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650392

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date	02/12/2016
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	Council Tax: Fraud
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to assist local authorities to combat council tax fraud.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>In March, the government published the sector-produced Local Government Counter Fraud and Corruption Strategy. This set out a series of recommendations encouraging councils, to enhance their capability to tackle all types of fraud including Council Tax. In November the government published the National Fraud Initiative report which detailed the cancellation, by local authorities, of over 37,000 Council Tax Single Person Discount claims for fraud and error over the last two years as a result of the data matches provided by NFI. £11 million of underpayments are being recovered and future underpayments of £24 million have been prevented.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 15/12/2016 17:06:43 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

650393

registered interest
date	02/12/2016
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	Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 28 November (HL3302), what discussions they are having with local authorities as the funders of the Right to Buy scheme.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>At Autumn Statement 2016, the Chancellor announced a large-scale regional pilot of the voluntary Right to Buy, which will be funded by the government.</p><p>In terms of the main scheme, we have engaged closely with local authorities in the development of how we fund the extension of Right to Buy to housing association tenants. We are considering how the policy will be implemented under the Housing and Planning Act 2016 and will continue to engage with local authorities and other stakeholders as we develop the detail.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 12/12/2016 15:10:49 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

650396

registered interest
date	02/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Food: Hygiene
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to strengthen the requirements and penalties relating to the meeting of hygiene standards by food businesses.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The Food Standards Agency (FSA) does not have any immediate plans to increase requirements or penalties for hygiene standards.</p><p> </p><p>However, though the FSA’s ‘Regulating Our Future’ programme it is working to reform and improve the current regulatory system, thus making sure that people have safe food, food they can trust, and that it is what it says it is.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 15/12/2016 12:50:20 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

646550

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to reform the income tax relief system to encourage the building of social housing on rural exception sites; and if so, what are those plans.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to reform the income tax relief system or rollover relief provisions for Capital Gains Tax in order to encourage the building of social housing on rural exception sites.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL3570 question first answered 05/12/2016 16:41:46 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

646551

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to look at reform of the rollover relief provisions for Capital Gains Tax to encourage the building of social housing on rural exception sites; and if so, what are those plans.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to reform the income tax relief system or rollover relief provisions for Capital Gains Tax in order to encourage the building of social housing on rural exception sites.</p> answering member printed Lord Young of Cookham grouped question UIN HL3569 question first answered 05/12/2016 16:41:45 answering member 57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

643776

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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	Council Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the new £18 million fund to accelerate house building will be used to build council houses.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The £18 million fund is a ‘capacity fund’ to tackle planning issues that can cause delay and prevent builders from getting on site and starting work quickly.</p><p>It can be used to facilitate house building on all ownership and tenure models.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 08/12/2016 15:32:50 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

643777

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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	Council Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the 40,000 affordable housing starts announced in the Autumn Statement they expect to be council houses.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>In the Autumn Statement the Chancellor announced a £1.4 billion expansion of the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme (SOAHP) 2016-21 and a relaxation of restrictions on tenure. The expanded and more flexible programme will allow providers to have the agility to quickly and effectively respond with the right products to local needs and markets. Local authorities, along with other providers, are able to bid into the programme, and so the proportion of the 40,000 starts that local authorities build will become clear through the bids that are submitted during the continuous market engagement phase.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/12/2016 15:35:02 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

643778

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government where the £1.8 billion of extra spending by Housing Associations from sources other than central government is coming from.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>The £1.8 billion is the amount of additional investment that housing associations will need to take, from lenders and through cross subsidy across schemes, in order to deliver the much needed affordable homes. As housing associations are currently classified as public corporations this investment also counts towards the fiscal aggregates.</p><p>We are taking action to enable the Office for National Statistics to reclassify housing associations to the private sector.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 30/11/2016 13:04:21 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

643779

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the time period for the spending of the £7.2 billion on housing announced in the Autumn Statement.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>The government’s announcement of £7.2 billion to support the construction of new homes at the Autumn Statement is part of the new National Productivity Investment Fund. The Fund will add £23 billion in high-value investment from 2017/18 to 2021/22.</p><p>Within the £7.2 billion envelope, the government will provide an additional £1.4 billion to deliver an additional 40,000 affordable housing starts by 2020/21. The Autumn Statement envelope also includes borrowing by housing associations from private sector sources as a result of the additional investment. The government will also invest £1.7 billion by 2020/21 to speed up house building on public sector land. Finally, the government announced a new Housing Infrastructure Fund of £2.3 billion by 2020/21 which will deliver up to 100,000 new homes. Further details on how this fund will be allocated to local authorities will be set out in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 08/12/2016 15:33:17 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

643780

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
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 Infrastructure Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they envisage the £2.3 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund being spent on, and over what timescale.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2016 answer text <p>The government’s Housing Infrastructure Fund covers £2.3 billion of new funding up to 2020/21 as part of the government’s National Productivity Investment Fund. Local authorities will be able to bid for funding for infrastructure such as new roads or utility connections (such as water, energy and internet) to unlock housing sites in high demand areas. This will support the delivery of up to 100,000 new homes. Further details on how this Fund will be allocated to local authorities will be set out in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 07/12/2016 15:31:52 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark