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1013115

registered interest
date	23/11/2018
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	Right to Buy Scheme: Females
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 protect women's eligibility for the right to buy discount in situations when they are not entitled to that discount due to their previous tenancy being entirely in their ex-husband or partner’s name.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	195063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2018 answer text <p>Where a married couple live together under a public sector tenancy, they individually accrue tenancy periods which count towards eligibility for the Right to Buy. This applies whether the tenancy is in both names; or if the tenancy is only in a single name. The accrued periods still apply individually if the couple separate or divorce. This is set out in Schedule 4 of the Housing Act 1985; and in the department's booklet for tenants: <em>Your Right to Buy Your Home</em> ; and in the guidance for landlords: <em>Right to Buy - A Guide for Local Authorities. </em></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/11/2018 15:55:18 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1012393

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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	Housing: North of England
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 has read the report, The hidden costs of poor quality housing in the North, published in October 2018 by the Northern Consortium; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	194665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>My officials have noted the contents of the Report. The Report recognises that the Decent Homes Standard has made a real difference to the lives of tenants by driving improvements to standards in social housing. Since 2010, the proportion of social homes failing to meet the Decent Homes Standard is down 7 percentage points and the proportion of private rented homes is down 10 percentage points.</p><p>Most landlords provide decent, high quality accommodation, but a minority of them are not keeping their properties in a safe condition. We have strengthened local authorities’ enforcement powers, introduced civil penalties, extended rent repayment orders, introduced banning orders and extended licensing of higher-risk houses in multiple occupation. These measures will go a long way to crack down on landlords who neglect their properties, and rogue landlords will have to improve their properties or leave the business.</p><p>The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) is being reviewed to assess how well it works in practice and whether it needs to be updated. The Government is also supporting the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill which will require landlords to ensure that their properties are free from potentially serious hazards at the start of and throughout a tenancy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 27/11/2018 16:05:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

972364

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
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: 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 increase the number of affordable homes that are built in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	174048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>We have announced a range measures to support housing associations and local authorities to build more genuinely affordable homes across England.</p><p>We are lifting the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap so that local authorities can deliver a new generation of council housing and we have made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver 250,000 new affordable homes of a wide range of tenures, including social rent homes where they are needed most.</p><p>The Prime Minister recently announced a £2 billion long term funding pilot, starting in 2022, committing this funding up to 2028-29. This ten year funding commitment marks the first time any government has offered housing associations such long-term funding certainty.</p><p>We have also confirmed long-term rent certainty for social landlords in England and in August we published our consultation on options for allowing local authorities more flexibility in the use of their Right to Buy receipts.</p><p>Affordable housing provision in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 09/10/2018 14:53:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

926752

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate she has made of the number of universal credit claimants living in social housing in (a) the North East of England and (b) England are currently in rent arrears.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	154700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/06/2018 13:56:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

846207

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an assessment of the effect of the public sector pay cap on child poverty in (a) Newcastle, (b) the North East and (c) the UK since the imposition of that cap.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	128890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Wider social and economic factors make it impossible to isolate, with any certainty, the impacts of the public sector pay cap on the rates of children in low income. This is particularly the case when isolating these impacts at a regional and constituency level.</p><p> </p><p>Latest estimates for children in low income in the UK and latest 3 year estimates for children in low income in the North East region are available in the Households below average income publication. Data is not available below regional level in this publication because the survey sample sizes are too small to support the production of robust estimates at this geography.</p><p> </p><p>From this publication the absolute low income measure tracks low incomes against a threshold which moves with the rate of inflation. In 2015/16, the number of children living in absolute low income (before housing costs) has fallen by 2 percentage points since 2009/10. In the 3 years to 2015/16, the rate of children living in absolute low income (before housing costs) in the North East region has fallen by 7 percentage points, compared to the 3 years to 2009/10.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/599136/hbai-2015-2016-supporting-ods-files.zip</a></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 26/02/2018 17:20:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell