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747546

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Social Services: Minority Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to create a centrally-held funding source to local authorities who provide care and support to people from religious minorities requiring care from specialist providers.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	2457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government periodically assesses resourcing requirements for local government as part of each Spending Review. It is for local authorities to best determine how to meet the needs of their communities which would include how best to commission specialist provision if necessary.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/07/2017 15:54:09 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

747551

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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: Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the practice of developers selling new houses on a leasehold rather than a freehold basis; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	2575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Developers and housebuilders who sell the freehold of a house to a leaseholder after a sale, or who sell on the freehold interest to a third party may not be working in leaseholders’ best interests. Leaseholders wanting to purchase the freehold interest can find that they are faced with higher costs, along with significant legal costs, where they want to purchase the freehold after the point of sale. The Housing White Paper highlighted the Government's intention to improve fairness and transparency for these leaseholders.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 2576 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:22:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

747552

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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: Freehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to investigate the fairness of charges levied by housebuilders and others on home owners seeking to buy the freehold of their property; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	2576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Developers and housebuilders who sell the freehold of a house to a leaseholder after a sale, or who sell on the freehold interest to a third party may not be working in leaseholders’ best interests. Leaseholders wanting to purchase the freehold interest can find that they are faced with higher costs, along with significant legal costs, where they want to purchase the freehold after the point of sale. The Housing White Paper highlighted the Government's intention to improve fairness and transparency for these leaseholders.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 2575 question first answered 11/07/2017 16:22:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

747553

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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: Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of developers selling on the leasehold of new-build homes to other companies; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	2577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>We do not collect data on the number of developers selling the freehold of a new build home to a third party. Our manifesto made clear that we will crack down on unfair practices in leasehold, and the Housing White Paper states we will promote fairness and transparency for leaseholders.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/07/2017 11:23:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

747568

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of homeless people in (a) Telford and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Telford
tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
uin	2512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>DCLG publishes regular statistics on statutory homelessness. These are published at a local authority level. These latest statistics can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a>.</p><p>The definitions of statutory homelessness differ in the devolved administrations so no aggregated UK total is available. Devolved administration statistics can be found at the links below:</p><p>Scotland: <a href="http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/RefTables" target="_blank">http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/Browse/Housing-Regeneration/RefTables</a> <br>Wales: <a href="http://gov.wales/docs/statistics/2015/150923-statutory-homelessness-legislative-changes-27-april-2015-en.pdf" target="_blank">http://gov.wales/docs/statistics/2015/150923-statutory-homelessness-legislative-changes-27-april-2015-en.pdf<br></a>Northern Ireland: <a href="https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/housing-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.communities-ni.gov.uk/topics/housing-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 11/07/2017 12:41:31 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan

747594

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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: Valuation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to reform the process for council tax banding appeals.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	2633
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to reform the process for council tax banding appeals. Taxpayers already have six months from becoming liable for council tax on a property to submit a proposal challenging the council tax band.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 11/07/2017 12:42:36 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

747600

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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 Housing: Construction
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 amending the provision of local authority housing finance further to incentivise construction of council houses.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	2635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>Under the Self-Financing Settlement introduced in 2012, local housing authorities now retain their own rental income. This is a good deal under which local authorities are empowered to make their own spending decisions including the construction of additional housing where they think appropriate. At the same time, local authorities have retained almost £2 billion of Right to Buy receipts for the purposes of replacing stock sold under Right to Buy.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/07/2017 12:03:29 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

747606

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates
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 reevaluating the tax base for business rates.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	2627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Commercial properties are currently revalued every 5 years for business rates. At Budget 2016 the Government set an aim to increase the frequency of revaluation.</p><p>The Government put in place a £3.6 billion package of transitional relief to help businesses facing an increase in business rates and at the Budget 2017 set out a further package to support businesses that may have difficulty paying business rates, including a £1000 discount for eligible pubs with a rateable value of less than £100,000. Additionally, £110 million has been available to assist those ratepayers losing small business rates relief or rural rate relief as a result of revaluation, as well as a £300 million discretionary relief fund over the next four years to enable local authorities to help their local businesses.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 12/07/2017 17:52:08 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

747609

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of successful applications to the Home Building Fund have been submitted by builders delivering less than 100 units per year since the introduction of that fund.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	2558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The £3 billion Home Building Fund provides long and short term loan finance to build the homes this country needs. To date the fund has allocated £1.181 billion (40 per cent) to successful applicants.</p><p>Of the £1 billion short term fund £0.445 billion (44 per cent) has been allocated to successful applicants. The proportion of schemes which will be delivered by small and medium sized builders is 70 per cent. Of which, nearly 90 per cent of these sites have fewer than 100 homes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/07/2017 16:23:48 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

747611

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the Home Building Fund has been allocated to property developers in each region since October 2016.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	2557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>In October 2016, the Government launched the £3 billion Home Building Fund, a fund which will provide loans for SME builders, custom builders and offsite construction, and which will unlock large sites throughout England. The £3 billion Home Building Fund is broken down into two funds:</p><p>The £1 billion short term fund (STF) is available to small builders, custom builders and innovators and the £2 billion long term fund (LTF) is to deliver infrastructure and site preparation for large sites, including brown field.</p><p>The below table presents, the proportion of the Home Building Fund (in terms of projects supported) in each region, as recorded by the Homes and Communities Agency, and broken down into long term funding and short term funding. Percentages may not total 100 per cent, as they are rounded to the nearest per cent.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>HCA Region</p></td><td><p>LTF</p></td><td><p>STF</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East &amp; South East</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East, Yorkshire &amp; Humber</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>41%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South &amp; South West</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>National projects are projects where sites are being delivered over multiple areas. This category also includes the £50 million which has been committed to the Housing Growth Partnership.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/07/2017 12:01:35 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane