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347085

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Electoral Register
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment hehas made of the effect of the introduction of Individual Electoral Registration on (a) the incidence of electoral fraud and (b) public perceptions of the integrity of the electoral system.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>A report on allegations of electoral fraud reported to police forces in the UK is published each year jointly by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the Electoral Commission. The Electoral Commission also publishes an annual UK wide public opinion survey (the ‘Winter Tracker’) which asks the public for its views on electoral fraud.</p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 04/06/2015 11:54:01 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347087

registered interest
date	27/05/2015
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax: Tax Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to raise the income tax personal allowance to £12,000 per year.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>The government has committed to raise the income tax personal allowance to £12,500 by end of this parliament. Alongside this commitment, the government will also legislate to ensure that that, in the future, individuals working 30 hours at the national minimum wage do not pay income tax.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Increases in the personal allowance this Parliament will benefit around 30 million individuals.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 05/06/2015 13:34:49 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347088

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	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, how many social rented homes have been sold under the Right to Buy policy in (a) England, (b) London, (c) London Borough of Islington and (d) Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on annual Right to Buy sales for each local authority district in England are published in the Department’s table 685 which is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales</a><br><br><br>Quarterly data for 2014/15 for each local authority district in England will be published on 25 June 2015 in table 691 which is available via the same link.<br><br>The statistics are not compiled on the basis of parliamentary constituencies.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/06/2015 13:33:26 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347089

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	Affordable Housing
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 homes have been built as part of the affordable rent model by (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) London Borough of Islington and (iv) Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on additional affordable housing provided in each local authority area in England since 2011/12 are published in the Department’s live table 1006a (affordable rent) which is available at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply<br><br>Data for 2014/15 will be published later this year.<br><br>The statistics are not compiled on the basis of parliamentary constituencies.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/06/2015 13:34:24 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347091

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	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, what estimate he has made of the number of new homes for social rent that it will be financially viable for housing associations to build using revenue accrued from the planned extension of the Right to Buy to housing association tenants.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>Details will be set out in the impact assessment when the Housing Bill is published.</p><p> </p><p>It has been made clear that every additional home sold under the extended Right to Buy would be replaced with a new affordable home.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 165 229 266 39 40 question first answered 05/06/2015 13:30:51 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347092

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	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, what estimate he has made of the number of housing association homes that will be sold following the planned extension of the Right to Buy to housing association tenants.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>Details will be set out in the impact assessment when the Housing Bill is published.</p><p> </p><p>It has been made clear that every additional home sold under the extended Right to Buy would be replaced with a new affordable home.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 165 228 266 39 40 question first answered 05/06/2015 13:30:51 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347093

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	Help 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, how many homes have been sold to first-time buyers under the Help to Buy scheme in (a) England, (b) London, (c) London Borough of Islington and (d) Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>Since the launch of the Help to Buy schemes, the total number of homes sold to first time buyers through these schemes is 68,605 in England, of which 4,719 were in London. Comparable figures are not available for the London Borough of Islington.<br><br>Figures for Help to Buy sales to first time buyers are not available for the constituency.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/06/2015 13:21:21 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347098

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	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, what estimate he has made of the revenue raised which will be made available to housing associations in (a) England and Wales, (b) England, (c) London, (d) London Borough of Islington and (e) Islington South and Finsbury constituency following the extension of the Right to Buy policy to housing association tenants.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>Details will be set out in the impact assessment when the Housing Bill is published.</p><p> </p><p>It has been made clear that every additional home sold under the extended Right to Buy would be replaced with a new affordable home.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 228 229 266 39 40 question first answered 05/06/2015 13:30:51 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347100

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	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, what the average proportion discount was of social rented homes sold under the Right to Buy policy in (a) England, (b) London, (c) London Borough of Islington and (d) Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2015 answer text <p>Estimates of the discount as a proportion of the selling price can be derived from published statistics on the selling price and discounts allowed for each local authority district in England for 2013/14.<br><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales</a><br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-housing-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-housing-data</a><br><br>The data go back to 2011/12 but are not available on a comparable basis for earlier years. <br><br>The statistics are not compiled on the basis of parliamentary constituencies.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/06/2015 13:25:54 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

347103

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	Help 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, what estimate he has made of the average cost of homes sold to first-time buyers under the Help to Buy scheme in (a) England, (b) London, (c) London Borough of Islington and (d) Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>Information on the average cost of homes sold to first time buyers under Help to Buy is not currently published. However available figures show the average cost of all homes sold under the Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee scheme as £163,921 for England and £287,109 for London. Available figures for the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme show the average cost of all homes was £212,932 for England.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 04/06/2015 16:37:20 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry