The Government\u2019s consultation, 'Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market', considered a number of issues within the leasehold sector including the sale of new built leasehold houses, and onerous ground rents. The consultation also sought views on what further areas of leasehold reform should be prioritised and why.<\/p>
The public consultation, which closed on 19 September, received around 6,000 replies. We are carefully analysing the responses, and will issue the Government response shortly.<\/p>
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The funding will be available in England through the Affordable Homes Programme. This is funding with a focus on supporting council housebuilding and housing associations in areas of greatest need; and bids for social rent will need to demonstrate that they provide additionally. We are finalising the delivery procedure and an announcement on when the funding is open for bids will be published shortly.<\/p>
The funding will be made available for the duration of the Affordable Homes Programme.<\/p>
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The additional £2 billion funding for council and housing association homes, including for social rent, will increase the Government\u2019s Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21 to £9 billion.<\/p>
As set out at Autumn Statement 2016, the Affordable Homes Programme is flexible and sets no ringfences on particular forms of tenure. The amount of funding, the tenure types and the number of homes delivered will be dependent on bids received, reflecting on assessments of local housing needs. Funding for social rent will be focused on areas with acute affordability challenges.<\/p>
The statutory Right to Buy will apply to tenants of local authority properties who have secure tenancies and meet the qualification criteria.<\/p>
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The Government is currently developing a National Policy Statement (NPS) for water resources. The development of this NPS was announced in a written ministerial statement by Lord Gardiner in March of this year (HLWS532). The Government is also considering whether there has been a significant change in circumstances on the basis of which the NPS for waste water was decided, and whether this would have a material impact on the policy itself and therefore whether a review of the NPS is necessary.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4161", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Lord Gardiner of Kimble"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-10-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-10-26T10:47:07.47Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "13"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Environment, Food and Rural Affairs"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-09", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: National Policy Statements"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any National Policy Statements are under discussion or are being prepared by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; and if so, which.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3526", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Berkeley"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Berkeley"} ], "uin" : "HL1702"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/767285", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/767285/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
On the 8th<\/sup> October 2017 (the most recent date for which data is available), there were 21 TWh (21 billion KWh) of natural gas in storage in various facilities across the UK. This is compared to 100 TWh in France, 202 TWh in Germany, and 184 TWh in Italy.<\/p> However, a direct comparison between these countries does not reflect the amount of indigenous gas production available to them \u2013 when North Sea gas stocks are included in these figures, the UK is broadly in line with the rest of Europe.<\/p>"}
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five<\/del> four<\/ins> key pillars on which the agenda may be progressed. These are prosperity (trade), sustainability, security and fairness. The final pillar of fairness is<\/del> (<\/ins>subject to agreement with member states and the secretariat)<\/ins> provides substan\u200btial scope for the important issue of human rights to be raised.<\/p>