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891391

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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	Affordable Housing: Young People
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 make housing more affordable for young people.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	137953
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Since 2010 we have delivered over 357,000 new affordable homes, including over 257,000 affordable homes for rent.</p><p>We are providing over £9 billion funding for the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21, to deliver a wide range of affordable housing to meet the housing needs of a range of people in different circumstances and with different housing needs.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/04/2018 09:55:43 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

891393

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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: Construction
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 his department is taking to build new social housing.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	137954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>Since 2010 we have delivered over 357,000 new affordable homes,including over 257,000 affordable homes for rent.</p><p>We are providing over £9 billion funding for the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21, this includes an additional £2 billion which will be available for social rent.</p><p>We have confirmed long-term rent certainty for social landlords in England and announced that we will be providing councils with £1 billion of additional borrowing to deliver homes where demand is greatest. These measures will support housing associations and local authorities build more genuinely affordable homes where they are needed most.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/04/2018 09:53:53 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

891420

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
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, pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2018 to Question 125886, when he plans to publish the social housing green paper.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	137908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>We have been listening to tenants through a process of engagement which finished on 10 April, and over 7,000 people have shared their views across a wide range of concerns.</p><p>We intend to publish the Social Housing Green Paper in the next few months.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/04/2018 09:44:54 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

890437

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Homelessness: Death
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of the Government recording homeless death statistics at a national level.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	137480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>No one should ever have to sleep rough and the death of any rough sleeper is a tragedy. As part of our Rough Sleeping Strategy, we will be considering a wide range of options to support rough sleepers to meet our commitment, which will include the data we gather on them.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 27/04/2018 14:30:06 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler previous answer version 54653 answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

890494

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
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	Temporary Accommodation
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 have been taken as part of the £100 million programme for low-cost move on accommodation to enable people leaving hostels and refuges to make a sustainable recovery from a homelessness crisis into independent living; and how much of that money has been spent to date.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	137467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>£50 million has been allocated to the Greater London Authority who are working closely with those in the homelessness sector to deploy the fund in the capital.</p><p>It is our priority to ensure that the Move On Fund meets the needs of those who are homeless and victims of domestic abuse, as such the Department is carefully considering the design of the programme for the rest of England, in particular to ensure a strategic alignment with the Rough Sleeping Strategy to be published in July.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 27/04/2018 14:47:50 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler previous answer version 54651 answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

889945

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Sleeping Rough: Supported 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, if he will expand the clearing house scheme of housing for people with a history of rough sleeping.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	136997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to finding a way to provide additional, coordinated move-on accommodation for rough sleepers, building on the existing 3,750 ‘clearing house’ places which are already provided by housing associations in London. The Department is working with the National Housing Federation to explore the possibility of extending this London-based scheme nationally.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/04/2018 09:44:25 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

890067

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
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	Rent to Buy Scheme
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 promote the Rent to Buy scheme as a route into home ownership; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Gary Streeter
uin	137117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is determined to extend the opportunity of home ownership to hard working families who aspire to home ownership but may be otherwise unable to afford it. We are investing over £9 billion in affordable homes, including Rent to Buy, through the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21. The programme is flexible and sets no ringfences on particular forms of tenure, so providers can bid into the programme to develop a wide range of homes to meet the housing needs of a range of people in different circumstances and housing markets.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 26/04/2018 15:41:35 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

887871

registered interest
date	20/04/2018
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	Leasehold: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to provide support to owners of new-build leasehold homes who are charged fees other than ground rent by the freeholder.
tabling member constituency	Great Grimsby
tabling member printed	Melanie Onn
uin	136866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for leaseholders and freeholders. We want to ensure that consumers only pay for the services that they receive, that costs should be transparent, communicated effectively and that there should be a clear route to challenge or redress if things go wrong.</p><p>As announced on 21 December 2017, the Government will introduce legislation so that, in future, ground rents on newly established leases of houses or flats are set at a peppercorn (zero financial value).</p><p>In addition, on 1 April, the Department published its response to the recent call for evidence on <em>Protecting consumers in the letting and managing agent market</em>. Proposals include establishing a working group to take forward work on regulating letting and managing agents as well as to consider under what circumstances fees such as service charges, administration charges and other charges placed on properties are justified, how they should be presented to consumers and to explore the best means to challenge fees which are unjustified.</p><p /><p><br></p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 25/04/2018 15:53:29 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4464 label Biography information for Melanie Onn

887238

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
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	Public Lavatories: Railway Stations
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 discussions his Department has had with the Department for Transport on the number of changing places toilet facilities at National Rail stations.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	136802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>Officials from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have discussed with the Department for Transport the provision of Changing Places toilets. Both departments have met to talk with representatives of the Changing Places consortium to review current and forecast provision in National Rail stations.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/04/2018 16:32:45 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

886144

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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	Estate Agents: Regulation
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 her Department is taking to regulate estate agents.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	136339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>In our response to the call for evidence on improving the home buying and selling process, Government has committed to working with the National Trading Standards Estate Agency Team to strengthen enforcement of the existing regulatory framework for estate agents with a focus on ensuring all agents comply with consumer protection regulations. We will also launch a consultation on creating a mandatory professional qualification for estate agents in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/04/2018 16:32:10 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon