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782081

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Housing: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new starter homes have been built in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	110780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>We are helping people get a foot on the property ladder through a range of initiatives, including starter homes. Since spring 2010, Government-backed schemes have helped over 417,000 homes be purchased.</p><p>The precise definition of starter homes is being considered as part of the revised draft National Planning Policy Framework – until that definition is finalised no starter homes can be made available or sold.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 110544 question first answered 06/11/2017 17:39:08 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

782084

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Licensing
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 length of time taken by his Department to determine each private rented sector selective licensing scheme application has been to date.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	110864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The time taken to process an application for confirmation of a selective licensing will depend on the complexity of the case, whether the right information has been submitted with the application and whether the Department needs further clarification or additional details to help inform the decision.</p><p>The following schemes have been determined by the Secretary of State:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Submission of Application </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Decision </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough City Council</p></td><td><p>23/03/2016</p></td><td><p>11/07/2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley Borough Council</p></td><td><p>24/03/2016</p></td><td><p>11/07/2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Borough of Redbridge</p></td><td><p>28/07/2015</p></td><td><p>18/12/2015</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/11/2017 17:46:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

782085

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have submitted applications for private rented sector selective licensing schemes; and on what date each such application was submitted.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	110865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>My Department has received applications from the following local authorities:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Application Received by Department</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Borough of Redbridge</p></td><td><p>28/07/2015</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough City Council</p></td><td><p>23/03/2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley Borough Council</p></td><td><p>24/03/2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool Council</p></td><td><p>24/03/2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Borough of Redbridge</p></td><td><p>04/07/2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Borough of Newham</p></td><td><p>12/07/2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyndburn Borough Council</p></td><td><p>12/07/2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London Borough of Brent</p></td><td><p>17/08/2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham City Council</p></td><td><p>09/10/2017</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/11/2017 17:45:45 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

782087

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Council Tax: Young People
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 of the level of council tax paid by care leavers under the age of 25.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not collect council tax data which identifies taxpayers under the age of 25.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/11/2017 17:41:04 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

782088

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Council Tax: Care Leavers
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 of the potential merits of exempting care leavers under the age of 25 from paying council tax.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	110957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to assisting care leavers. It has given councils the flexibility to support vulnerable groups, including care leavers, to help manage their council tax bills. We wrote to all councils in 2016 to remind them of the powers they had under the Local Government Finance Act 1992 to support vulnerable groups. A number of councils have already taken the decision to support care leavers through an exemption or discount on their council tax bills.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/11/2017 17:41:31 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

782252

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Owner Occupation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people have been owner-occupiers in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what proportion those figures represent of total households.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	110902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The English Housing Survey collects information about the number and proportion of households who are owner occupiers. Data for the last 10 years are available in Annex Table 1.1, published here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/595786/2015-16_Section_1_Households_Annex_Tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/595786/2015-16_Section_1_Households_Annex_Tables.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/11/2017 17:45:01 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

782254

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Council Tax Reduction Schemes: Job Seeker's Allowance
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 of the effect on jobseeker's allowance claimants of local authority council tax reduction schemes which do not exempt such claimants.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	110898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Local council tax support schemes are administered by local authorities. Councils are required to consult their local residents when designing their schemes and to take their views into account.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/11/2017 17:41:58 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

782255

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Supported Housing: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the funding of supported housing.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	110930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>Protecting the vulnerable is one of this Government’s key commitments. Supported housing helps a wide range of vulnerable people and is vital to help underpin this obligation. On Tuesday 31 October, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth and I issued respective written statements to both Houses, setting out the arrangements for the future funding of supported housing (<a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-10-31/HCWS209/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-10-31/HCWS209/</a>).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/11/2017 17:39:51 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

782256

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Housing: North East
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 the Government has made of the potential effect of the new approach for determining local housing need in his Department's consultation, published on 14 September 2017, on housing stock in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	110945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The proposed standard methodology for local housing need, published on 14 September, sets out the minimum numbers of homes that are needed in each area. It is the starting point in the process, not the end. Local authorities can plan for more homes should they wish where they expect future higher levels of growth than reflected in household projection, for example because of a major infrastructure project, to pursue employment opportunities, or because they want to pursue bespoke Housing Deals. Employment growth issues will be reflected both in local affordability issues and in changes to household projections over time.</p><p>To support that, the Government is investing £505 million in the North East and Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnerships through their Growth Deals to help deliver their Strategic Economic Plans, which will create a reported 10,000 jobs.</p><p>The consultation closes on 9 November and I would encourage all interested parties to submit their comments.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 110946 110947 question first answered 06/11/2017 17:44:18 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

782257

registered interest
date	01/11/2017
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
hansard heading	Housing: Capital Investment
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 the Government is taking to ensure that its approach to determining local housing need will contribute to reducing the difference between the North and the South of England in investment in and development of housing.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	110947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>The proposed standard methodology for local housing need, published on 14 September, sets out the minimum numbers of homes that are needed in each area. It is the starting point in the process, not the end. Local authorities can plan for more homes should they wish where they expect future higher levels of growth than reflected in household projection, for example because of a major infrastructure project, to pursue employment opportunities, or because they want to pursue bespoke Housing Deals. Employment growth issues will be reflected both in local affordability issues and in changes to household projections over time.</p><p>To support that, the Government is investing £505 million in the North East and Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnerships through their Growth Deals to help deliver their Strategic Economic Plans, which will create a reported 10,000 jobs.</p><p>The consultation closes on 9 November and I would encourage all interested parties to submit their comments.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 110945 110946 question first answered 06/11/2017 17:44:18 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah