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999201

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the consultation on the Shared Prosperity Fund has not yet been launched; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	186355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will be designed to reduce inequalities between communities by raising productivity, especially in places that are furthest behind.</p><p>We are continuing to develop its design and priorities to ensure that we get it right. As part of this, we continue to engage widely ahead of a public consultation intended for later this year, providing all interested parties with an opportunity to convey their views. This will inform decisions on the operation and allocation of the UKSPF, which will be subject to the 2019 Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 05/11/2018 15:46:58 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

999215

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's consultation on powers for dealing with unauthorised development and encampments, which closed on 15 June 2018, when his Department plans to respond to that consultation.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	186273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>We are working closely with the Home Office and Ministry of Justice in considering the responses to the consultation, and we will announce a way forward in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/11/2018 15:48:48 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

999289

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Affordable Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Homes England's Strategic Plan, what targets have been set for Homes England in relation to affordable housing.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	186185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver 250,000 new affordable homes of a wide range of tenures, including social rent.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2018 15:46:39 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

999315

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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 Revenue Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish a list of the bids the Government has received from local authorities under the scheme announced in Budget 2017 to increase housing revenue account borrowing headroom.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	186186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The £1 billion additional borrowing programme, which we launched in the summer, was over subscribed with local authorities submitting a total of almost 1,000 bids exceeding £2.8 billion additional borrowing. This scale of bids helped to demonstrate local authority demand for additional borrowing and appetite to increase council house building, and helped to inform the decision to abolish the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap.</p><p>The Autumn Budget confirmed the complete abolition of the borrowing cap with immediate effect. With the issuing of a determination that revoked the previous determinations specifying local authority limits on indebtedness, local authorities can now borrow for house building in accordance with the Prudential Code without seeking permission for borrowing from the Government. As a result, the bids that local authorities submitted for additional borrowing through the £1 billion borrowing programme have fallen away.</p><p>We anticipate that local authorities may wish to reflect on their house building plans in light of the abolition of the borrowing cap, and may wish to develop new and even more ambitious plans for house building. In light of this, it would not be appropriate to publish details about the schemes that local authorities submitted to the £1 billion borrowing programme, as these schemes may now be out of date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 186188 question first answered 05/11/2018 15:54:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

999324

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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 Revenue Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the scheme announced in Budget 2017 to increase housing revenue account borrowing headroom, if he will publish (a) the additional borrowing headroom and (b) any additional linked grant funding applied for by councils under that scheme, by local authority.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	186188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The £1 billion additional borrowing programme, which we launched in the summer, was over subscribed with local authorities submitting a total of almost 1,000 bids exceeding £2.8 billion additional borrowing. This scale of bids helped to demonstrate local authority demand for additional borrowing and appetite to increase council house building, and helped to inform the decision to abolish the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap.</p><p>The Autumn Budget confirmed the complete abolition of the borrowing cap with immediate effect. With the issuing of a determination that revoked the previous determinations specifying local authority limits on indebtedness, local authorities can now borrow for house building in accordance with the Prudential Code without seeking permission for borrowing from the Government. As a result, the bids that local authorities submitted for additional borrowing through the £1 billion borrowing programme have fallen away.</p><p>We anticipate that local authorities may wish to reflect on their house building plans in light of the abolition of the borrowing cap, and may wish to develop new and even more ambitious plans for house building. In light of this, it would not be appropriate to publish details about the schemes that local authorities submitted to the £1 billion borrowing programme, as these schemes may now be out of date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 186186 question first answered 05/11/2018 15:54:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

999334

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	Permitted Development Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the extension of permitted development rights on the amount of funding made available for local areas through planning obligations.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	186189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>In bringing forward permitted development rights we have recognised that the only additional funding to local planning authorities through planning obligations will be where additional floor space is created and there is a Community Infrastructure Levy charging schedule in place. We consider that the permitted development rights for the change of use to residential are of themselves making an important contribution to housing delivery, with over 18,800 homes delivered under such rights in the year to March 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2018 15:49:40 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

999335

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
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	High Rise Flats: Permitted Development Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government's proposals to extend permitted development rights to include upwards extensions to free standing blocks of flats over five storeys, what assessment he has made of the (a) consistency of those proposals with the recommendations of the Hackitt Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety and (b) effect of those proposals on fire safety in high rise blocks.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	186190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>Building Regulations apply when building work is undertaken, irrespective of whether a permitted development right is in place under planning legislation. Any changes made to Building Regulations arising from the recommendations made by Dame Judith Hackitt similarly will apply irrespective of whether a permitted development right in place. We will say more about our plans for taking forward Dame Judith’s recommendations later this year.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2018 15:50:13 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

997675

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant the Answer of 20 October 2018 to Question 183862 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Recruitment, what the additional annual cost to his Department is of this recruitment.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	185503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and could only be collated at disproportionate cost to the Department.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2018 15:52:11 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

997792

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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	Sleeping Rough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many councils implemented Severe Weather Emergency Protocol provision in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	185508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. It is the responsibility of each local authority to make arrangements and provide for their own Severe Weather Emergency Protocol arrangements according to their local weather conditions and needs. Guidance on the operation of SWEP is available at – <a href="https://www.homeless.org.uk/our-work/resources/guidance-on-severe-weather-emergency-protocol-swep-and-extended-weather-provision" target="_blank">https://www.homeless.org.uk/our-work/resources/guidance-on-severe-weather-emergency-protocol-swep-and-extended-weather-provision</a></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire grouped question UIN 185509 question first answered 05/11/2018 15:54:53 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

997807

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many proposals in the Government's 2017 Housing White Paper (a) were made and (b) have been implemented.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	185512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>Our Housing White Paper sets out a long term and comprehensive strategy, with dozens of proposals to release more land for homes where people want to live; build the homes we need faster; get more people building homes; and support people who need help now.</p><p>Since then, we have continued to take action to make our housing market work better, including:</p><ul><li><p>Planning reforms to ensure more land is available for housing and maximise the potential of our cities and towns to build new homes whilst protecting the Green Belt;</p></li><li><p>Launching Homes England, bringing together money, expertise, planning and compulsory purchase powers;</p></li><li><p>Lifting Housing Revenue Account borrowing caps so local authorities can deliver a new generation of council housing;</p></li><li><p>More than £15 billion of new financial support over the next five years, taking total financial support to at least £44 billion to 2022/2023. This will boost the delivery of housing and use funds flexibly to unblock the barriers to more housebuilding;</p></li><li><p>Publishing a Green Paper which sets out a new deal for social housing in England;</p></li><li><p>Measures to rebalance the relationship between tenants and landlords to deliver a fairer, good quality and more affordable private rented sector;</p></li><li><p>And reforms to make sure the leasehold system in England is fair and transparent to the consumer.</p></li></ul><p>Taken together, our reforms put us on track to create, fund and drive a fairer housing market that delivers 300,000 homes a year on average by the mid-2020s.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2018 15:53:22 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey