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573376

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Company Accounts: Multinational Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of country-by-country reporting regulations on the competitiveness of the UK economy.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	44141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Government has consistently pushed for broad international agreement on public country-by-country reporting. This will ensure that public country-by-country reporting achieves its transparency objectives of requiring multinationals to disclose information on their activities, profits and taxes paid across the full range of countries in which they operate.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 12/09/2016 14:50:05 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

573377

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Tax Allowances: Landlords
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of private landlords who will be affected by the tax relief change to higher rate taxpayers announced in the Summer Budget 2015.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	44101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>HMRC estimate that 1 in 5 landlords will pay more tax as a result of this measure.</p><p> </p><p>Given that only a small proportion of the housing market is affected by this change, the Government does not expect these changes to have a large impact on rent levels or house prices. The Office of Budget Responsibility (OBR) also expects the impact on the housing market will be small.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will double the housing budget from 2018-19 and has set out the most ambitious affordable housing plan since the 1970s to support working people in their aim to own their own home, together the measures in the plan amount to over £20 billion of investment in housing between 2016-17 and 2020-21.</p><p> </p><p>The level of housing benefits is dependent on a number of factors such as, household and individual circumstances in regards to employment and household income, inflation and rents. The Government does not expect a large impact on rent levels from this policy, and any impact would be dampened in the short term due to other policy decisions. Therefore, the government does not anticipate changes to the overall level of housing benefits as a result. Nevertheless, the government will continue to monitor rental levels charged in the private rented sector.</p><p> </p><p>Landlords are required to maintain their properties to a legal minimum standard. The reform to the wear and tear allowance means that all landlords will now be able to offset the costs of replacing furnishings in their properties removing the previous disincentive to do so. The Government therefore does not think that the changes to the tax rules will reduce standards for tenants.</p><p> </p><p>Some landlords may face difficult decisions regarding their properties. This is why the Government has chosen to act in a proportionate and gradual way. Basic rate income tax relief will still be available on a landlord’s finance costs, the restriction will not be introduced until April 2017 and then it will be phased in over 4 years. This gives landlords time to plan ahead of the changes.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 44504 question first answered 12/09/2016 14:33:13 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

573385

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Homelessness: Birmingham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the population in (a) Birmingham, Northfield constituency and (b) Birmingham city was homeless in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	44006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2016 answer text <p>Total numbers of households, numbers of households accepted as homeless and in priority need, and numbers of homeless households in temporary accommodation, have been published for each local authority in England, for the years 2004/05 to 2015/16, in live table 784:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness</a></p><p>Constituency level information on homelessness is not collected.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 13/09/2016 16:39:58 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

573386

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assistance his Department provides to local authorities to help tackle (a) homelessness and (b) the root causes of homelessness.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	44007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>One person without a home is one too many. That is why the Government is clear that prevention must be at the heart of everything we do to tackle homelessness. We will be investing £500 million in work to prevent and relieve homelessness across this Parliament. This includes protecting homelessness prevention funding for local authorities, which will amount to £315 million by 2019-20, to help them continue to provide quality advice and assistance to everyone who approaches them for help. Since 2010, local authorities have helped prevent or relieve over one million cases of homelessness.</p><p>Homelessness is rarely a housing issue alone. The causes are varied and driven by issues such as health, education, justice, welfare, and employment. That is why we have increased central investment to tackle homelessness over the next four years to £139 million, including a new £10 million Social Impact Bond to support rough sleepers with the most complex needs. This builds on the success of the world’s first homelessness Social Impact Bond, run by the Greater London Authority to turn round the lives around of 830 of London’s most entrenched rough sleepers. Over half have achieved accommodation, employment or reconnection outcomes.</p><p>In addition we have invested £15 million to improve outcomes for young people through the Fair Chance Fund. This funding is turning around the lives of around 1,900 18 to 25 year olds with complex and overlapping needs, by supporting them into accommodation, education, training and employment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 12/09/2016 15:44:54 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

573389

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Green Belt: Dorset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 17 December 2015 to Question 19679, how much land in East Dorset District Council area is designated as green belt.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	44057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Figures for the amount of land designated as Green Belt in each local authority area as at 31 March 2016 are included in Annex Table 1 of the department’s Green Belt Statistics 2015/16, published 8 September 2016. This is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-green-belt-statistics-for-england-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-green-belt-statistics-for-england-2015-to-2016</a>.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell grouped question UIN 44058 question first answered 12/09/2016 15:58:17 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

573390

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Green Belt: Dorset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 17 December 2015 to Question 19683, how much land in Purbeck District Council area is designated as green belt.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Michael Tomlinson
uin	44058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>Figures for the amount of land designated as Green Belt in each local authority area as at 31 March 2016 are included in Annex Table 1 of the department’s Green Belt Statistics 2015/16, published 8 September 2016. This is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-green-belt-statistics-for-england-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-green-belt-statistics-for-england-2015-to-2016</a>.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell grouped question UIN 44057 question first answered 12/09/2016 15:58:17 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4497 label Biography information for Michael Tomlinson

573393

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2016 to Question 43423, on housing: construction, if he will publish statistics for net new dwellings in England for the years 1997-98 to 2005-06 comparable to those published for subsequent years.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	44064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The number of net additional dwellings in England, since 2000-01 are published in Table 1 of the Net Supply of Housing 2014-15 statistical release, available at this link: <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/net-supply-of-housing-in-england-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/net-supply-of-housing-in-england-2014-to-2015</a><br> <br> An estimate of the number of net additional dwellings in England, from 1997-98 to 1999-2000 can be derived by calculating the annual change in the total dwelling stock, using published figures in Dwelling Stock live table 104, available at the following link: <br> <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 Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 12/09/2016 17:07:35 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

573394

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Tenants: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much central government funding has been (a) made available for tenant training in each of the last 10 years and (b) allocated, or he plans to make available, for tenant training in (i) 2016 and (ii) each subsequent year of the current Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	44065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>We do not hold data on central government funding for tenant training prior to financial year 2009/2010. Since 2010/11 Government has funded the National Communities Resource Centre (NCRC), the Tenant Participation Advisory Service (TPAS) and Tribal Education. Funding as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Tribal Education</p><p>2010/11: £256,600</p><p> </p><p>National Communities Resource Centre</p><p>2010/11: £350,000</p><p>2011/12: £136,492</p><p>2012/13: £267,350</p><p>2013/14: £131,159</p><p>2014/15: £285,100</p><p>2015/16: £90,000</p><p> </p><p>Tenant Participation Advisory Service</p><p>2011/12: £170,000</p><p>2013/14: £668,700</p><p>2014/15: £518,310</p><p>2015/16: £160,000</p><p> </p><p>A decision has not yet been made regarding funding for this and future years.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 12/09/2016 15:56:27 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

573396

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Housing Associations: Tower Hamlets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Government was involved in the legal agreement drawn up in 1998 to transfer the estates involved in the Tower Hamlets Housing Action Trust to Old Ford Housing Association.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	44088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>We do not know whether Government was involved in drafting the legal agreement itself – this could only be determined at disproportionate cost – but the Government was involved in the development of, and preparatory work leading to, the transfer to Old Ford Housing Association.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell grouped question UIN 44089 question first answered 12/09/2016 15:42:32 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

573397

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
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	Housing Associations: Tower Hamlets
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 place in the Library a copy of the advice provided to the Housing Minister prior to authorisation of the stock transfer of the Parkside estates to Old Ford Housing Association.
tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
uin	44089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>We do not know whether Government was involved in drafting the legal agreement itself – this could only be determined at disproportionate cost – but the Government was involved in the development of, and preparatory work leading to, the transfer to Old Ford Housing Association.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell grouped question UIN 44088 question first answered 12/09/2016 15:42:33 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali