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78083

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department is committed to disposing of surplus property assets expeditiously. Since the start of the Spending Review (SR10) the size of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) estate has reduced by over 600 properties to nearly 1,500 properties. The MoJ has already released land suitable for 1,253 housing units and in 2014/15 we are expected to release land suitable for a further 300 units. Therefore we will comfortably exceed our SR10 target of releasing land suitable for 1,262 housing units.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 22/07/2014 16:40:40 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

78109

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205778
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>None. Our London office stands on the only land owned by the Wales Office.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 17/07/2014 13:58:23 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

78215

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much land her Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department is responsible for the land at Hillsborough Castle, although the deeds are held by the Department for Communities and Local Government. The Department owns no land and therefore cannot release any land for the purpose of building new homes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/07/2014 08:35:42 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

78216

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much land his Department has released for the purpose of building new homes since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The Scotland Office does not own any land and has not done so since its creation in 1999.</p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 21/07/2014 13:22:12 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

77544

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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	Private Rented Housing: Complaints
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 complaints have been made to his Department in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14 against landlords and letting agents by tenants in the private rented sector.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My Department does not hold this information.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have extensive powers to take action against landlords who do not fulfil their legal obligations to tenants, or who fail to maintain their properties adequately. All complaints about landlords should be directed towards the relevant local authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Letting agents are required to comply with Consumer Protection Legislation, and anyone who has concerns about a letting agent can raise this with Trading Standards.</p><p> </p><p>However, to strengthen the hand of consumers, we have introduced new legislation which will require all letting and managing agents in England to belong to an approved redress scheme. The Government is also introducing legislation which will ban letting agents from charging hidden fees.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/07/2014 16:41:33 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 11027 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

77545

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
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: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much of his £10 billion for housing guarantees schemes has now been paid to house builders; and how many homes have been completed.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government guarantee schemes do not involve the direct payment of funds. Instead, the Government guarantees the borrowing of approved housing providers in order to reduce the risk for lenders and therefore the risk for investors in lending to house builders. This lower risk leads to borrowers paying a lower interest rate and the schemes enable them to access more finance. As this finance is also cheaper, it leaves more money for the house builders in the schemes to plough back into house building.</p><p>There are two housing guarantee schemes: one to support the delivery of additional affordable homes, and one to support the delivery of large scale professionally managed purpose built accommodation for private rent. Both schemes run to 2016.</p><p>The Government will guarantee up to £10 billion of housing providers’ debt through the two schemes: up to £3.5 billion of guaranteed debt is available for affordable housing, up to £3.5 billion of guaranteed debt is available for the private rented sector and up to £3 billion of guarantee capacity is held in reserve. The debt on both schemes is to be raised primarily through a delivery partner. The debt can be in the form of loans, through the European Infrastructure Fund, or through bond issuance.</p><p>Under the Affordable Housing Guarantee Scheme, the Government has so far announced commitments to guarantee £633 million worth of debt for 16 housing providers, which together are expected to deliver 5,900 additional affordable homes.</p><p>On 30 May 2014, the first bond of the affordable housing guarantees scheme was issued by our delivery partner, Affordable Housing Finance backed by a full faith guarantee from Department for Communities and Local Government. With Government backing, this bond achieved the lowest price for debt in the affordable housing sector’s history and supported £208 million of the £633 million of approved borrowing. We are considering further proposals for credit and expect to announce further additional borrowers shortly.</p><p>Under the Private Rented Sector Guarantee scheme, the Government has been procuring a delivery partner and has been actively engaging with large borrowers interested in the scheme. We expect that a delivery partner when appointed will significantly increase access to the scheme and maximise the number of new build homes for private rent. We will be making further announcements on this scheme in due course.</p><p>In addition to this, the Build to Rent Fund provides development phase finance to large-scale private rented sector developments, delivering up to 10,000 new homes for private rent and demonstrating the viability of developing and investing in private rented sector developments. Eleven deals have so far been announced to date worth £151 million, which will deliver approximately 2,000 new homes for private rent. More schemes will be announced in due course.</p><p>Such institutional investment in private sector accommodation is dependent on an environment which is free of excessive regulation. Disproportionate regulation on the private rented sector, which this Government opposes, would discourage and undermine such private investment in new homes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/09/2014 16:16:05 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 11032 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

77728

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Network Rail has paid to First Bus, its subsidiaries or companies where First Bus has an ownership stake for the provision of rail replacement bus services in each train operating company area during disruption caused during the recent winter storms.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Under Schedule 4 of the Track Access Agreements between Network Rail and the train operating companies, Network Rail compensates train operators on a formula basis for the estimated overall cost impact of network possessions. It is the train operator that is responsible for providing and meeting the cost of any rail replacement bus services, not Network Rail.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 205527 question first answered 17/07/2014 14:33:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

77729

registered interest
date	14/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Network Rail has paid to First Bus, its subsidiaries or companies where First Bus has an ownership stake for the provision of rail replacement bus services in each train operating company area.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	205527
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Under Schedule 4 of the Track Access Agreements between Network Rail and the train operating companies, Network Rail compensates train operators on a formula basis for the estimated overall cost impact of network possessions. It is the train operator that is responsible for providing and meeting the cost of any rail replacement bus services, not Network Rail.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 205526 question first answered 17/07/2014 14:33:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander