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date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Evictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Section 21 notices have been issued in (a) Lancashire and (b) Preston in each of the last five years; and what steps his Department is taking to support tenants facing eviction under a Section 21 notice.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	22233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2024-02-21%2Fhl2677&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPS.Advisers%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Ce0ef8e7a813341cedc1508dc608c5b1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638491403132997622%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=qPDI47OiJeHI8DJU%2BoD%2BbNHKwO%2F7aMt7pei55e3mMdw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">HL2677</a> on 6 March 2024. We are abolishing Section 21 evictions as part of the Renters (Reform) Bill.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 22/04/2024 14:18:29 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1698953

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Affordable Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the number of (a) social and (b) affordable housing properties built by developers; and what steps his Department is taking to encourage more affordable housing to be built.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	20528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver thousands of affordable homes, both for rent and to buy, right across the country.</p><p>The Levelling Up White Paper committed to increasing the supply of social rented homes, and a large number of the new homes delivered through our Affordable Homes Programme will be for social rent.</p><p>The government is on track to deliver its target of building around 250,000 affordable homes through the Affordable Homes Programme.</p><p>Local planning authorities can secure addition contributions towards affordable housing through section 106 planning obligations.</p><p>The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act contains powers for the Government to create a new mandatory, non-negotiable Infrastructure Levy which will aim to generate more funding for affordable housing and infra-structure to support sustainable development.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 19/04/2024 12:20:22 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1684787

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to address the shortage of social housing in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire, and (c) the North West.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	11265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>It is for local authorities to identify the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community, including those who require affordable housing, and reflect this in planning and other policies.</p><p> </p><p>This Government continues to be fully committed to increasing the supply of social and affordable housing. Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver thousands of affordable homes for both rent and to buy right across the country, including social rent.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities themselves can deliver new affordable housing. We have given them greater flexibilities in their Housing Revenue Account as to how they spend their Right to Buy receipts and implemented a preferential borrowing rate for council housebuilding from the Public Works Loan Board, which has now been extended to June 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities can also use Section 106 planning obligations to secure affordable housing and infrastructure required to mitigate the impacts of new development and support sustainable growth. The new Infrastructure Levy will aim to secure at least as much if not more, affordable housing than the current system of developer contributions. This will be secured through regulations and policy, supported by provisions in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young grouped question UIN 11266 question first answered 29/01/2024 16:48:42 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1684788

registered interest
date	24/01/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will commit to providing more funding to local authorities to increase the availability of social-rented housing in (a) Preston, (b) Lancashire, and (c) the North West.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	11266
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2024 answer text <p>It is for local authorities to identify the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community, including those who require affordable housing, and reflect this in planning and other policies.</p><p> </p><p>This Government continues to be fully committed to increasing the supply of social and affordable housing. Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver thousands of affordable homes for both rent and to buy right across the country, including social rent.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities themselves can deliver new affordable housing. We have given them greater flexibilities in their Housing Revenue Account as to how they spend their Right to Buy receipts and implemented a preferential borrowing rate for council housebuilding from the Public Works Loan Board, which has now been extended to June 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities can also use Section 106 planning obligations to secure affordable housing and infrastructure required to mitigate the impacts of new development and support sustainable growth. The new Infrastructure Levy will aim to secure at least as much if not more, affordable housing than the current system of developer contributions. This will be secured through regulations and policy, supported by provisions in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young grouped question UIN 11265 question first answered 29/01/2024 16:48:42 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick