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794340

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	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	5G
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, ?Media and Sport on the national roll-out of 5G networks.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	115313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2017 answer text <p>My Department is in regular contact with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on the deployment of digital telecommunications infrastructure to support broadband and mobile connectivity, including the rollout of 5G.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 01/12/2017 13:23:14 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

782675

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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	Aerials: Planning Permission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has for further reform of planning regulations to support investment in infrastructure to improve mobile connectivity.
	tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
	tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
	uin	111251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2017 answer text <p>In November 2016, the Government delivered major mobile planning reforms in England in November 2016, which have made it easier for Mobile Network Operators to roll out mobile infrastructure more quickly and introduced new rights to build taller masts. In addition, the housing White Paper <em>Fixing our Broken Housing Market,</em> published earlier this year consulted on proposals to amend national planning policy so that local planning authorities are expected to have planning policies setting out how high quality digital infrastructure will be delivered in their area and be available from a range of providers.</p><p>The Government is working closely with the industry to assess whether there are any further planning issues which can be overcome to improve mobile connectivity</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 09/11/2017 13:52:12 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

769645

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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 steps he is taking to encourage private institutional investment in (a) affordable rent-to-buy schemes and (b) other affordable home ownership products.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	107404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>We continue to actively engage with and meet a range of organisations from the commercial sector and institutional investors who may have an interest in supporting delivery through the Affordable Homes Programme, which includes Rent to Buy and Shared Ownership.</p><p>The Affordable Homes Programme, through which we have delivered 333,000 new affordable homes since 2010, has been opened up to enable private developers to deliver Shared Ownership.</p><p>We have also set out a long term rent deal for social landlords in England, where increases will be limited to CPI + 1 per cent for 5 years from 2020. This will enable these providers the certainty they need to leverage in more private finance to build more homes across all tenures, including for home ownership.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 17/10/2017 16:57:34 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 15673 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

769646

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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, whether privately-funded affordable rent-to-buy products will qualify for inclusion in Starter Homes Land Fund sites; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	107405
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Housing White Paper announced the Starter Homes Land Fund would be used to prepare more sites for Starter Homes and other affordable home ownership products. This can include Rent to Buy products.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 17/10/2017 16:59:21 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 15676 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

802937

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2017
	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, if he will set out the average gross rents resulting from total allocations under the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21 to the end of September 2017 for affordable rent schemes in (a) London and (b) each Homes and Communities Agency operating area, expressed both in (i) pounds per week and (ii) as a percentage of market rent.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	118357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2017 answer text <p>The Greater London Authority has published its proposed London Affordable Rent levels on its website. See page 7 in the following file:</p><p><a href="https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/homesforlondoners-affordablehomesprogrammefundingguidance.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/homesforlondoners-affordablehomesprogrammefundingguidance.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The overall national average as a proportion of market rent for affordable rent funded housing through the programme is 80 per cent.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Homes and Communities Operating area</p></td><td><p>Average rent PW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East, Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Total</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 13/12/2017 17:06:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

777650

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2017
	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 plans he has to increase the number of affordable homes.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
	tabling member printed	Nigel Huddleston
	uin	901478
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is investing over £9 billion between 2016-2021 to deliver a wide range of affordable housing - to meet the needs of a broad range of people, including homes for social rent. We have also confirmed long-term rent certainty for social landlords – creating a stable investment environment to support councils and housing associations to build more affordable homes.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 30/10/2017 16:59:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4407 label Biography information for Nigel Huddleston

769644

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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 steps he is taking to encourage local authorities to include affordable rent-to-buy schemes in their affordable housing programmes.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	107406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government introduced Rent to Buy to support aspiring tenants on low to middle income into home ownership, enabling them to save for a deposit.</p><p>Funding for Rent to Buy is available from our Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21, which supports the delivery of a wide range of affordable homes with over £9 billion. As set out at Autumn Statement 2016, the programme is fully flexible and sets no ringfences on particular forms of tenure. We encourage providers to ensure that their schemes take account of the affordable housing needs in the local areas – to ensure that we build the right homes in the right places.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 17/10/2017 16:58:43 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 15678 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

769643

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	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, if he will make it his policy to include and make specific reference to rent-to-buy in the definition of affordable housing in the National Planning Policy Framework.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	107407
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Subject to the outcome of the consultation on the Housing White Paper, we envisage that affordable rent to buy housing which meets the criteria set out in the proposed definition of affordable housing would be classified as affordable housing in the revised National Planning Policy Framework.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 17/10/2017 16:56:56 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma previous answer version 15679 answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

802361

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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, whether the Government has made an assessment of the extent to which the use of viability assessments could reduce affordable housing contributions.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	118048
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Stakeholders report that the use of viability assessments can add complexity and uncertainty to the planning process. This can lead to delays and diminished contributions towards infrastructure and affordable housing.</p><p>The Government consulted on proposals to reform the viability assessment process within the<em> Planning for the right homes in the right places consultation</em>. This will create more certainty about the contributions developers are expected to make to affordable housing and reduce the use of viability assessments at the planning application stage. The viability of the expected contributions should be tested at the plan-making stage. Where tested in plan-making, the issue should not usually need to be tested again at the planning application stage.</p><p>The consultation has now closed and we are currently analysing the responses. A further announcement will be made in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 118049 question first answered 14/12/2017 17:03:26 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

802362

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2017
	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 steps are being taken to prevent housing developers using loopholes in the Government's planning policy to reduce the number of affordable houses.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	uin	118049
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Stakeholders report that the use of viability assessments can add complexity and uncertainty to the planning process. This can lead to delays and diminished contributions towards infrastructure and affordable housing.</p><p>The Government consulted on proposals to reform the viability assessment process within the<em> Planning for the right homes in the right places consultation</em>. This will create more certainty about the contributions developers are expected to make to affordable housing and reduce the use of viability assessments at the planning application stage. The viability of the expected contributions should be tested at the plan-making stage. Where tested in plan-making, the issue should not usually need to be tested again at the planning application stage.</p><p>The consultation has now closed and we are currently analysing the responses. A further announcement will be made in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma grouped question UIN 118048 question first answered 14/12/2017 17:03:26 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse