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348545

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	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	Agriculture: Land
	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 bring forward plans to strengthen the protection of best and most versatile agricultural land in national planning policy.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	1135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The use of best and most versatile farmland is for local planning authorities to lead through their Local Plans. This enables local communities to be consulted and to decide where development should go, and what local food-growing opportunities should be taken forward.</p><p> </p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework sets out the importance for local planning authorities of taking account of the benefits of the best and most versatile farmland in preparing their Local Plans, including consideration of access to affordable, sustainable and healthy food.</p><p> </p><p>Local planning authorities must consult Natural England before permitting non-agricultural development on significant areas of such land if this is outside the Local Plan.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1136 1137 question first answered 09/06/2015 15:31:21 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

348546

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	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	Agriculture: Land
	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 strengthen policies relating to food-growing in the National Planning Policy Framework to identify the importance of local food-growing opportunities and the affordability of, and access to, suitable land and associated housing for food-growing.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	1136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The use of best and most versatile farmland is for local planning authorities to lead through their Local Plans. This enables local communities to be consulted and to decide where development should go, and what local food-growing opportunities should be taken forward.</p><p> </p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework sets out the importance for local planning authorities of taking account of the benefits of the best and most versatile farmland in preparing their Local Plans, including consideration of access to affordable, sustainable and healthy food.</p><p> </p><p>Local planning authorities must consult Natural England before permitting non-agricultural development on significant areas of such land if this is outside the Local Plan.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1135 1137 question first answered 09/06/2015 15:31:21 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

348547

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	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	Soil
	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 instruct officials in his Department to discuss with their counterparts in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs the feasibility of monitoring the loss to development of best and most versatile soil.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol East
	tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
	uin	1137
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The use of best and most versatile farmland is for local planning authorities to lead through their Local Plans. This enables local communities to be consulted and to decide where development should go, and what local food-growing opportunities should be taken forward.</p><p> </p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework sets out the importance for local planning authorities of taking account of the benefits of the best and most versatile farmland in preparing their Local Plans, including consideration of access to affordable, sustainable and healthy food.</p><p> </p><p>Local planning authorities must consult Natural England before permitting non-agricultural development on significant areas of such land if this is outside the Local Plan.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1135 1136 question first answered 09/06/2015 15:31:21 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

348575

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many registered Housing Association properties there are in each English local authority.
	tabling member constituency	Stafford
	tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
	uin	1107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on Private Registered Provider dwelling stock in England and in each local authority district are published in the Department’s live table 115, which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/06/2015 14:29:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

348554

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	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
	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 has been made of the effect of the proposed extension of the right to buy policy on the credit ratings of housing associations.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	1269
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The development of the policy is ongoing, and details will be set out in the impact assessment when the Housing Bill is published.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1021 1050 1059 1078 1090 1162 1270 1271 question first answered 08/06/2015 15:00:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

348555

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	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
	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 has been made of the effect of the proposed extension of the right to buy policy on the future building capacity of housing associations.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	1270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The development of the policy is ongoing, and details will be set out in the impact assessment when the Housing Bill is published.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1021 1050 1059 1078 1090 1162 1269 1271 question first answered 08/06/2015 15:00:20 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

348556

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	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
	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 his Department has made of the cost to the Exchequer of extending the right to buy policy to housing association tenants.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	1271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The development of the policy is ongoing, and details will be set out in the impact assessment when the Housing Bill is published.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1021 1050 1059 1078 1090 1162 1269 1270 question first answered 08/06/2015 15:00:20 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

348557

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	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	Council Housing
	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 value of council homes in the most expensive third of all properties of their type in their area is by number of bedrooms in each English region.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	1276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 8 June, PQ 1079.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1277 question first answered 09/06/2015 11:22:52 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

348558

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	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	Council Housing
	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 value of council homes classified by his Department as high value is by number of bedrooms in each English region.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	1277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 8 June, PQ 1079.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1276 question first answered 09/06/2015 11:22:52 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

348560

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	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
	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 of homelessness of the extension of right to buy to housing association tenants.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	1162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The development of the policy is ongoing, and details will be set out in the impact assessment when the Housing Bill is published.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1021 1050 1059 1078 1090 1269 1270 1271 question first answered 08/06/2015 15:00:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds