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935001

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Serco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many current contracts his Department has with Serco; and what the (a) value, (b) start date and (c) end date of each of those contracts is.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	161087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p><br>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 11/07/2018 13:15:46 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

935002

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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 Associations: 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 plans he has to improve the system for recording the number of housing association completions.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	161088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government has two sources of data regarding completions by housing associations.</p><p>The quarterly published House building: new build dwellings statistics are a leading indicator of housing supply and include an estimate of starts and completions by housing associations. The tenure captured in these quarterly statistics reflects the tenure of the developer building the dwelling rather than the intended final tenure, which can be different. In particular, there is a substantial quantity of affordable housing which is not captured because it is built in the private sector and then bought by local authorities and housing associations. The department recently published an action plan to improve the quality and coverage of these statistics <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-the-measurement-of-new-homes-built-action-plan" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/improving-the-measurement-of-new-homes-built-action-plan</a></p><p>The department produces affordable housing supply statistics which give a more detailed breakdown of the provision of affordable housing, including completions by housing associations which is published in live table 1000C <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/affordable-housing-supply</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/07/2018 11:28:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

935003

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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	Compulsory Purchase: Compensation
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 plans he has to reform compulsory purchase orders compensation rules to ensure that a larger proportion of the value uplift created by residential planning permission can support affordable housing, infrastructure and remediation.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	161089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2018 answer text <p>Through the Housing and Planning Act 2016 and the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017, MHCLG has introduced a substantial package of reforms to make the compulsory purchase process clearer, fairer and faster for all.</p><p>Compulsory purchase can be an important tool for assembling land needed to help deliver a range of development, regeneration and infrastructure projects. However, it must be recognised that the expropriation of private property interferes with the rights of those whose land is taken. As such, there must always be a compelling case in the public interest to justify the use of compulsory purchase powers and compensation must be fair.</p><p>The overriding principle of compulsory purchase compensation is ‘equivalence’, so that an owner is left neither better nor worse off (at least in monetary terms) as a result of their property being compulsorily acquired. Compensation is based on the open market value of the interest acquired, in the absence of the scheme (for example, regeneration project or railway line) underlying the compulsory purchase order. This is known as the “no scheme principle”. Under the no-scheme principle, any increases or decreases in the value of the land attributable to the scheme of the acquiring authority, or the prospect of the scheme, are disregarded when assessing compensation.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/07/2018 10:43:53 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

935004

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Databases
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 plans he has to introduce a Government-maintained, transparent database of information on land prices, transactions, options, ownership and build out rates.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	161090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The Housing White Paper announced a package of measures to improve data on build-out rates, and land subject to options and other contractual controls.</p><p>We have consulted on measures to improve the transparency of build out rates. There was strong stakeholder support, and we are continuing to explore the opportunities for greater transparency. This work will be informed by the current independent review on build out being led by Sir Oliver Letwin.</p><p>We will shortly be publishing a call for evidence on proposals to improve the transparency of land subject to options and other contractual controls.</p><p>Data on land prices, transactions and ownership is held by HM Land Registry, a non-ministerial department sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy<strong>.</strong></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/07/2018 15:39:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

935005

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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
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 plans he has to ensure that public bodies use and share their expertise in identifying, buying and assembling land for affordable housing before procuring partners openly and transparently.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	161091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>We encourage public bodies to dispose of their surplus land for housing. Homes England, the Government’s national housing agency, because of its expertise in land disposal, can provide advice and support to public bodies that need it to realise their land disposal plans.</p><p>MHCLG is also working closely with the Office of Government Property (OGP) in Cabinet Office. OGP leads the Government's Property Function and delivers the One Public Estate programme in partnership with the Local Government Association, supporting public sector bodies to collaborate on the shared use of their assets. OGP also leads the Government Property Profession, which promotes sharing of skills, practices and experience across Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/07/2018 15:40:05 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

935008

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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
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 he has taken to ensure that all combined authorities introduce a locally appropriate, minimum affordable housing threshold on private and public land.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	161092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>Combined authorities and their mayors have planning responsibilities only where as part of an agreed devolution deal these functions have been conferred on them, as is the case with the mayors of Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region and West of England, who are required to publish a Spatial Development Strategy, where they could set out an affordable housing threshold.</p><p>Whilst Government policy, as set out in the draft revised National Planning Policy Framework, is that planning policies and decisions should consider what level of affordable housing provision is appropriate having regard to local circumstances, deciding to use an affordable housing threshold to achieve this is a local decision.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/07/2018 15:40:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

931794

registered interest
date	27/06/2018
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 plans the Department has to develop local connection criteria for the homes built on Entry Level Exception Sites.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	158151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>The draft National Planning Policy Framework proposal for Entry Level Exception Sites did not include a local connection criteria. The policy is designed to provide additional housing for first time buyers and renters, where it is needed. This will not always involve a local connection. This was consulted on as part of the draft National Planning Policy Framework. We are currently considering responses to the consultation and will publish the final National Planning Policy Framework in the summer.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 02/07/2018 16:38:04 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

931514

registered interest
date	26/06/2018
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
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 he is taking to ensure that local communities are involved in the development of homes on Entry Level Exception Sites.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	157620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2018 answer text <p>Planning applications for entry level exception sites, as proposed in the draft revised National Planning Policy Framework, will be subject to public consultation, as with all planning applications.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 02/07/2018 16:38:34 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

869388

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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	Children: Poverty
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and which wards based in rural districts are in the worst 10 per cent of wards for child poverty according to the Index of Multiple Deprivation.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	133902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not publish ward level data for the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) or the supplementary Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 27/03/2018 15:50:35 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

837413

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Parks
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 recently met with the Local Government Association to discuss (a) the maintenance of public parks and (b) new funding arrangements to preserve the network of parks.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	126532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The Local Government Association is a member of the ‘Parks Action Group’ and works closely with officials in my Department to discuss activity to safeguard and enhance parks and green spaces for future generations. As the Minister with responsibility for parks and green spaces, I intend to meet with the ‘Parks Action Group’ early this year.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 126296 question first answered 12/02/2018 11:28:48 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew