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746085

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date	28/06/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure key workers are able to afford to buy their own homes.
tabling member printed	Baroness McGregor-Smith
uin	HL227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>This Government wants to support everybody, including key workers, by making homes more affordable with steps outlined in the Housing White Paper to increase supply. Currently the Government funds a range of home ownership schemes including Help to Buy Equity Loans and Shared Ownership to support all who might need it, including key workers, to buy a home where they are unable to afford market prices locally.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 10/07/2017 15:02:54 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4554 label Biography information for Baroness McGregor-Smith

746086

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many key workers need accommodation in London; and what is the average gap between their earnings and the cost of owning their own homes.
tabling member printed	Baroness McGregor-Smith
uin	HL228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of key workers that need accommodation in London is not centrally collected.</p><p>The Office for National Statistics publish data on housing affordability in England and Wales. These show that the ratio of median house price to median gross annual (where available) workplace-based earnings in 2016 was 7.72 in England, and 11.98 in London. The ratio of lower quartile house price to lower quartile gross annual (where available) workplace-based earnings in 2016 was 7.16 in England, and 12.76 in London.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 11/07/2017 13:05:12 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4554 label Biography information for Baroness McGregor-Smith

746087

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government when the initial findings into the causes of the Grenfell Tower fire will be released.
tabling member printed	Baroness McGregor-Smith
uin	HL229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has announced that a full independent public inquiry will consider the causes of the Grenfell Tower fire. The inquiry will be chaired by Sir Martin Moore-Bick and conducted under the Inquiries Act 2005 including the power to compel the production of documents, and to summon witnesses to give evidence on oath. We expect the inquiry to produce an interim report as early as possible. The Metropolitan Police launched a criminal investigation into the fire on 15 June, which is ongoing.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 10/07/2017 15:03:26 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4554 label Biography information for Baroness McGregor-Smith