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1299913

registered interest
date	05/03/2021
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to introduce the Charter for Social Housing Tenants.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	163712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>The Charter for Social Housing Residents: Social Housing White Paper, was published on 17 November 2020. The Charter will deliver transformational change for social housing residents, creating proactive consumer regulation and rebalancing the relationship between landlords and tenants. It will ensure that complaints are dealt with quickly and fairly, improve the safety and quality of social homes and empower tenants.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 15/03/2021 17:46:29 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1229343

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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
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 he is taking to (a) enable the use of derelict buildings for housing developments and (b) reduce waiting times for people applying for social housing allocations.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	82407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Brownfield Housing Fund</p><p>The Prime Minister recently announced that seven Mayoral Combined Authorities, including the West Midlands Combined Authority, are each receiving a share of the £400 million Brownfield Housing Fund. The fund will bring under-utilised brownfield land back into use, including derelict buildings and vacant land, to help unlock 26,000 homes, contributing to the levelling-up of our country.</p><p>Social Housing</p><p>The Localism Act 2011 gave local councils power to manage their own waiting lists, so they can decide who should qualify for social housing in their area and develop solutions which make best use of the social housing stock. Since 2012, the social housing waiting list in England has reduced by 37 per cent.</p><p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of affordable housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes. The existing Affordable Homes Programme will be extended by one year. This will save homes that would otherwise have been lost following site closures due to Covid-19.</p><p>We have announced the details of a £12 billion investment in affordable housing to March 2026. This includes the new Affordable Homes Programme of £11.5 billion to deliver up to 180,000 homes should economic conditions allow. In total, this five-year programme represents the highest single funding commitment to affordable housing in a decade. Further details can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fjenrick-unveils-huge-12-billion-boost-for-affordable-homes&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C8748b2ebba654085f82508d8540bf2a4%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637351757572461512&amp;sdata=eKtz8fMZh4sNSHbWKNEVBzVkJeoZ7pJO%2BBL1yfqHk7g%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/jenrick-unveils-huge-12-billion-boost-for-affordable-homes</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 08/09/2020 16:20:45 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1225815

registered interest
date	16/07/2020
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
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 he has to publish a social housing White Paper.
tabling member constituency	Ealing North
tabling member printed	James Murray
uin	75463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government will publish the Social Housing White Paper later this year.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 21/07/2020 13:58:40 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4797 label Biography information for James Murray

1189226

registered interest
date	22/04/2020
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
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 publication of the social housing White Paper.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	38969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2020 answer text <p>The Social Housing White Paper will set out further measures to empower tenants and support the continued supply of social homes. It will include measures to provide greater redress, better regulation and improve the quality of social housing. We are working to bring forward the White Paper in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 30/04/2020 12:36:17 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1182272

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding the Government has allocated to new social housing in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Haltemprice and Howden
tabling member printed	Mr David Davis
uin	24239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes in a wide range of tenures.</p><p>The table below provides details on affordable homes programme funding since 2010. This data may also be found in the public domain at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-oscar-publishing-from-the-database" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmt-oscar-publishing-from-the-database</a></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Affordable Homes Programme Expenditure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£2,660,493,213</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£1,431,994,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£1,136,633,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£1,219,494,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£1,342,398,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>£1,256,863,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>£747,333,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>£1,308,730,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>£1,670,312,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The way in which our delivery partners Homes England and the Greater London Authority allocate this funding across the country is publicly available. To view the further allocations across England regions and local authorities please see the following:</p><ul><li>London funding allocations:<a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/hfl_allocations_-_location_and_provider.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/hfl_allocations_-_location_and_provider.pdf</a></li></ul><ul><li>Homes England AHPprovider funding: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/865148/Funding_by_lead_provider_Final.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/865148/Funding_by_lead_provider_Final.csv/preview</a></li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 09/03/2020 16:51:38 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	373 label Biography information for Sir David Davis

1181346

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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
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 estimate he has made of the net addition of social rented housing in England since 2010 taking into account (a) demolitions, (b) sales and (c) conversions.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	21885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not produce estimates of net additions to the social housing sector, as not all the information on losses is collected to create such estimate. Information is not collected on losses to stock owned by non-registered providers; losses through conversions for smaller private registered providers or local authority stock held outside a Housing Revenue Account; and data on any other losses are not collected except for larger private registered providers (e.g. change of use).</p><p>Data on gross additions to the social housing sector are available on live tables 1000 or 1000C which can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply&amp;data=02%7C01%7CMiguel.MarquesdosSantos%40communities.gov.uk%7Ce0172672062b4a5ad2af08d7be97e300%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637187431859537840&amp;sdata=1QaQWSSrj1Bzg4gQm7hxxQ95WezCJS%2FtsIvCyghtCCU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a></p><p>The available data on sales and demolitions are available in tables 678 and 684 which can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-social-housing-sales&amp;data=02%7C01%7CMiguel.MarquesdosSantos%40communities.gov.uk%7Ce0172672062b4a5ad2af08d7be97e300%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637187431859537840&amp;sdata=9KzVo8XbgdmaWnCE9VqGajrPqXxuFR5DKz0OvbzKm7E%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales</a></p><p>The total size of the social housing stock rented from local authorities or private registered providers in England is published in live table 104 <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants&amp;data=02%7C01%7CMiguel.MarquesdosSantos%40communities.gov.uk%7Ce0172672062b4a5ad2af08d7be97e300%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637187431859547798&amp;sdata=RXocMSVOAPRFqNwSraaj9HaEC30kSXHO3tY88ibfcQc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 03/03/2020 17:28:00 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1177458

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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
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 level of demand for social housing in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	14802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>It is for local authorities to identify demand for social housing. The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that local authorities should identify the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community, including those who require affordable housing, and reflect this in planning policies.</p><p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes in a wide range of tenures, including Social Rent.</p><p>A mix of different tenures is vital to meet the needs of a wide range of people, and allow the sector to build the right homes in the right places.</p><p>Since​ 2010, we have delivered over 464,500 new affordable homes, including over 331,800 affordable homes for rent.</p><p>We will also renew the Affordable Homes Programme, building hundreds of thousands of new homes for a range of people in different places. This will help us prevent people from falling into homelessness while also supporting further people into home ownership.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 13/02/2020 17:46:52 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1175413

registered interest
date	30/01/2020
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what studies they have commissioned on the benefits of establishing additional social housing units to (1) the economy, (2) crime levels, and (3) regional inequality.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL1227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes in a wide range of tenures, including Social Rent. This includes an additional £2 billion, and the ability for Local Authorities and Housing Associations to bid for funding to build social rent homes.</p><p>Since 2010 we have delivered over 464,000 new affordable homes, including 141,000 social homes across England. The social housing waiting list has decreased by 37 per cent since 2012, enabling more people to have the security of their own home.</p><p>We will also engage HM Treasury to renew the Affordable Homes Programme, building hundreds of thousands of new homes for a range of people in different places. This will help us prevent people from falling into homelessness while also supporting more people into homeownership.</p><p>We listen to the needs of tenants and in 2018 published A New Deal for Social Housing, moving forwards with the upcoming Social Housing White Paper. The White Paper will set out measures to empower tenants and support the continued supply of social homes. This will include measures to provide greater redress, better regulation and improve the quality of social housing</p><p>We also engage research and evidence to inform our policy decisions on housing. In 2018 a literature review was commissioned from The Centre for Housing Policy at York University. This review of social housing considered current policies and public attitudes, as well as developments in reducing crime levels, area deprivation and helping to keep residents out of poverty. The review may be found (attached) at: <a href="http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/136236/1/MHCLG_Green_Paper_Review.pdf" target="_blank">http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/136236/1/MHCLG_Green_Paper_Review.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 12/02/2020 12:59:43 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name 200212 Social housing - Evidence review.pdf title Social housing evidence review
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1172903

registered interest
date	23/01/2020
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
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 he is taking to increase the provision of social housing in England.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	7097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of genuinely affordable homes. We have made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme, delivering approximately 250,000 new affordable homes to March 2022. Councils can bid into this programme to secure funding for new council homes. We also abolished the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap and have given councils a longer-term rent deal for 5 years from 2020. The total number of households on local authority waiting lists is down by 37 per cent compared to 2012. 464,000 affordable homes have been delivered in England since April 2010, including 141,000 new social rent homes.</p><p>We will also fulfil our manifesto commitment to renew the Affordable Homes Programme, building hundreds of thousands of new homes for a range of people across the country and providing further stability for councils to build new social homes.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 31/01/2020 12:49:33 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

1171383

registered interest
date	16/01/2020
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
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 his timescale is for publishing a social housing White Paper; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	4299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2020 answer text <p>We will bring forward a Social Housing White Paper, which will set out further measures to empower tenants and support the continued supply of social homes. This will include measures to provide greater redress, better regulation and improve the quality of social housing. We are working to bring forward the White Paper as quickly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 24/01/2020 14:30:49 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman