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	date	16/03/2016
	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: Greater London
	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 he has made of the effect of proposed changes to the National Planning Framework for London on the (a) availability and (b) affordability of housing in London.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	31303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework reaffirm this Government’s commitment to increasing the supply of housing in sustainable locations. Consultation on our proposed changes closed on 22 February and we are currently analysing the responses.</p><p>We have doubled the housing budget to help deliver our ambition of one million new homes and are committed to spending £8 billion to deliver over 400,000 affordable housing starts by 2021. Negotiations over the financial settlement to deliver affordable housing within London are continuing.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/03/2016 17:15:02 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

479100

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2016
	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
	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 he has made of the potential merits of encouraging increased residential density around business and transport hubs to reduce community demand on public and private transport.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	31331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>There are some specific circumstances where there are clear opportunities for having higher density housing development while creating high quality, safe and attractive places to live.</p><p>Last December we consulted on changes to national planning policy to encourage higher densities around commuter hubs, and will publish our response to this consultation in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/03/2016 17:13:39 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman