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1014643

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2018
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Ministers: Correspondence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether there is a protocol relating to whether letters to ministers from members of the House of Lords should receive replies; and if so, how quickly replies should be sent.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL11781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of effective and timely handling of correspondence with members of the House of Lords. Government departments should aim to provide a substantive response to routine correspondence within a maximum of 20 working days. However, sometimes circumstances dictate that it will not be possible to provide a response within this timeframe. In such instances, departments are advised to issue a ‘holding’ response until a more substantive response can be provided.</p><p>The Cabinet Office publishes an annual report detailing departmental performance in the handling of correspondence from members of both Houses. Lord Young of Cookham set out the 2017 performance figures in a Written Statement on 26 June 2018 (HLWS771). The 2018 performance figures will be published in summer 2019.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 10/12/2018 16:30:31 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1178118

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2020
	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	Government Departments: Land
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government for each government department, (1) what was the target for the amount of land to be released for housing in the past ten years; (2) how much land has been disposed of for this purpose and what are the estimated numbers of housing units to be provided; (3) how many of those houses were for (a) affordable housing, and (b) social housing; and (4) what are the targets for this (a) year, and (b) the forthcoming five year period starting with this year.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL1573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2020 answer text <p>The Public Land for Housing programme (2015-2020) supports the government’s Estate Strategy aim to identify and release surplus central government land. The aim of the programme is to release land with capacity for at least 160,000 homes in England from the central government estate by 31 March 2020. This followed delivery of the 2011-15 Public Land for Housing programme through which surplus land with capacity for 109,000 homes against a target of 100,000 homes was released.</p><p>The new performance data released on the Public Land for Housing Programme was published on Thursday 6 th February 2020, (data release attached) and shows that since the start of the current programme to the end of June 2019, departments had sold 508 sites with capacity for c48,000 homes. We confirmed to the Public Accounts Committee in 2019 that land release for 160,000 homes will be achieved to a longer timeframe due to the complexities of disposal and the evolving demands placed on departments’ estates.</p><p>Full details of the data requested are set out in the data tables document attached. To note in regards to data on affordable housing, once a site has been sold by the department, the allocation of affordable housing is agreed between local authorities and developers on a site by site basis.</p><p>We are currently considering options for a future programme that supports the government’s emerging priorities, reflecting on lessons learnt from both programmes. Decisions on a future programme, including targets for departments, will be made at Spending Review</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist attachment 1 file name Data tables in response to PQ HL 1573.docx title Data table in response to PQ HL 1573 2 file name Public Land for Housing Programme Data Release February 2020.pdf title Public Land Housing Programme data release question first answered 26/02/2020 17:57:57 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1179877

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	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	Housing Improvement: Grants
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total amount of assistance, excluding any assistance for disability access improvements, provided to the owners of homes in the form of (1) standard grants, (2) improvement grants, (3) intermediate grants, (4) renovation grants, and (5) similar grants, to renovate and improve older private sector housing; and what was the cost to the national exchequer for each year of the operation of those grants.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL1740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not provide funding to the owners of older, private housing stock for renovation and improvement work. However this Government has been clear that the Housing Market should be fair for everyone, which is why in January last year, the Government announced plans for a new Housing Complaints Resolution Service to help consumers more easily access help when things go wrong with their home.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 09/03/2020 16:57:23 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

346799

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many social housing units there are in (1) England and (2) the Borough of Pendle; in each case, how many of these units were occupied by tenants who were subject to loss of spare room subsidy when that measure was introduced; and of these affected tenants, how many (1) have since relocated to other accommodation, and (2) still live in the same accommodation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL37
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>4.011 million dwellings are used for social and affordable housing in England: 1.669 million rented from local authorities and 2.342 million rented from a housing association (Private Registered Provider).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>4,630 dwellings in Pendle are used for social and affordable housing: 4,520 from Housing Associations and 110 from Local Authorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Across the social rented sector 434,500 housing benefit claimants in England had a spare room subsidy reduction when the measure was introduced – 533 of these were in Pendle. In February 2015 the number of claimants with a spare room subsidy reduction had fallen to 360,000 in England and 399 in Pendle.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/06/2015 11:20:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

346800

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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	Neighbourhood Plans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Neighbourhood Development Plans have been subject to community referendums, and of these, how many were approved, what locations they cover, and which were instigated by (1) parish councils and (2) neighbourhood forums.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL38
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Whilst information is not collected centrally, our informal monitoring tells us that as of the end of May 2015:</p><p> </p><ul><li>referendums have been held on the making of 67 neighbourhood plans. In each case the majority of those who voted were in favour of the neighbourhood plan being made (on average 89% of those voting voted in favour). 62 of the neighbourhood plans were instigated by a parish council and five by designated neighbourhood forums.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>in total, 274 communities have carried out, or are currently carrying out, pre-submission consultation and publicity on a neighbourhood plan proposal.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>1,221 communities across England have applied for a neighbourhood area to be designated (the first formal step in the process) but have not yet undertaken pre-submission consultation and publicity on a neighbourhood plan proposal.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>one Neighbourhood Development Order (Cockermouth) and three Community Right to Build Orders (Ferring) have been made (brought into force). A Neighbourhood Development Order grants planning permission for specific development or a class of development in a specified neighbourhood area (a community right to build order is a type of neighbourhood development order).</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A local planning authority must publish a map setting out the areas that are for the time being designated as neighbourhood areas. Details of the locations of neighbourhood planning across England, by local authority, can be found in the attached list. An interactive map with details of the referendums can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.thinglink.com/scene/647092767838699520" target="_blank">https://www.thinglink.com/scene/647092767838699520</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A single parish council (as a relevant body) can apply for a multi-parished neighbourhood area to be designated as long as that multi-parished area includes all or part of that parish council’s administrative area. When the parish council begins to develop a neighbourhood plan or an Order (as a qualifying body) it needs to secure the consent of the other parish councils to undertake neighbourhood planning activities. The relevant provision is set out in section 61F of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as applied to neighbourhood plans by section 38C of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL39 HL40 HL41 HL42 question first answered 10/06/2015 13:03:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 150610 Lord Greaves HL39 -HL42 1081662-1081666 -locations of NP.docx title 150610 Neighbourhood planing locations in England
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

346801

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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	Neighbourhood Plans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many full draft Neighbourhood Development Plans have reached the consultation stage, and what locations those plans cover.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL39
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Whilst information is not collected centrally, our informal monitoring tells us that as of the end of May 2015:</p><p> </p><ul><li>referendums have been held on the making of 67 neighbourhood plans. In each case the majority of those who voted were in favour of the neighbourhood plan being made (on average 89% of those voting voted in favour). 62 of the neighbourhood plans were instigated by a parish council and five by designated neighbourhood forums.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>in total, 274 communities have carried out, or are currently carrying out, pre-submission consultation and publicity on a neighbourhood plan proposal.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>1,221 communities across England have applied for a neighbourhood area to be designated (the first formal step in the process) but have not yet undertaken pre-submission consultation and publicity on a neighbourhood plan proposal.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>one Neighbourhood Development Order (Cockermouth) and three Community Right to Build Orders (Ferring) have been made (brought into force). A Neighbourhood Development Order grants planning permission for specific development or a class of development in a specified neighbourhood area (a community right to build order is a type of neighbourhood development order).</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A local planning authority must publish a map setting out the areas that are for the time being designated as neighbourhood areas. Details of the locations of neighbourhood planning across England, by local authority, can be found in the attached list. An interactive map with details of the referendums can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.thinglink.com/scene/647092767838699520" target="_blank">https://www.thinglink.com/scene/647092767838699520</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A single parish council (as a relevant body) can apply for a multi-parished neighbourhood area to be designated as long as that multi-parished area includes all or part of that parish council’s administrative area. When the parish council begins to develop a neighbourhood plan or an Order (as a qualifying body) it needs to secure the consent of the other parish councils to undertake neighbourhood planning activities. The relevant provision is set out in section 61F of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as applied to neighbourhood plans by section 38C of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL38 HL40 HL41 HL42 question first answered 10/06/2015 13:03:24 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 150610 Lord Greaves HL39 -HL42 1081662-1081666 -locations of NP.docx title 150610 Neighbourhood planing locations in England
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

346802

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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	Neighbourhood Plans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many communities have taken the first formal steps towards the creation of a Neighbourhood Development Plan but have not yet reached the consultation stage, and what locations those plans cover.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL40
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Whilst information is not collected centrally, our informal monitoring tells us that as of the end of May 2015:</p><p> </p><ul><li>referendums have been held on the making of 67 neighbourhood plans. In each case the majority of those who voted were in favour of the neighbourhood plan being made (on average 89% of those voting voted in favour). 62 of the neighbourhood plans were instigated by a parish council and five by designated neighbourhood forums.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>in total, 274 communities have carried out, or are currently carrying out, pre-submission consultation and publicity on a neighbourhood plan proposal.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>1,221 communities across England have applied for a neighbourhood area to be designated (the first formal step in the process) but have not yet undertaken pre-submission consultation and publicity on a neighbourhood plan proposal.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>one Neighbourhood Development Order (Cockermouth) and three Community Right to Build Orders (Ferring) have been made (brought into force). A Neighbourhood Development Order grants planning permission for specific development or a class of development in a specified neighbourhood area (a community right to build order is a type of neighbourhood development order).</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A local planning authority must publish a map setting out the areas that are for the time being designated as neighbourhood areas. Details of the locations of neighbourhood planning across England, by local authority, can be found in the attached list. An interactive map with details of the referendums can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.thinglink.com/scene/647092767838699520" target="_blank">https://www.thinglink.com/scene/647092767838699520</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A single parish council (as a relevant body) can apply for a multi-parished neighbourhood area to be designated as long as that multi-parished area includes all or part of that parish council’s administrative area. When the parish council begins to develop a neighbourhood plan or an Order (as a qualifying body) it needs to secure the consent of the other parish councils to undertake neighbourhood planning activities. The relevant provision is set out in section 61F of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as applied to neighbourhood plans by section 38C of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL38 HL39 HL41 HL42 question first answered 10/06/2015 13:03:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 150610 Lord Greaves HL39 -HL42 1081662-1081666 -locations of NP.docx title 150610 Neighbourhood planing locations in England
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

346803

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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	Neighbourhood Plans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Neighbourhood Development Orders have been approved, what locations those plans cover, and what are the purposes of each.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL41
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Whilst information is not collected centrally, our informal monitoring tells us that as of the end of May 2015:</p><p> </p><ul><li>referendums have been held on the making of 67 neighbourhood plans. In each case the majority of those who voted were in favour of the neighbourhood plan being made (on average 89% of those voting voted in favour). 62 of the neighbourhood plans were instigated by a parish council and five by designated neighbourhood forums.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>in total, 274 communities have carried out, or are currently carrying out, pre-submission consultation and publicity on a neighbourhood plan proposal.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>1,221 communities across England have applied for a neighbourhood area to be designated (the first formal step in the process) but have not yet undertaken pre-submission consultation and publicity on a neighbourhood plan proposal.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>one Neighbourhood Development Order (Cockermouth) and three Community Right to Build Orders (Ferring) have been made (brought into force). A Neighbourhood Development Order grants planning permission for specific development or a class of development in a specified neighbourhood area (a community right to build order is a type of neighbourhood development order).</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A local planning authority must publish a map setting out the areas that are for the time being designated as neighbourhood areas. Details of the locations of neighbourhood planning across England, by local authority, can be found in the attached list. An interactive map with details of the referendums can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.thinglink.com/scene/647092767838699520" target="_blank">https://www.thinglink.com/scene/647092767838699520</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A single parish council (as a relevant body) can apply for a multi-parished neighbourhood area to be designated as long as that multi-parished area includes all or part of that parish council’s administrative area. When the parish council begins to develop a neighbourhood plan or an Order (as a qualifying body) it needs to secure the consent of the other parish councils to undertake neighbourhood planning activities. The relevant provision is set out in section 61F of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as applied to neighbourhood plans by section 38C of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL38 HL39 HL40 HL42 question first answered 10/06/2015 13:03:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 150610 Lord Greaves HL39 -HL42 1081662-1081666 -locations of NP.docx title 150610 Neighbourhood planing locations in England
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

346804

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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	Neighbourhood Plans
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether parish councils can make a Neighbourhood Development Plan jointly for all or part of their areas, and if so, under what provision.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL42
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Whilst information is not collected centrally, our informal monitoring tells us that as of the end of May 2015:</p><p> </p><ul><li>referendums have been held on the making of 67 neighbourhood plans. In each case the majority of those who voted were in favour of the neighbourhood plan being made (on average 89% of those voting voted in favour). 62 of the neighbourhood plans were instigated by a parish council and five by designated neighbourhood forums.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>in total, 274 communities have carried out, or are currently carrying out, pre-submission consultation and publicity on a neighbourhood plan proposal.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>1,221 communities across England have applied for a neighbourhood area to be designated (the first formal step in the process) but have not yet undertaken pre-submission consultation and publicity on a neighbourhood plan proposal.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>one Neighbourhood Development Order (Cockermouth) and three Community Right to Build Orders (Ferring) have been made (brought into force). A Neighbourhood Development Order grants planning permission for specific development or a class of development in a specified neighbourhood area (a community right to build order is a type of neighbourhood development order).</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A local planning authority must publish a map setting out the areas that are for the time being designated as neighbourhood areas. Details of the locations of neighbourhood planning across England, by local authority, can be found in the attached list. An interactive map with details of the referendums can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.thinglink.com/scene/647092767838699520" target="_blank">https://www.thinglink.com/scene/647092767838699520</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A single parish council (as a relevant body) can apply for a multi-parished neighbourhood area to be designated as long as that multi-parished area includes all or part of that parish council’s administrative area. When the parish council begins to develop a neighbourhood plan or an Order (as a qualifying body) it needs to secure the consent of the other parish councils to undertake neighbourhood planning activities. The relevant provision is set out in section 61F of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as applied to neighbourhood plans by section 38C of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL38 HL39 HL40 HL41 question first answered 10/06/2015 13:03:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 150610 Lord Greaves HL39 -HL42 1081662-1081666 -locations of NP.docx title 150610 Neighbourhood planing locations in England
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

347233

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	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	Regional Planning and Development: North of England
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they define "Northern powerhouse", as used in the Gracious Speech.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL97
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Northern Powerhouse is a long term plan to enable the north to reach its potential as a driving force in the UK economy, closing the gap between north and south. It will reinforce the links between our northern cities to make them collectively stronger, providing them with modern transport connections, supporting science, innovation, universities and creative clusters and by giving them the local power and control needed to support growth. The Government will also empower the towns and counties of the north to build on the economic strengths outside cities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL98 question first answered 10/06/2015 12:32:55 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves