for the HCA and GLA can be found online.</p><p>HCA figures can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/affordable-homes-programme-2016-to-2021-successful-bidders" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/affordable-homes-programme-2016-to-2021-successful-bidders</a></p><p>GLA figures can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/housing-and-land/homes-londoners/homes-londoners-affordable-homes-programme-2016-21" target="_blank">https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/housing-and-land/homes-londoners/homes-londoners-affordable-homes-programme-2016-21</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/12/2017 12:19:57 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 29542 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

802937

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
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
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 set out the average gross rents resulting from total allocations under the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21 to the end of September 2017 for affordable rent schemes in (a) London and (b) each Homes and Communities Agency operating area, expressed both in (i) pounds per week and (ii) as a percentage of market rent.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	118357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The Greater London Authority has published its proposed London Affordable Rent levels on its website. See page 7 in the following file:</p><p><a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/homesforlondoners-affordablehomesprogrammefundingguidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/homesforlondoners-affordablehomesprogrammefundingguidance.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The overall national average as a proportion of market rent for affordable rent funded housing through the programme is 80 per cent.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Homes and Communities Operating area</p></td><td><p>Average rent PW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East, Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Total</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 13/12/2017 17:06:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

802978

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
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, with reference to Autumn Budget 2017, how the announced £8 billion of new guarantees to support house building will operate in practice.
tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Heidi Allen
uin	118398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government has provided debt guarantees to support the provision of affordable and privately rented homes since 2013. The existing guarantee schemes have supported the delivery of over 42,000 homes.</p><p>The further £8 billion guarantee capacity will ensure that the housing sector continues to be able to the access debt markets once the existing guarantee schemes have expired.</p><p>We will engage the market over the coming months as to the most effective way of deploying this new guarantee capacity.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/12/2017 12:03:52 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4516 label Biography information for Heidi Allen

802999

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
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, whether he plans to introduce a right to bid for assets held by local authorities to release land for housing.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	118419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Right to Contest already provides a mechanism by which local people can challenge public bodies, including local councils, to release unused and underused land for housing.</p><p>The Government has no current plans to change this approach but would give consideration to any specific proposals which come forward.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/12/2017 12:01:11 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 29543 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

803005

registered interest
date	08/12/2017
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	Aviation: Planning
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 his Department has to introduce sector-led planning guidance for general aviation airfields; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	118425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s planning policy for airfields is set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. This is supported by our planning practice guidance on <em>'Transport evidence bases in plan-making and decision taking’</em>, which makes clear to local authorities that they should consider the interconnectivity between airfields of different sizes and that they should have regard to the Aviation Policy Framework.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 18/12/2017 11:58:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

802525

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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: West Midlands
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 is taking to increase house building in the West Midlands Combined Authority area.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	118075
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Over 1,111,000 additional homes have been delivered in England since April 2010, with 217,350 net additional dwellings in 2016-17, up 15 per cent on 2015-16 and 50 per cent on 2009-10.</p><p>But the Prime Minister has been clear – this should be a country that works for everyone. This means building more of the right homes, in the right places, and ensuring the housing market works for all parts of our community.</p><p>So at Autumn Budget 2017, we announced further reforms to tackle our broken housing market, including Planning reforms to ensure more land is available for housing and maximise the potential of our cities and towns to build new homes whilst protecting the Green Belt; more than £15 billion of new financial support over the next five years, taking total financial support to at least £44 billion to 2022/2023, and expanding the Homes and Communities Agency to become Homes England, bringing together money, expertise, planning and compulsory purchase powers.</p><p>We also agreed a second Devolution Deal with the West Midlands, which included support for a new Mayoral Housing Delivery Team, and are continuing work on a Housing Deal to increase the supply of land and housing delivery across the West Midlands.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/12/2017 12:24:59 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 29217 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

802526

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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: Wolverhampton
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 homes were (a) started and (b) completed in Wolverhampton in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	118076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Estimates of house building, new build dwellings starts and completions for England and in each local authority district, to June quarter 2017, are shown in Live Table 253a at the following link.</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>Data for the September quarter 2017 is scheduled for publication on the 19 December 2017.</p><p>These only cover new build dwellings and should be regarded as a leading indicator of overall housing supply. The Department also publishes an annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/12/2017 16:50:37 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

802661

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	Garden Communities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which sites he has identified to become locally-led garden cities.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	118211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>We are currently supporting the development of twenty-four locally-led garden cities, towns and villages with the potential for 220,000 new homes across England.</p><p>There are 10 locally-led garden cities, towns and communities at <strong>Ebbsfleet</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>Bicester</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>Didcot</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>Basingstoke</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>Otterpool Park in Kent</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>Aylesbury</strong><strong>, </strong><strong>Taunton, Harlow-Gilston, North Essex</strong> and <strong>North Northamptonshire</strong>.</p><p>We also announced our support for 14 Garden Villages in January 2017:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Long Marston</strong> in Stratford-on-Avon</p></li><li><p><strong>Oxfordshire Cotswold</strong> in West Oxfordshire;</p></li><li><p><strong>Tresham </strong>in East Northants;</p></li><li><p><strong>Culm</strong> in Mid Devon;</p></li><li><p><strong>Welborne</strong> near Fareham in Hampshire</p></li><li><p><strong>West Carclaze</strong> in Cornwall;</p></li><li><p><strong>Dunton Hills</strong> near Brentwood, Essex;</p></li><li><p><strong>Spitalgate Heath</strong> in South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire</p></li><li><p><strong>Halsnead</strong> in Knowsley, Merseyside;</p></li></ul><p>We intend to publish in the Spring, a prospectus inviting expressions of interest in ambitious, locally supported, proposals for high quality new garden communities at scale.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/12/2017 16:49:43 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

802697

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
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	Green Belt
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 6 December to Question 117028, what assessment he has made of whether alterations made by local authorities to the shape of their green belts have been consistent with the criteria set out in his answer.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	118246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Under the National Planning Policy Framework, local authorities can alter the shape of their Green Belt only in exceptional circumstances. They do this through their Local Plan. This involves rigorous consultation in public and consideration by a planning inspector at examination, who then makes a formal determination on whether the submitted Plan is sound. It is for each Plan to be found sound if it is properly prepared, justified, effective and consistent with national policy in the Framework.</p><p>In the Housing White Paper, <em>Fixing our broken housing market</em>, we recognised the need for more clarity on the exceptional circumstances in which a Green Belt boundary change can be proposed and consulted on a criteria. We are currently considering the responses and will implement any policy changes in a revision of the National Planning Policy Framework as soon as practicable in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/12/2017 16:52:11 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson