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820914

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	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	Homelessness: Rural Areas
	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 identify the level of homelessness in rural areas.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	122332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government publishes regular statistics on the levels of homelessness and rough sleeping, at national and local authority level. This captures the levels of homelessness and rough sleeping in both urban and rural areas.</p><p>The latest statistics can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 16/01/2018 16:23:42 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

820920

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	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	Letting Agents: Fees and Charges
	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 the timetable is for the introduction of the draft Tenant Fees Bill into the House.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	122338
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>On 1 November 2017, the Government published a draft Bill, proposing a ban on letting agent fees for tenants. The draft Bill and explanatory notes can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-tenants-fees-bill" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-tenants-fees-bill</a></p><p><br>The Communities and Local Government Select Committee are conducting an inquiry into the draft Bill. The Government will consider any recommendations of the Committee and then seek to introduce the Bill formally to Parliament as soon as Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 16/01/2018 10:38:56 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

820915

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	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	Sleeping Rough: Weather
	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 reduce the risks faced by people living on the streets during times of sub-zero temperatures.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	122333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>We expect local authorities to work closely with the voluntary sector to provide basic emergency accommodation to minimise the risk of harm to individuals when the temperature drops, in line with Severe Weather Emergency Protocol guidance. Our new Homelessness Advice and Support Team, drawn from local authorities and the homelessness sector, are providing targeted challenge and support to help local authorities to improve their response to homelessness, which includes their cold weather provision for rough sleepers.</p><p>However, no one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why the Government has committed to halving rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminating it altogether by 2027. We have announced a new Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce, chaired by the Housing Secretary, which will drive forward the implementation of a cross-Government strategy to tackle this issue.</p><p>We have allocated over £1 billion through to 2020, following the 2015 Spending Review, to prevent and reduce all forms of homelessness. This includes £28 million announced at Budget to pilot a Housing First approach for rough sleepers with the most complex needs.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 16/01/2018 16:24:49 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

828590

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2018
	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: 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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the use of flat-pack housing by local authorities to tackle housing shortages.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	124260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of houses and that requires a modern construction industry. Building more homes using modern methods of construction, including offsite and smart techniques, is a key part of this.</p><p>New technology has improved productivity, quality and choice in a range of sectors and we want to see the same happen in housing.</p><p>That is why the Housing White Paper talks about specific measures to stimulate the growth of modern methods of construction, including how we will help to create a pipeline of opportunities to give confidence to the sector and investors.</p><p>For instance, the Home Building Fund provides support to builders using modern methods of construction, in addition to custom builders and new entrants to the market. The Autumn Budget added a further £1.5 billion to the fund, specifically targeted at supporting small and medium-sized builders who cannot access the finance they need to build.</p><p>We are also delivering on our commitment to create a working group to look at the assurance, insurance and mortgages for modern methods of construction. The group, chaired by industry expert Mark Farmer, met for the first time in December.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 29/01/2018 14:59:46 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

837364

	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	Asylum: Community Relations
	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 promote community engagement between asylum seekers and established populations.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	126483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is dedicated to building strong, integrated communities.</p><p>We are committed to ensuring that for all those granted refugee status the transition from government supported accommodation into mainstream services is as smooth as possible. In 2018/19 my department will be funding around 20 local authorities with the highest numbers of asylum seekers to support new refugees into housing, employment and English language learning.</p><p>Since its launch in November 2016 my department has awarded £9 million from the Controlling Migration Fund to 32 English local authorities for projects developing the capacity of local authorities to support unaccompanied asylum seeking children within their communities. This includes projects that help the wider community develop innovative approaches to welcoming and supporting these vulnerable young people.</p><p>My department will shortly be announcing which local authorities areas are being supported to take this work forward.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 08/02/2018 17:07:10 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

837971

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2018
	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	Sleeping Rough
	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 progress has been made on achieving the Government's commitment to halve rough sleeping by 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	127001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The recently established Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce will design and drive forward the implementation of our cross-government strategy to achieve our commitment of halving rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminating it altogether by 2027. This strategy will include a timeline and action plan for meeting this commitment. We have also brought together a panel of external experts through the Rough Sleeping Advisory Panel, who will be working closely with the Taskforce in developing the strategy to achieve our manifesto commitments.</p><p>The Government has already taken important steps to prevent and reduce homelessness and rough sleeping. This includes, allocating over £1 billion in funding through to 2020 and taking forward the most ambitious legislative reform in this area in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act, which will mean people will get the help they need sooner.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 12/02/2018 17:09:54 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

843770

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	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	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 his Department has to encourage the use of quick build, flat pack homes for social and affordable housing.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	128208
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 124260 on 29 January 2018.</p><p>In addition to the measures set out in that answer, we specifically encourage use of modern and innovative methods of construction through the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21. This includes offsite construction and we expect to fund an increasing number of bids using either partial or fully offsite or innovative methods of construction within the Programme.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 27/02/2018 17:43:56 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

845506

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2018
	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	Social Rented 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 support local authorities in building more social housing.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	128478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>In October 2017, we announced plans to set a longer term rent deal for local authorities, which will provide a stable financial environment for them to support the delivery of new homes. This gives local authorities the security and certainty they need to plan investment, and provides greater confidence about their future rental income to underpin their future house building plans.</p><p>At Autumn Budget 2017 the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that we will raise the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap by a total of up to £1 billion in areas of high affordability pressure for local authorities that are ready to start building new homes. Local authorities will be able to bid for increases in their caps from 2019/20, up to a total of £1 billion by the end of 2021/22.</p><p>Local authorities, as well as housing associations, will also be able to bid for funding from the £9 billion Affordable Homes Programme to deliver more affordable homes, including at a social rent. Funding for social rent will be targeted at areas with acute affordability pressures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 28/02/2018 11:38:18 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

861033

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	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	Housing: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons his Department returned £817m of housing funding to HM Treasury; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	132182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>In line with standard practice where funding cannot be spent, within a financial year, it is returned to the Treasury. This is part of good budget management within the Department, and in line with established processes. Underspends are not unusual. For comparison, in 2009-10, the Department underspent by £504 million in total.</p><p>Overall, funding for housing has been substantially increased, with an additional £15.3 billion of investment in housing over the next 5 years. This includes an extra £2 billion for Affordable Housing, taking the programme to £9 billion. In 2017/18, we have also invested an additional £1.5 billion in our Help to Buy scheme, supporting thousands of first time buyers to move into their first home. We will be investing over £10 billion in that programme in the next 3 years.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 22/03/2018 11:39:26 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab previous answer version 47921 answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

861030

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	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	Wind Power: Planning Permission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 18 June 2015, HCWS42, on local planning, whether the Government plans to remove those additional planning conditions which apply on onshore wind projects in England.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	132179
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The written ministerial statement of 18 June 2015 HCWS42 on Local Planning, has been incorporated into the draft revised National Planning Policy Framework which was published on 5 March 2018. Consultation on this and other revisions to the Framework is underway, closing on 10 May 2018 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/draft-revised-national-planning-policy-framework" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/draft-revised-national-planning-policy-framework</a>).The Government will consider all responses and publish the revised Framework in the summer.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 22/03/2018 11:33:52 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel