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749213

registered interest
date	06/07/2017
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	Railways: Freight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government when they will announce the mechanism for distributing the second year of funding from the Community House Fund; and when they expect the number of houses built by Community Land Trusts and others to increase as a result of that funding.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
uin	HL550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Community Housing Fund was launched on 23 December 2016 to put local groups who know their area’s needs best in the driving seat and help them deliver housing that is affordable to the local community. My officials are working up proposals and a decision on how the Fund will be delivered from 2017/18 will be made in due course.</p><p>In 2016/17, over 140 local authorities received grants under the Fund for a wide variety of purposes relating to increasing the capacity of the community-led housing sector in their areas as well as directly supporting the delivery of specific community-led housebuilding projects. We anticipate the first completions from schemes supported in this way to come through early next year.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/07/2017 15:56:05 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

541721

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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	Community Land Trusts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have received representations regarding a specific case in which parish councillors who are also members of a Community Land Trust (CLT) have been told to declare a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest even though the CLT is legally established as a not-for-profit Industrial and Provident Society that requires members to take out £5 par value (not investment) shares and allows no income for members or directors from its activities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
uin	HL1398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2016 answer text <p>We are not aware of having received representations on such a case. The national rules on local authority members’ pecuniary interests, as set out in the Localism Act 2011, require local authority members, including parish councillors, to register and disclose certain pecuniary interests, as defined in the Relevant Authorities (Disclosable Pecuniary Interests) Regulations 2012. A guide for councillors on openness and transparency on personal interests is available on my department’s web-site. Local authority members who contact my department for advice are directed to the regulations and to the guide and are advised to contact the monitoring officer of their relevant local authority, who can advise them on their specific queries.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 04/08/2016 12:44:40 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

541725

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
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	EU Grants and Loans
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to discuss European structural and investment funding with the Local Government Association and other interested parties.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
uin	HL1402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/08/2016 answer text <p>The Government meets regularly with representatives of the Local Government Association and other partners, who are members of national and local European Structural and Investment Funds committees where these EU funds are discussed.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 04/08/2016 12:42:25 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

539201

registered interest
date	18/07/2016
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	Community Land Trusts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are aware of any situations where trustees of community land trusts who are also members of parish councils have been prevented from carrying out their duties due to their interests being inaccurately declared as personal and prejudicial, and if so, what advice they plan to provide to all involved to resolve such situations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
uin	HL1277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2016 answer text <p>Community Land Trusts (CLTs) are non-profit local organisations set up and run by local people to develop and manage homes and other community assets. They will be regulated according to the specific legal form they have decided is appropriate for their objectives. Consequently, the Department does not retain any central records on CLTs or their trustees.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/07/2016 16:08:05 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

457973

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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	Affordable Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people are in need of affordable homes and whether those homes are for rent or to buy.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
uin	HL6791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not publish forecasts of affordable housing need.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 15/03/2016 13:05:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

439663

registered interest
date	21/12/2015
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	Floods: Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many homes have been built on flood plains in each of the last five years; and how many homes have been granted planning permission for building on flood plains.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
uin	HL4739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2016 answer text <p>This Government takes flood prevention extremely seriously and we are investing £2.3 billion in flood defences over the next six years, as well as protecting flood maintenance spending in real terms over this Parliament.</p><p>We have put in place strong safeguards to stop inappropriate development in areas at risk of flooding, and are delivering the homes this country needs by taking forward plans to build homes on suitable brownfield land.</p><p>The Environment Agency provides advice on whether or not to grant permission, with latest figures showing 99% of proposed new homes had planning outcomes in line with their advice, but final decisions rest with local authorities.</p><p>The Department does not collect figures for the numbers of homes for which planning permission for building on a flood plain has been granted.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/01/2016 13:45:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

439505

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
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 Rented Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have conducted a full assessment of the impact of the proposed one per cent cut in rent for social housing tenants on the eight Community Land Trusts (CLTs) that are Registered Providers and whether they will take steps to ensure exemptions for CLTs.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
uin	HL4690
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reducing welfare spending and is confident that registered providers will be able to adapt and manage these changes. The Welfare Reform and Work Bill provides for registered providers to apply for an exemption from the rent reductions if their financial viability is jeopardised. However, we do not expect providers to budget on the basis that an exemption will be automatically granted, as they should be making all possible efforts to manage the reductions.</p><p>The Government has made an assessment of the impact of the rent reduction measures (attached). This is at http://www.parliament.uk/documents/impact-assessments/IA15-006F.pdf.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/01/2016 14:59:34 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name HL4690.pdf title Impact Assessment
tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

439506

registered interest
date	17/12/2015
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	Affordable Housing: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Spending Review announcements on funding for affordable housing and the forecast £1 billion remaining in the 2015–18 Affordable Homes Programme will mean the continuation of availability of grant to complete pipeline projects by Community Land Trusts and community-led housing providers, including for rental homes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
uin	HL4691
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government will honour all existing funding commitments to all schemes which have been allocated funding through the 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme. This will include any schemes led by Community Land Trusts and community-led housing providers</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/01/2016 16:54:02 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

424129

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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 Benefit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effect on the cost of housing benefit to the public purse of requiring local authorities to sell their housing stock.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
uin	HL3040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>Everyone needs to live within their means. People on benefits should have to make the same decisions and choices about where they can afford to live as people who are not on benefits, and should not expect to be housed in properties that most working households are unable to afford.</p><p>The Housing and Planning Bill will require local authorities to make a payment to Government based on the estimated value of their high value housing that is expected to become vacant.</p><p>This policy is about councils making best use of their housing stock – selling vacant high value housing to fund the building of new homes which reflect housing need and increase overall housing supply, and to increase home ownership, as set out in the Government’s manifesto.</p><p>At the heart of this legislation is the building of more homes. A portion of receipts generated from sales of vacant high value local authority housing will be used to build homes that better meet housing need and increase overall housing supply. In addition to this, housing associations will retain the sales receipt from each home sold through Right to Buy to enable them to re-invest in the delivery of new homes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 04/11/2015 14:50:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

424130

registered interest
date	27/10/2015
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	Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the Leasehold Advisory Service about future demands on its services for free legal advice from leaseholders, landlords, professional advisers, managers and others as a result of expanding the right-to-buy scheme to Housing Association tenants.
tabling member printed	Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville
uin	HL3041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2015 answer text <p>We are working collaboratively with the sector in implementing the Right to Buy extension; Ministers and senior officials continue to engage with partners.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 04/11/2015 14:49:01 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4285 label Biography information for Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville