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753307

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of children housed in temporary accommodation in each year from 2005 to 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Time spent in temporary accommodation means that no family with a child ever has to be without a roof over their heads. The number of households in temporary accommodation is well below the peak over a decade ago, in 2005.</p><p>But temporary accommodation is an intermediate measure. This government changed the law to allow councils to place families in decent and affordable private rented homes. This means homeless households do not have to wait as long for settled accommodation, spending less time in temporary accommodation.</p><p>We have also replaced DWP’s Temporary Accommodation Management Fee with a Flexible Homelessness Support Grant which local authorities can use more strategically to prevent and tackle homelessness. This amounts to £402m over the two years from 2017/18.</p><p>This government is implementing the most ambitious legislative reform in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act, which significantly reforms England’s homelessness legislation, ensuring that more people get the help they need earlier to prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.</p><p>The Act places duties on local authorities to intervene at earlier stages to prevent homelessness in their areas. It also requires local authorities to provide new homelessness services to all those affected, not just those who are protected under existing legislation.</p><p>I will place detailed figures in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL993 HL994 question first answered 11/09/2017 14:53:48 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

753306

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many households were housed in temporary accommodation in each year from 2005 to 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL994
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Time spent in temporary accommodation means that no family with a child ever has to be without a roof over their heads. The number of households in temporary accommodation is well below the peak over a decade ago, in 2005.</p><p>But temporary accommodation is an intermediate measure. This government changed the law to allow councils to place families in decent and affordable private rented homes. This means homeless households do not have to wait as long for settled accommodation, spending less time in temporary accommodation.</p><p>We have also replaced DWP’s Temporary Accommodation Management Fee with a Flexible Homelessness Support Grant which local authorities can use more strategically to prevent and tackle homelessness. This amounts to £402m over the two years from 2017/18.</p><p>This government is implementing the most ambitious legislative reform in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act, which significantly reforms England’s homelessness legislation, ensuring that more people get the help they need earlier to prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.</p><p>The Act places duties on local authorities to intervene at earlier stages to prevent homelessness in their areas. It also requires local authorities to provide new homelessness services to all those affected, not just those who are protected under existing legislation.</p><p>I will place detailed figures in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL993 HL995 question first answered 11/09/2017 14:53:48 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

753305

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2017
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many households were accepted as unintentionally homeless in each year from 2005 to 2016.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Time spent in temporary accommodation means that no family with a child ever has to be without a roof over their heads. The number of households in temporary accommodation is well below the peak over a decade ago, in 2005.</p><p>But temporary accommodation is an intermediate measure. This government changed the law to allow councils to place families in decent and affordable private rented homes. This means homeless households do not have to wait as long for settled accommodation, spending less time in temporary accommodation.</p><p>We have also replaced DWP’s Temporary Accommodation Management Fee with a Flexible Homelessness Support Grant which local authorities can use more strategically to prevent and tackle homelessness. This amounts to £402m over the two years from 2017/18.</p><p>This government is implementing the most ambitious legislative reform in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act, which significantly reforms England’s homelessness legislation, ensuring that more people get the help they need earlier to prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.</p><p>The Act places duties on local authorities to intervene at earlier stages to prevent homelessness in their areas. It also requires local authorities to provide new homelessness services to all those affected, not just those who are protected under existing legislation.</p><p>I will place detailed figures in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth grouped question UIN HL994 HL995 question first answered 11/09/2017 14:53:48 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

764334

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Absent Voting: Northern Ireland
	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 15 September (HL1448), whether there is a specific timescale for the outcome of the Chief Electoral Officer's review regarding absent voting in Northern Ireland;  whether the details of the outcome of that review will be conveyed to Members of the House; and if so, how.
	tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
	uin	HL1671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2017 answer text <p>The review of absent voting procedures, including the timescale for completion, is an operational matter for the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>Once the review process is complete the Chief Electoral Officer will write to Northern Ireland Office Ministers to inform them of her findings. Any recommendations will be considered carefully and a copy of the letter will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 13/10/2017 09:58:10 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

758577

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2017
	answering body	Northern Ireland Office
	answering dept id	21
	answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
	answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
	hansard heading	Absent Voting: Northern Ireland
	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 3 July (HL3), what discussions, if any, they have had with (1) the Police Service for Northern Ireland, and (2) the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland, regarding evidence of abuse of the proxy voting system in Northern Ireland during the last General Election; and what are the details of those discussions.
	tabling member printed	Lord Maginnis of Drumglass
	uin	HL1448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The administration of proxy votes, including any related engagement with the PSNI, is an operational matter for the Chief Electoral Officer.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Electoral Officer has regular discussions with Government Ministers and officials on a range of issues relating to elections and electoral registration, including absent voting procedures.</p><p> </p><p>The Chief Electoral Officer is currently carrying out an administrative review of all operational procedures in respect of absent voting in Northern Ireland and the Government will consider carefully any recommendations that result from this review.</p><p><br></p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 15/09/2017 10:09:01 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	648 label Biography information for Lord Maginnis of Drumglass

919362

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2018
	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	Affordable Housing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they are proposing to remove the term "social rent" from the glossary definition of affordable housing on their proposed new National Planning Policy Framework.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
	uin	HL8441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>In the draft National Planning Policy Framework we have consulted on a revised definition of affordable housing for planning purposes. The proposed definition does not remove social rent as a type of affordable housing. The Government’s rent policy sets out guidelines for rent setting for social rent properties and is specifically referenced in the proposed definition. We are considering whether any further amendments to the definition are needed in the light of the comments received, and intend to publish a final version this summer.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 21/06/2018 16:06:20 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

909633

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2018
	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	Affordable Housing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the capacity of councils to set housing policies that provide stakeholders with clarity over what affordable housing level should be delivered if the draft National Planning Policy Framework is adopted.
	tabling member printed	Lord Judd
	uin	HL8128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>The draft National Planning Policy Framework proposes a standard method for assessing housing needs, with affordable housing needs considered in light of the figures this provides. This is intended to make the approach easier, cheaper and more transparent, saving authorities time and money when preparing their plans. We are considering the responses to the consultation on the draft Framework, including its implications for the capacity of local planning authorities.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 06/06/2018 16:02:36 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	1660 label Biography information for Lord Judd

825287

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	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	Affordable Housing: Construction
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what methods they are using to enable Local Housing Authorities to multiply their annual production of affordable dwellings.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL4820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>We have listened to local authorities who asked for additional borrowing to deliver more housing. We recently announced that we will raise the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap by a total of up to £1 billion in areas of high affordability pressure, for local authorities who are ready to start building new homes. Local authorities will be able to bid for increases in their caps from 2019-20 to 2021-22.</p><p>We have also announced that we are providing an additional £2 billion, taking the affordable homes programme 2016-21 to £9 billion overall. This is to deliver more affordable housing for social rent in areas of acute affordability pressure, for which local authorities will be able to bid.</p><p>Additionally, we are supporting local authorities to build more homes through a longer term rent deal that provides a stable investment environment.</p><p>Together these measures will help to deliver the new generation of council house building that the Prime Minister announced recently.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 30/01/2018 16:26:37 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

788929

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	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	Affordable Housing: Construction
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many viability assessments in (1) 2015, (2) 2016, and (3) 2017, have led to affordable housing requirements attached to planning conditions being reduced on appeal.
	tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
	uin	HL3238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The Planning Inspectorate do not record information on the frequency of viability assessments used as evidence in planning appeals.</p><p>The Government's 'Planning for the right homes in the right places' consultation closed on 9 November, this included proposals to improve certainty and transparency in the assessment of viability, including the impact upon delivery of affordable housing. The government is considering the views expressed in the consultation to inform revisions to planning policy and guidance.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 28/11/2017 17:37:01 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

788877

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2017
	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	Affordable Housing: Construction
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they have issued to planning authorities concerning the inclusion in permissions for housing schemes of a clause or clauses regarding the priority to be given to the construction of affordable dwellings.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
	uin	HL3186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2017 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out the government’s planning policies for England and how these are expected to be applied. This is supported by planning practice guidance.</p><p>The NPPF recommends that local planning authorities plan for a diverse range of housing however it is their responsibility to determine affordable housing policies, and to assess planning applications accordingly. It is up to local authorities to determine their policies for affordable housing, and to determine their planning applications accordingly.</p><p>Where local policies indicate that affordable housing provision is necessary, Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 requires developers to enter into obligations to provide affordable homes. These obligations must be fully justified and evidenced.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 28/11/2017 17:36:07 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford