In the Autumn Budget the Government announced a £200 million voluntary Right to Buy regional pilot in the Midlands, allocating £50 million of funding for 2018/19 and a further £150 million for 2019/20. This will give thousands more housing association tenants the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of home ownership.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4014", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Reading West"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Alok Sharma"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-12-07", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-12-07T17:51:02.117Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-12-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Right to Buy Scheme"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated to the pilot on right-to-buy for housing associations to date; and how much has been committed in funding for that right-to-buy for each year from 2018-19 to 2022-23 inclusive.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/400", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Healey"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wentworth and Dearne"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "John Healey"} ], "uin" : "117167"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/797953", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/797953/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Government publishes quarterly Right to Buy sales by local authorities in Table 691 (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales<\/a>). The data is not broken down at a constituency level.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many houses have been sold under right to buy in each year since 2010 in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands, (c) the City of Wolverhampton local authority area and (d) Wolverhampton North East Constituency.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4077", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emma Reynolds"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/788272", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/788272/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Nearly £4.8 billion has been generated from Right to Buy sales receipts since 2010. Table 692, details quarterly Right to Buy receipts received by Local Authorities since 2012.<\/p> (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales<\/a>)<\/p> Prior to 2012 figures on receipts are available in Table 682 - Social Housing Sales: Annual Financial Data on Right to Buy sales for England.<\/p> (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales<\/a>)<\/p> Table 682 also contains the average discounts that tenants received when purchasing their home under the Right to Buy.<\/p>"}
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, "title" : "Table 692 quarterly Right to Buy since 2012"}
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, "title" : "Table 682 Social Housing Sales"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they estimate has been realised since 2010 through the sale of council housing under right to buy; and what was the total of the discounts accorded to purchasers exercising that right.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4181", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Beecham"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/772074", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/772074/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government is considering how the legislation on Higher Value Assets (HVA) could be implemented under the framework set out in the Housing and Planning Act 2016. Local authorities will not be expected to make an HVA payment in 2017/18.<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4014", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to proceed with the forced sale of council homes and other assets in order to fund the right to buy programme.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/771424", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/771424/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 3273 on 10 July 2017.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-16", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress is being made on the roll-out of voluntary right to buy.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/760644", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/760644/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Local authorities who wish to build replacement homes enter into an agreement with this Department that allows them to retain and spend all the additional Right to Buy receipts (after covering debt, transaction costs and previously planned income from receipts) on replacement homes. The local authority must ensure that no more than 30 per cent of the cost of the new homes comes from the Right to Buy receipt.<\/p>