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674186

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Rural Areas: Food Supply
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what fiscal steps he plans to take to support rural communities and enable the UK to become self-sufficient for food.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	60340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>The government will continue to support rural communities, and has guaranteed structural and investment funds which are signed before we leave. These will be honoured for their lifetime, even after we have left the EU. The government has also guaranteed existing levels of CAP Pillar 1 funding across the UK until the end of the Multi-annual Financial Framework in 2020. This provides direct support to farmers, giving needed certainty while we develop a new British agricultural policy. I have written to each devolved administration to give a similar level of assurance to that offered to UK government departments.</p><p><br> The government is considering how best to support the farming industry after our exit from the EU. Defra will shortly publish a Green Paper setting out our ambitions for food and farming. We will then work with the industry, rural communities and the wider public to shape our plans and future arrangements outside of the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 25/01/2017 14:08:36 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

674190

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what work the Church of England is undertaking to tackle indebtedness.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	60251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>Many local churches across the country are closely involved in tackling indebtedness in their community. In September 2014 of the 1,812 clergy who responded to a Church Urban Fund social action survey, 22% said their church offered debt or money advice. This includes 306 Christians Against Poverty (CAP) debt centres and over 140 Community Money Advice centres, many of them run and/or hosted by Anglican churches. The report can be found here: <a href="http://www.cuf.org.uk/church-in-action-2015" target="_blank">www.cuf.org.uk/church-in-action-2015</a></p><p>At national level, the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Just Finance Foundation has been set up by the Church of England and Church Urban Fund in order to implement his vision of a more just financial system. The JFF works with credit unions, churches, employers, schools and other community organisations to help strengthen the financial resilience of communities through financial education and improved access to responsible credit and savings opportunities and free debt advice services. Following successful pilots, the Just Finance Network and LifeSavers (school savings club) programme are being rolled out nationally.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 19/01/2017 13:12:48 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

674193

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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	Letting Agents: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban letting fees for tenants; and when he plans for that ban to come into effect.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	60219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>As my Noble Friend, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, said in the House of Lords on 19 January 2017, the Government is committed to introducing legislation as soon as possible to implement the ban on letting agent fees for tenants. We will consult in the Spring on the detail of the ban and will consider the views of property agencies, landlords, tenants and other stakeholders before introducing legislation. Impact assessments will follow the consultation and support the detail of banning fees to tenants.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 25/01/2017 15:32:35 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

674194

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates
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 businesses paid business rates in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) nationally in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	60286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>We do not collect this data. Data on the number of hereditaments that are liable for business rates in England are available from the Valuation Office Agency at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/valuation-office-agency-non-domestic-rating-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/valuation-office-agency-non-domestic-rating-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 25/01/2017 15:24:47 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

674195

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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	Affordable 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 assessment his Department made of the potential merits of funding homes for social rent in advance of the publication of the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016 to 2021: Addendum to the Prospectus, published in January 2017; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the modelling, workings and data on which that assessment was based.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	60300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The assessment of the changes to affordable housing funding, including the availability of the funding for affordable homes for rent, was carried out as part of the Autumn Statement process. The fiscal impact of the changes on public finances was included as part of the OBR’s policy costings for Autumn Statement 2016 which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571402/Policy_Costings_AS_2016_web_final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/571402/Policy_Costings_AS_2016_web_final.pdf</a></p><p>Affordable Rent was introduced in 2011 to maximise taxpayers’ money, providing more homes for every pound of Government investment, so more people in housing need can have access to a good quality home at a sub-market rent. An Impact Assessment was carried out when the policy was introduced, and is publicly available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/6021/1918816.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/6021/1918816.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 23/01/2017 17:06:01 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

674196

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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	Social Rented Housing: Expenditure
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 capital has been spent on social housing in (a) Leeds East constituency, (b) Leeds, (c) West Yorkshire and (d) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	60408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government does not collect data on capital spent on social housing at constituency level or for the UK.</p><p>Central Government’s capital expenditures on social housing through government’s affordable homes programmes are available publicly for the National Affordable Homes Programme 2008-11, the Affordable Homes Programme 2011-2015, the Affordable Homes Programme 2015-2018 and the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21.</p><p>Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21 initial allocations:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/affordable-homes-programme-2016-to-2021-successful-bidders" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/affordable-homes-programme-2016-to-2021-successful-bidders</a></p><p>Data are only available by Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) operating areas.</p><p>Affordable Homes Programme 2015-18 initial allocations: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/affordable-homes-programme-2015-to-2018-guidance-and-allocations#allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/affordable-homes-programme-2015-to-2018-guidance-and-allocations#allocations</a></p><p>Data are only available by HCA operating areas.</p><p>Affordable Homes Programme 2015-18 quarterly updates:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/affordable-homes-programme-2015-to-2018-quarterly-updates" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/affordable-homes-programme-2015-to-2018-quarterly-updates</a></p><p>Data are only available by HCA operating areas.</p><p>Affordable Homes Programme 2011-15 initial allocations, signed contracts and quarterly updates:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/affordable-homes-programme-2011-to-2015-guidance-and-allocations" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/affordable-homes-programme-2011-to-2015-guidance-and-allocations</a></p><p>Data are only available for HCA operating areas and by local authorities.</p><p>National Affordable Homes Programme 2008-11 – Investment statement, Yorkshire and Humberside</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20071204140632/http:/www.housingcorp.gov.uk/server/show/nav.4140" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20071204140632/http://www.housingcorp.gov.uk/server/show/nav.4140</a></p><p>Data are only available by HCA operating areas</p><p>Data on local Government’s capital expenditure on social housing are not available before 2013-14. The data for 2013-14 onwards are available in the Housing Revenue Account Capital Expenditure, financing and major repairs reserve which can be found at:</p><p>2013-14: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/396498/2013-14_FINAL_Capital_exp_and_financing_for_HRA.xlsx" target="_blank">ttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/396498/2013-14_FINAL_Capital_exp_and_financing_for_HRA.xlsx</a></p><p>2014-15: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473580/2014-15_Capital_expenditure_and_financing_for_Housing_Revenue_Account.xlsx" target="_blank">ttps://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473580/2014-15_Capital_expenditure_and_financing_for_Housing_Revenue_Account.xlsx<br></a><br>Government is investing £9.4 billion to deliver over 400,000 affordable housing starts by March 2021 - the largest housing programme by any Government since the 1970s.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 02/02/2017 16:29:49 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

674197

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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	Owner Occupation
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 levels of home ownership have been in (a) Leeds East constituency, (b) Leeds, (c) West Yorkshire and (d) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	60403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s latest English Housing Survey provides information on the rates of home ownership in England. In 2014/15, home ownership stood at 64%. The Department does not provide a breakdown of the rates of home ownership by regions or constituencies. The Survey is available through the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2014-to-2015-headline-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2014-to-2015-headline-report</a></p><p>Since 2010, over 362,000 households have been helped to purchase a home through Government backed schemes including Help to Buy and Right to Buy. But we have not been building enough homes as a country for decades. The Government will soon be publishing a White Paper outlining further measures to tackle the housing shortage.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 23/01/2017 16:54:37 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

674198

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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	Help 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, how many people have received assistance from the Government's Help to Buy scheme in (a) Leeds East constituency, (b) Leeds, (c) West Yorkshire and (d) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	60405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>Since the launch of the Help to Buy: Equity Loan, Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee and Help to Buy: NewBuy schemes, the total number of households which have received assistance from all three schemes is 201,322 in the UK, 2,875 in Leeds local authority, 520 in Leeds East and 7,960 in West Yorkshire metropolitan county.</p><p>The total number of people who have received assistance from the Help to Buy ISA is 38,595 in the UK, 850 in Leeds, 65 in Leeds East, and 1902 in West Yorkshire. The Help to Buy ISA figures are based on the number of bonuses paid (per person) rather than per property.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 25/01/2017 15:31:20 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

674199

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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	Social Rented 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, how many social rented homes have been built in (a) Leeds East constituency, (b) Leeds, (c) West Yorkshire and (d) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	60406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>The numbers of additional social rent dwellings provided in local authorities across England since 1997 is published in live table 1006C available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a></p><p>Figures are not available at constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 25/01/2017 15:29:20 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

674200

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
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	Garden Communities: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Garden Village proposals which do not meet the criteria set out in Locally-Led Garden Villages, Towns and Cities, published by his Department in March 2016, and which were not selected in the initial round will not receive either informal or formal support by the Homes and Communities Agency in progressing those proposals outside of the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	60412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Homes and Communities Agency has offered a conversation with local authorities whose garden village proposals were not selected to establish how they might be supported to progress their ambitions.</p><p>The 14 garden villages selected stood out as the strongest against the criteria we had set, including the likelihood of timely progress and accelerated delivery; viability and local demand; the strength of quality, innovation and design in the proposal; and the strength of local leadership and support.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell grouped question UIN 60372 60373 60374 60375 60376 question first answered 24/01/2017 16:31:47 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall