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768009

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	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	Opportunity and Integration Review
	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 publish the Government response to the Casey Review.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	106973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>On 5 December 2016, Dame Louise Casey published her independent review of how to boost opportunity and integration in isolated and deprived communities. Since then my Department has been reviewing the available evidence on the main causes of poor integration. In the coming months we will bring forward plans for tackling these issues through a new integration strategy.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 16/10/2017 16:11:19 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

227703

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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: Blackpool
	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 households in Blackpool South constituency were on local authority housing waiting lists in (a) May 2010 and (b) February 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	uin	227928
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on the numbers of households on local authorities' housing waiting lists in each local authority district, including Blackpool, are published in the Department's live table 600, which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies</a><br><br>These statistics are not available by parliamentary constituency.<br><br>In the Blackpool local authority area, housing waiting lists under the last Labour Government rose from 4,159 in April 1997 to 6,769 in April 2010. Under this Government, they have fallen to 4,843 as of April 2014.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/03/2015 12:38:59 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

227736

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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: Blackpool
	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 affordable homes were built (a) for rent and (b) for purchase in Blackpool South constituency in each year from 2010 to 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	uin	227929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>From April 2010 to September 2014, 400 affordable homes have been delivered in Blackpool.<br><br>Statistics on total additional affordable housing provided in England and in each local authority district , including Blackpool, are published in the Department’s live table 1008, which is available at:</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<br><br></a>They include both newly built housing and acquisitions and do not show separate figures for rent and purchase.</p><p>These statistics are not available by parliamentary constituency.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/03/2015 12:35:56 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

227735

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	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: Blackpool
	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 families were recorded as living in overcrowded conditions in Blackpool South constituency in (a) 2010 and (b) the most recent date for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
	uin	227930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>The social housing reforms in the Localism Act have given local authorities and social landlords the tools they need to tackle overcrowding; while retaining the reasonable preference provisions in the allocation legislation which ensure that overcrowded families continue to get priority for social housing. HomeSwap Direct is there to make it easier for overcrowded social tenants to swap with those who want to downsize. The removal of the spare room subsidy also encourages the more effective use of social housing, by addressing the under-occupation of family homes.</p><p> </p><p>Our Affordable Homes Programme is on track to deliver 170,000 new affordable homes between 2011 and 2015, with £19.5 billion of public and private funding. A further £38 billion public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020.</p><p> </p><p><br><br>Data on occupancy at the local authority level from the 2011 Census is published at:</p><p><a href="http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-wards-and-output-areas-in-england-and-wales/rft-qs412ew.xls" target="_blank">http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/2011-census/key-statistics-and-quick-statistics-for-wards-and-output-areas-in-england-and-wales/rft-qs412ew.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 20/03/2015 12:54:27 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

723802

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	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	Right 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, when he plans to announce the locations for the regional pilots of the extended voluntary right to buy scheme announced in the Autumn Statement 2016; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	71792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 27/04/2017 08:45:43 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

723803

	registered interest
	date	24/04/2017
	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	Right to Buy Scheme: Blackpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he expects Blackpool housing associations to be included in the extended regional pilots of the voluntary right to buy scheme announced in the Autumn Statement 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	71793
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 27/04/2017 08:46:40 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden