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416155

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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: Sustainable development
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 promote sustainable home design using sustainable materials.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	8390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>In its response of March 2014 to the Environmental Select Committee's Report: Code for Sustainable Homes and the Housing Standards Review, the Government set out that it would consider work being undertaken by the European Commission to establish common standards for the sustainability of construction before deciding on any next steps in developing sustainability standards in England. The Commission's work is ongoing and further information can be found below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/buildings.htm" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/buildings.htm</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/09/2015 13:52:21 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

416325

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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 Starts: 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 proportion of the increase in affordable home starts between 2009-10 and 2013-14 was attributable to changing the definition of affordable from 70 to 80 per cent of local private rents.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	9037
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Affordable rents were never defined as 70% of the local market rent. Affordable Rents were introduced in 2010, and with rents to be set at any level, up to 80 per cent, of market rents. Rent setting has to take into consideration local needs and the local market context. In London the average Affordable Rent is around 65 per cent of market rents.</p><p> </p><p>The Affordable Rent model allows us to reduce the level of grant required for each home from over £66,000 to an average of £24,500 per home. This enables us to deliver more homes for every pound of Government investment, so more people in housing need can have access to a good quality home with at a sub-market rent. Since April 2010, we have delivered 260,000 new affordable homes.</p><p> </p><p>The National Audit Office report on the <em>Financial viability of the social housing sector</em> concluded that the Affordable Rent model maximised benefits and the number of homes that could be delivered within the available grant funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/09/2015 13:59:54 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

416438

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Regional Planning and Development: Greater Manchester
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 the Summer Budget 2015, Paragraph 1.284, whether the new planning powers of the Greater Manchester city region will include the ability to depart from the National Planning Policy Framework.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	8547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework and planning guidance expect local authorities to meet the development needs of their area. Under the terms of the Greater Manchester Agreement, the directly elected Mayor will have powers to produce a statutory spatial framework covering all 10 unitary authorities. This framework will need to be consistent with the National Planning Policy Framework.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/09/2015 14:06:11 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

416439

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Greater Manchester Land Commission
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 powers and responsibilities of the Greater Manchester Land Commission will be; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	8588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>In the July Budget the Government announced that a Greater Manchester Land Commission would be created to oversee the efficient utilisation of the public sector estate in Manchester. It will create a comprehensive database of all public sector land, identifying barriers to its disposal, and developing solutions to address those barriers to help Greater Manchester meet its goal to deliver more than 10,000 new homes per annum. The Land Commission will be jointly chaired by the Mayor and Housing Minister, and will include Ministers from key land-owning Departments. We will work to create the Commission in collaboration with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/09/2015 13:55:45 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

416442

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Regional Planning and Development: Greater Manchester
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 the Summer Budget 2015, Paragraph 1.284, whether the Greater Manchester city region will be able to set its own guidance on viability of new developments.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	8542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework, informed by Planning Guidance, sets out the policy principles relating to viability assessment. However, the Government does not believe that imposition of a single viability model would be appropriate, which gives local authorities the freedom to set their own approach to assessing viability of new developments.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/09/2015 13:54:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

416522

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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 Market
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new homes constructed in (a) England and (b) Milton Keynes Council area have been (i) purchased by owner-occupiers, (ii) purchased by buy-to-let investors and (iii) shared ownership or shared equity purchases.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes South
tabling member printed	Iain Stewart
uin	8873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on house building completions by tenure in England and each local authority district, including Milton Keynes are published in the Department's live tables 253 (annual) and 253a (quarterly), which are available at the following link.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building</a></p><p> </p><p>Information on all new homes purchased by owner-occupiers or buy-to-let investors are not available centrally.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on new homes purchased by owner-occupiers under the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme and Help to Buy: NewBuy schemes are published and available at the following link.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/help-to-buy-equity-loan-and-newbuy-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/help-to-buy-equity-loan-and-newbuy-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Annual statistics on additional affordable home ownership provided by type of scheme in England and for 2013/14 in each local authority district are published in the Department’s Live Tables 1000 and 1011, which are available at the following link.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/09/2015 13:56:51 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart

416559

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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: Rents
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 Clauses 19 to 22 of the draft Welfare Reform and Work Bill, whether the compulsory one per cent annual reduction of rents in social housing will apply to housing association tenants on affordable rents.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	8795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Clause 19 of the draft Welfare Reform and Work Bill requires registered providers of social housing in England to reduce the rents payable by their individual tenants by 1% per annum for four years from 1 April 2016. The reductions will apply to rented social housing, including Affordable Rent properties. Exceptions are set out in clause 20 and in subsequent regulations. We intend to clarify how rents for new tenancies starting after 1 April 2016 will be set, and how the reductions will apply to these tenancies.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/09/2015 13:58:21 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

416603

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Travellers: Caravan Sites
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 he has made since May 2015 of the potential merits of granting new powers to police forces and local authorities to help them recover costs associated with Traveller incursions on public and private land.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	8489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities and the police have a range of strong powers that enable them to take action against unauthorised encampments and development. A Summary of those powers were sent to all Council Leaders, Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Police Constables in March.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418139/150326_Dealing_with_illegal_and_unauthorised_encampments_-_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418139/150326_Dealing_with_illegal_and_unauthorised_encampments_-_final.pdf</a></p><p>Travellers can be ordered by a Court to pay the legal costs of and occasioned by enforcement action. All landowners can also use their common law rights to seek damages against travellers for trespass on their land. Ordering legal costs or damages is at the discretion of the Court.<br><br>If the Local Planning Authority takes direct action to ensure compliance with an enforcement notice under s178 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, they can recover their reasonable expenses from the land owner.</p><p>We are open to suggestions for how enforcement could be strengthened and keep this issue under review.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/09/2015 14:31:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416604

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Travellers: Caravan Sites
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 he has made since May 2015 of the potential merits of granting new powers to police forces and local authorities to tackle Traveller incursions on public and private land.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	8490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>Local authorities and the police have a range of strong powers that enable them to take action against unauthorised encampments and development. A summary of those powers were sent to all Council Leaders, Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief Police Constables in March.<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418139/150326_Dealing_with_illegal_and_unauthorised_encampments_-_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/418139/150326_Dealing_with_illegal_and_unauthorised_encampments_-_final.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are open to suggestions for how enforcement could be strengthened and keep this issue under review.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/09/2015 14:29:43 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416638

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
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	Planning Permission: Restaurants
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 amend planning legislation to remove the right of appeal for applicants to open fast food take-away restaurants located in close proximity to schools which have been rejected by a planning committee.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	8655
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>We believe that any applicant who has been refused permission to develop their own land in a way that they would wish should have the option of an impartial appeal. We have no plans to remove existing rights of appeal.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/09/2015 14:04:47 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight