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date	12/02/2019
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 Revenue Accounts
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legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of each local authority's housing revenue account borrowing cap was utilised at the start of the (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	220175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2019 answer text <p>The table below sets out for each local authority with a Housing Revenue Account (HRA) the percentage of their borrowing cap that had been utilised at 1 April 2017 and 1 April 2018. At Autumn Budget we confirmed that the HRA borrowing cap had been abolished. Local authorities are now free to borrow to build a new generation of council housing, in line with the Prudential Code. We expect them to be able to double building to 10,000 homes per year by 2021/22.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% cap utilised at 1 April 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% cap utilised at 1 April 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adur</p></td><td><p>87.22%</p></td><td><p>87.22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arun</p></td><td><p>69.34%</p></td><td><p>67.87%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashfield</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashford</p></td><td><p>94.59%</p></td><td><p>94.20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Babergh</p></td><td><p>88.15%</p></td><td><p>87.64%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking &amp; Dagenham</p></td><td><p>98.23%</p></td><td><p>99.37%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnet</p></td><td><p>83.99%</p></td><td><p>83.99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>92.11%</p></td><td><p>90.33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barrow-in-Furness</p></td><td><p>56.95%</p></td><td><p>54.54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basildon</p></td><td><p>92.34%</p></td><td><p>92.34%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bassetlaw</p></td><td><p>90.83%</p></td><td><p>87.26%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>97.55%</p></td><td><p>94.76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>13.57%</p></td><td><p>13.57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolsover</p></td><td><p>78.83%</p></td><td><p>92.69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>98.53%</p></td><td><p>84.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>64.22%</p></td><td><p>74.55%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brentwood</p></td><td><p>85.54%</p></td><td><p>84.85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton &amp; Hove</p></td><td><p>78.50%</p></td><td><p>80.02%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>95.14%</p></td><td><p>95.14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxtowe</p></td><td><p>96.28%</p></td><td><p>96.28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>87.44%</p></td><td><p>87.44%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>92.84%</p></td><td><p>92.84%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>87.54%</p></td><td><p>89.08%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cannock Chase</p></td><td><p>94.18%</p></td><td><p>94.18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canterbury</p></td><td><p>78.70%</p></td><td><p>74.54%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Castle Point</p></td><td><p>97.19%</p></td><td><p>97.19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td><td><p>99.94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charnwood</p></td><td><p>92.46%</p></td><td><p>92.46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheltenham</p></td><td><p>84.71%</p></td><td><p>84.71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West &amp; Chester</p></td><td><p>83.66%</p></td><td><p>85.96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chesterfield</p></td><td><p>86.34%</p></td><td><p>85.05%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colchester</p></td><td><p>91.20%</p></td><td><p>91.20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corby</p></td><td><p>91.06%</p></td><td><p>96.50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>87.75%</p></td><td><p>86.50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crawley</p></td><td><p>98.64%</p></td><td><p>98.64%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>96.58%</p></td><td><p>96.58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dacorum</p></td><td><p>97.95%</p></td><td><p>97.95%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>95.24%</p></td><td><p>94.40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartford</p></td><td><p>71.37%</p></td><td><p>66.26%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>93.64%</p></td><td><p>93.84%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>98.20%</p></td><td><p>98.56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>84.04%</p></td><td><p>81.67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dudley</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ealing</p></td><td><p>72.38%</p></td><td><p>79.81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Devon</p></td><td><p>93.24%</p></td><td><p>91.75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>92.08%</p></td><td><p>91.98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastbourne</p></td><td><p>97.77%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enfield</p></td><td><p>79.64%</p></td><td><p>90.30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Epping Forest</p></td><td><p>79.13%</p></td><td><p>79.13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fareham</p></td><td><p>89.96%</p></td><td><p>89.96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Folkestone &amp; Hythe</p></td><td><p>77.18%</p></td><td><p>77.18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gosport</p></td><td><p>98.34%</p></td><td><p>98.15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gravesham</p></td><td><p>78.59%</p></td><td><p>75.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Yarmouth</p></td><td><p>87.63%</p></td><td><p>90.47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greenwich</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guildford</p></td><td><p>99.82%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hackney</p></td><td><p>56.62%</p></td><td><p>56.62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham</p></td><td><p>82.74%</p></td><td><p>82.58%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Haringey</p></td><td><p>75.92%</p></td><td><p>69.08%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harlow</p></td><td><p>89.72%</p></td><td><p>89.72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrogate</p></td><td><p>72.17%</p></td><td><p>72.17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrow</p></td><td><p>99.00%</p></td><td><p>99.98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>83.30%</p></td><td><p>90.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havering</p></td><td><p>83.57%</p></td><td><p>83.57%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Peak</p></td><td><p>83.70%</p></td><td><p>81.87%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>65.85%</p></td><td><p>62.87%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hinckley &amp; Bosworth</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hounslow</p></td><td><p>87.53%</p></td><td><p>87.53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td><p>84.01%</p></td><td><p>82.03%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>88.56%</p></td><td><p>88.56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington &amp; Chelsea</p></td><td><p>94.84%</p></td><td><p>94.84%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kettering</p></td><td><p>80.51%</p></td><td><p>80.51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Hull</p></td><td><p>78.84%</p></td><td><p>73.74%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston upon Thames</p></td><td><p>87.17%</p></td><td><p>88.02%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>98.15%</p></td><td><p>96.03%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>91.68%</p></td><td><p>97.93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster</p></td><td><p>68.87%</p></td><td><p>67.11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>95.78%</p></td><td><p>95.46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewes</p></td><td><p>87.54%</p></td><td><p>87.26%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>58.74%</p></td><td><p>45.21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>88.62%</p></td><td><p>88.62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>91.15%</p></td><td><p>95.28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mansfield</p></td><td><p>86.45%</p></td><td><p>83.38%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway Towns</p></td><td><p>91.48%</p></td><td><p>90.83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Melton</p></td><td><p>93.83%</p></td><td><p>93.83%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Devon</p></td><td><p>82.14%</p></td><td><p>80.32%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Suffolk</p></td><td><p>95.50%</p></td><td><p>95.50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>89.28%</p></td><td><p>88.71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Forest</p></td><td><p>92.49%</p></td><td><p>92.49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newark &amp; Sherwood</p></td><td><p>83.07%</p></td><td><p>89.32%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle upon Tyne</p></td><td><p>89.69%</p></td><td><p>91.72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newham</p></td><td><p>79.94%</p></td><td><p>79.94%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>86.07%</p></td><td><p>97.38%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Kesteven</p></td><td><p>86.93%</p></td><td><p>84.33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>78.98%</p></td><td><p>75.87%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>83.17%</p></td><td><p>81.98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northampton</p></td><td><p>89.66%</p></td><td><p>89.66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>96.02%</p></td><td><p>96.02%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>86.80%</p></td><td><p>86.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>87.65%</p></td><td><p>92.16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nuneaton &amp; Bedworth</p></td><td><p>86.47%</p></td><td><p>86.47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oadby &amp; Wigston</p></td><td><p>88.33%</p></td><td><p>90.16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td><td><p>0.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>82.34%</p></td><td><p>82.34%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>95.19%</p></td><td><p>86.65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>85.16%</p></td><td><p>92.31%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>91.59%</p></td><td><p>90.81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>67.62%</p></td><td><p>67.62%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redditch</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmondshire</p></td><td><p>71.16%</p></td><td><p>67.72%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>90.35%</p></td><td><p>90.35%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rugby</p></td><td><p>74.34%</p></td><td><p>74.34%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Runnymede</p></td><td><p>98.37%</p></td><td><p>98.37%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandwell</p></td><td><p>84.10%</p></td><td><p>86.27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sedgemoor</p></td><td><p>89.92%</p></td><td><p>89.81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Selby</p></td><td><p>82.34%</p></td><td><p>83.81%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>89.09%</p></td><td><p>89.09%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td><td><p>88.51%</p></td><td><p>88.51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>89.11%</p></td><td><p>89.11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull</p></td><td><p>95.67%</p></td><td><p>96.18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>No data</p></td><td><p>No data</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>92.12%</p></td><td><p>92.12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Holland</p></td><td><p>91.84%</p></td><td><p>91.84%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Kesteven</p></td><td><p>80.85%</p></td><td><p>78.47%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>81.75%</p></td><td><p>79.11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend-on-Sea</p></td><td><p>96.65%</p></td><td><p>96.65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>68.04%</p></td><td><p>74.39%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Albans</p></td><td><p>94.42%</p></td><td><p>90.76%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stevenage</p></td><td><p>95.78%</p></td><td><p>94.63%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>86.85%</p></td><td><p>90.49%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent</p></td><td><p>85.13%</p></td><td><p>85.13%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stroud</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td><td><p>100.00%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sutton</p></td><td><p>92.77%</p></td><td><p>97.14%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>69.02%</p></td><td><p>66.12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tamworth</p></td><td><p>85.69%</p></td><td><p>85.69%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tandridge</p></td><td><p>86.57%</p></td><td><p>84.46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taunton Deane</p></td><td><p>90.14%</p></td><td><p>90.56%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tendring</p></td><td><p>74.81%</p></td><td><p>72.05%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thanet</p></td><td><p>73.32%</p></td><td><p>74.79%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thurrock</p></td><td><p>90.82%</p></td><td><p>91.35%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>45.70%</p></td><td><p>45.51%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uttlesford</p></td><td><p>99.01%</p></td><td><p>96.75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waltham Forest</p></td><td><p>93.23%</p></td><td><p>99.98%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>60.50%</p></td><td><p>54.77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwick</p></td><td><p>90.53%</p></td><td><p>90.53%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waveney</p></td><td><p>88.67%</p></td><td><p>88.67%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waverley</p></td><td><p>99.94%</p></td><td><p>98.12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealden</p></td><td><p>86.78%</p></td><td><p>89.63%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welwyn Hatfield</p></td><td><p>82.64%</p></td><td><p>78.93%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lancashire</p></td><td><p>83.82%</p></td><td><p>83.82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>79.82%</p></td><td><p>79.82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>83.62%</p></td><td><p>83.82%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>96.90%</p></td><td><p>96.90%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>96.17%</p></td><td><p>97.33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woking</p></td><td><p>95.40%</p></td><td><p>99.22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>88.35%</p></td><td><p>88.28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>75.39%</p></td><td><p>71.18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>95.25%</p></td><td><p>95.25%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/02/2019 16:35:13 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

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registered interest
date	30/11/2018
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 Revenue Accounts
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 to increase housebuilding as a result of the removal of the HRA borrowing cap.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	197621
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2018 answer text <p>We are developing the planning capacity local authorities need to increase the delivery of new homes through the Planning Delivery Fund. Local authorities are able to draw from a wide range of sector led advice, good practice, and case study examples and we will also be working closely with local authorities to ensure they are able to make the most of the tools we have given them.</p><p>Local authorities can bid alongside housing associations for the £9 billion Affordable Homes Programme to build affordable homes. We are also providing a longer term rent deal for 5 years from 2020 to provide local authorities with a stable investment environment to deliver new homes and we have consulted on options for allowing local authorities more flexibility in the use of their Right to Buy receipts.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/12/2018 16:55:47 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

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registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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 Revenue Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2018 to Question 191287, Housing Revenue Accounts, whether other relevant directions are in force.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	194601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>Since 2012/13 the Secretary of State has issued 23 Directions under section 74(3)(d) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 to individual local authorities which allows properties provided under Part II of the 1985 Housing Act to be accounted for outside the Housing Revenue Account and all these directions remain in force.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/12/2018 16:31:08 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1006973

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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 Revenue Accounts
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 it is the Government's policy to allow homes for market (a) rent and (b) sale to be kept in local authority housing revenue accounts.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	191287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Section 74(1) of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 requires local housing authorities to keep a Housing Revenue Account (HRA) if they provide homes under Part II of the Housing Act 1985, subject to a direction by the Secretary of State. This means that any homes a local authority provides under Part II, including those for market rent or sale, should sit within the Housing Revenue Account unless the Secretary of State issues a direction to exclude them. Whilst no direction has been made for homes for market rent or market sale, we do not believe that local authorities routinely use their HRA to hold such homes.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 20/11/2018 17:27:09 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 85725 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

999315

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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 Revenue Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish a list of the bids the Government has received from local authorities under the scheme announced in Budget 2017 to increase housing revenue account borrowing headroom.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	186186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The £1 billion additional borrowing programme, which we launched in the summer, was over subscribed with local authorities submitting a total of almost 1,000 bids exceeding £2.8 billion additional borrowing. This scale of bids helped to demonstrate local authority demand for additional borrowing and appetite to increase council house building, and helped to inform the decision to abolish the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap.</p><p>The Autumn Budget confirmed the complete abolition of the borrowing cap with immediate effect. With the issuing of a determination that revoked the previous determinations specifying local authority limits on indebtedness, local authorities can now borrow for house building in accordance with the Prudential Code without seeking permission for borrowing from the Government. As a result, the bids that local authorities submitted for additional borrowing through the £1 billion borrowing programme have fallen away.</p><p>We anticipate that local authorities may wish to reflect on their house building plans in light of the abolition of the borrowing cap, and may wish to develop new and even more ambitious plans for house building. In light of this, it would not be appropriate to publish details about the schemes that local authorities submitted to the £1 billion borrowing programme, as these schemes may now be out of date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 186188 question first answered 05/11/2018 15:54:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

999324

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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 Revenue Accounts
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 scheme announced in Budget 2017 to increase housing revenue account borrowing headroom, if he will publish (a) the additional borrowing headroom and (b) any additional linked grant funding applied for by councils under that scheme, by local authority.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	186188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The £1 billion additional borrowing programme, which we launched in the summer, was over subscribed with local authorities submitting a total of almost 1,000 bids exceeding £2.8 billion additional borrowing. This scale of bids helped to demonstrate local authority demand for additional borrowing and appetite to increase council house building, and helped to inform the decision to abolish the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap.</p><p>The Autumn Budget confirmed the complete abolition of the borrowing cap with immediate effect. With the issuing of a determination that revoked the previous determinations specifying local authority limits on indebtedness, local authorities can now borrow for house building in accordance with the Prudential Code without seeking permission for borrowing from the Government. As a result, the bids that local authorities submitted for additional borrowing through the £1 billion borrowing programme have fallen away.</p><p>We anticipate that local authorities may wish to reflect on their house building plans in light of the abolition of the borrowing cap, and may wish to develop new and even more ambitious plans for house building. In light of this, it would not be appropriate to publish details about the schemes that local authorities submitted to the £1 billion borrowing programme, as these schemes may now be out of date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 186186 question first answered 05/11/2018 15:54:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

995623

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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 Revenue Accounts
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 criteria his Department will use in deciding whether local authorities will be able to exceed the housing revenue account borrowing cap; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	184454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>On 29 October 2018, we abolished the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap in full and with immediate effect. Local authorities are now free to borrow to build new council homes in accordance with the Prudential Code, and will not need to apply to the Government for permission to borrow.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/11/2018 15:48:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

995637

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
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 Revenue Accounts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that councils can make use of any additional flexibility made possible by the removal of the cap on councils' borrowing against their Housing Revenue Account assets to finance the construction of new homes without undue bureaucracy.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL11062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The Autumn Budget announced the complete abolition of the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap with immediate effect. Following consultation, we have issued a determination that revoked the previous determinations specifying local authority limits on indebtedness, and as a result local authorities can now borrow for housebuilding in accordance with the Prudential Code. We want to see local authorities seize this opportunity and build a new generation of council housing.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 08/11/2018 13:24:18 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

990374

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
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 Revenue Accounts
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 recent assessment he has made of the number of local authorities without a housing revenue account.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	181173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>There are 160 local housing authorities without a Housing Revenue Account, as they have transferred their housing stock to a housing association. The requirement to account for housing in the HRA is disapplied if an authority has less than 200 homes in its housing stock.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 29/10/2018 14:47:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

984468

registered interest
date	09/10/2018
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 Revenue Accounts
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 removal of the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap for local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	177368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap for local authorities will be removed as soon as possible, with further detail confirmed in the Budget.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/10/2018 16:16:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes