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760644

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Right to Buy Scheme
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 make it his policy to allow local authorities to keep more than 30 per cent of the money generated from the sale of a council home under the Right to Buy scheme to help fund the building of replacement homes.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	105080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities who wish to build replacement homes enter into an agreement with this Department that allows them to retain and spend all the additional Right to Buy receipts (after covering debt, transaction costs and previously planned income from receipts) on replacement homes. The local authority must ensure that no more than 30 per cent of the cost of the new homes comes from the Right to Buy receipt.</p><p>The Department publishes data on Right to Buy replacements quarterly. These data are available at: <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>.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 105081 question first answered 09/10/2017 10:07:58 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

760645

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Right to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the replacement rate of social housing stock sold under Right to Buy since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	105081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities who wish to build replacement homes enter into an agreement with this Department that allows them to retain and spend all the additional Right to Buy receipts (after covering debt, transaction costs and previously planned income from receipts) on replacement homes. The local authority must ensure that no more than 30 per cent of the cost of the new homes comes from the Right to Buy receipt.</p><p>The Department publishes data on Right to Buy replacements quarterly. These data are available at: <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>.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 105080 question first answered 09/10/2017 10:07:58 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

760646

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will take steps to assist residential leaseholders whose ground rents have risen substantially.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	105084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>This Government is determined to make the housing market fairer. The public consultation, ‘Tackling Unfair Practices in the Leasehold Market’, looked at a range of measures, including ground rents, to help tackle unfair and unreasonable abuses of the leasehold system. The consultation closed on 19 September 2017. The Government is reviewing all responses and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/10/2017 10:06:20 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

760648

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Energy Performance Certificates
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 7 September 2017 to Question 7880, what steps his Department takes to assess what proportion of prospective tenants receive information as to (a) whether an energy certificate has been acquired and (b) what rating the property they are considering renting or leasing has been given; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	105187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not hold or collect data to assess what proportion of prospective tenants receive information as to (a) whether an energy certificate has been acquired and (b) what rating the property they are considering renting or leasing has been given. However, the Government has published energy performance certificate data for buildings that are rented or let which includes the energy rating of the building which prospective tenants can access: <a href="https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/" target="_blank">https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/10/2017 10:12:23 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

760831

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Compulsory Purchase: Compensation
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 plans to implement clauses 195 and 196 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 and clauses 38 and 39 of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	105330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Housing and Planning Act 2016 and Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 contain a package of measures to make the compulsory purchase system clearer, fairer and faster for all. These important reforms are being implemented on a staged basis: on 22 September we commenced a number of provisions in the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017, and the Government will now take forward work on the outstanding measures.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 105331 question first answered 09/10/2017 10:17:45 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

760832

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
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	Compulsory Purchase: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason he is yet to implement clauses 195 and 196 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 and clauses 38 and 39 of the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	105331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Housing and Planning Act 2016 and Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017 contain a package of measures to make the compulsory purchase system clearer, fairer and faster for all. These important reforms are being implemented on a staged basis: on 22 September we commenced a number of provisions in the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017, and the Government will now take forward work on the outstanding measures.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 105330 question first answered 09/10/2017 10:17:44 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

759635

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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: Fire Prevention
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 place in the Library copies of all correspondence between his Department and (a) local authorities, (b) the Local Government Association and (c) London councils in the last three years relating to residential fire safety.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	10066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>We are unable to provide this information as to do so would be at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/10/2017 10:20:28 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

759637

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Social Rented Housing: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to publish Social housing sales in England 2016 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	10070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>Publication dates for the Department's statistics are shown in the Statistics Release calendar, which is to be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;organisations%5B%5D=department-for-communities-and-local-government" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;organisations%5B%5D=department-for-communities-and-local-government</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/09/2017 16:09:42 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

759641

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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, when his Department plans to publish the Affordable Housing Starts and Completions: England, April 2017 to September 2017 (Update of Live Table 1012).
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	10088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>Publication dates for the Department's statistics are shown in the Statistics Release calendar, which is to be found at :</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;organisations%5B%5D=department-for-communities-and-local-government" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/announcements?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;organisations%5B%5D=department-for-communities-and-local-government</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 20/09/2017 16:02:37 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

759642

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
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	Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to publish Social Housing Lettings, England: 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	10091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government is currently planning to publish <em>Social Housing Lettings, England: 2016-17</em> as soon as the data is collected.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 21/09/2017 11:06:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey