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48449

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to publish the findings of the research he commissioned from the University of Sheffield into the New Homes Bonus.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Raynsford
uin	196708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department is undertaking a wider evaluation of the New Homes Bonus; its findings will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	171 label Biography information for Mr Nick Raynsford

48451

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
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 housing stock was held by (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations for (i) social rent, (ii) affordable rent, (iii) intermediate rent and (iv) affordable homeownership in each year from 2010 to 2013.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Mr Nick Raynsford
uin	196529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Statistics on the amount of dwelling stock in England by tenure are published in the Department's live table 104, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a></p><p>This provides the total amount of stock owned by Private Registered Providers (housing associations) and local authorities but does not provide any further breakdown.</p><p>More detailed information on housing stock owned by local authorities, including a breakdown between those for social rent and those for affordable rent, for 2011-12 and 2012-13 only, can be found in the dataset that accompanies the Department's annual Local Authority Housing Statistics release. Information on housing stock for intermediate rent and affordable home ownership is not collected separately. For 2011-12 and 2012-13, these datasets can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2012-to-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2012-to-2013</a> (Section A, Question 2)</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2011-to-2012" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2011-to-2012</a> (Section A, Question 2)</p><p>Detailed information on housing stock owned by Private Registered Providers can be found in the dataset that accompanies the Homes and Communities Agency's annual Statistical Data Return. For 2011-12 and 2012-13, these datasets can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/news/second-statistical-data-return" target="_blank">http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/news/second-statistical-data-return</a> (2012-13)</p><p><a href="http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/news/statistical-data-return" target="_blank">http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/news/statistical-data-return</a> (2011-12)</p><p>Prior to 2011-12, this information was collected in the Tenant Services Authority's Regulatory and Statistical return and can be found here:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120419011320/http:/www.tenantservicesauthority.org/server/show/nav.15039" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120419011320/http://www.tenantservicesauthority.org/server/show/nav.15039</a></p><p>£19.5 billion of public and private investment in affordable homes will deliver 170,000 homes in the four years to 2015. Half way through, we have already delivered almost 99,000 affordable homes (98,700).</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	171 label Biography information for Mr Nick Raynsford

48452

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
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 people (a) under 18 and (b) under 16 years of age have been given social housing in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	196482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The numbers of lead tenants being given social housing aged under 18 in England in the past five years for which data are available (1<sup>st</sup> April 2008 – 31<sup>st</sup> March 2013) is in the table below. Lead tenants are defined as the most economically active in the household. Numbers shown include lettings from both local authorities and private registered providers.</p><p>The numbers per year and per tenure type are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Tenant age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12<sup>i,ii</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13<sup>i,ii</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>General Needs</p></td><td><p>Under 18</p></td><td><p>2,758</p></td><td><p>2,232</p></td><td><p>2,108</p></td><td><p>1,875</p></td><td><p>1,535</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which under 16</em></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total lettings</p></td><td><p>264,790</p></td><td><p>260,235</p></td><td><p>269,187</p></td><td><p>270,678</p></td><td><p>260,530</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p>Supported Housing<sup>iii</sup></p></td><td><p>Under 18</p></td><td><p>9,579</p></td><td><p>8,520</p></td><td><p>9,384</p></td><td><p>9,021</p></td><td><p>7,989</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which under 16</em></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total lettings</p></td><td><p>114,400</p></td><td><p>107,520</p></td><td><p>124,438</p></td><td><p>123,806</p></td><td><p>118,213</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p>Under 18</p></td><td><p>12,336</p></td><td><p>10,752</p></td><td><p>11,492</p></td><td><p>10,897</p></td><td><p>9,524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which under 16</em></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total lettings</p></td><td><p>379,190</p></td><td><p>367,756</p></td><td><p>393,625</p></td><td><p>394,484</p></td><td><p>378,743</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="7"><p>i. Includes both social and Affordable Rent lettings.</p><p>ii. For 2011/12 and 2012/13, age is imputed where missing.</p><p>iii. Supported housing is defined as housing with special design facilities features, or designated for a particular client group.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note: values in columns may not sum to totals due to rounding. Source: Continuous Recording of Lettings system (CORE).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

48453

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities publish magazines or newsletters more than four times a year.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	196666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Wednesday 30 April 2014]</em></p><p>I refer the right hon. Member to my answer of 21 November 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 980-981W and my answer to him of 16 December 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 443-444W.</p><p>I also refer him to the Written Ministerial Statement by my rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State (Eric Pickles) of 28 April 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 35WS, which outlines the rationale for the steps taken on 17 April, and how we are prepared to take further action against other breaches of the Publicity Code.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 8058 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

48155

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what levels of stock his Department holds of (a) stationery, (b) printer cartridges, (c) treasury tags and other fasteners and (d) other office consumables.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	Mr John Redwood
uin	196199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My Department does not routinely record this information in the format requested. However, this Administration has cut spending significantly on office supplies, cutting expenditure from £480,180 (inc VAT) in 2009-10 to £73,738 in 2013-14.</p><p>In 2010, we conducted an internal review of the Department's spend on office supplies which highlighted several opportunities to achieve savings. A rationalised list of stationery items was created which:</p><p>· reduced the available catalogue of items from around 3,500 to approximately 220;</p><p>· replaced higher value branded items, with non-branded equivalents; and</p><p>· adopted recycled printer toners and copier paper.</p><p>Significant savings were also achieved by aggregating the spend of all Departments and awarding a single Cabinet Office contract for stationery items and one for electronic office supplies (printer toners and other consumables). These contracts were awarded in September 2011 and DCLG were among the first departments to adopt them in November 2011.</p><p>As part of our planned move of office accommodation this summer (to share with the Home Office to save taxpayers' money), stationery across the department will be surrendered and pooled, with the potential to save money by not ordering items locally and preventing a build-up of surplus stationery stock.</p><p>I hope this illustrates how every bit of the public sector has the potential to deliver sensible savings on back office costs.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

48157

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the planning system gives priority to creating additional school places.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	196238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government recognises the importance of building new schools. The National Planning Policy Framework therefore makes clear the importance of planning for new school development in order to ensure that a sufficient choice of school places is available. The Government has also introduced additional permitted development rights to allow the change of use from some existing buildings to a state funded school.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

48158

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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
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 number of people on a waiting list for an allotment for every 100 plots available in England.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	196308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My Department does not estimate allotment waiting list times, as it is individual local authorities which have the legal responsibility for the management and provision of allotments in their area, ensuring that those who want to start an allotment can do so.</p><p>Notwithstanding, a survey of allotment waiting lists was carried out by the National Allotment Society and Transition Town West Kirby in July 2013. Whilst there is a degree of difficulty in creating precise estimates, their research indicated that there was an average of 52 people waiting for every 100 plots (as of January 2013). These waiting list figures were down on their previous surveys, which indicated an average of 57 people waiting in January 2011 and 59 people waiting in January 2010.</p><p>The 2013 survey also noted that that 65 new allotment sites had been created in the previous two years, across 51 councils, creating roughly 2,000 new allotment plots.</p><p>The Coalition Government has introduced a range of measures to help communities who want land to grow fruit and vegetables. Through new community rights, local residents have increased opportunities to protect existing allotments from development and increase provision of green spaces. For example, in Thame, in Oxfordshire, their new neighbourhood plan will create an additional hectare of allotment land. Allotments have also been listed as assets of community value.</p><p>As part of our commitment to supporting local community groups, my Department has also published a best practice guide for community groups wanting to find land to grow fruit and vegetables, as well as an additional guide on establishing community orchards and other spaces for food growing. These can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/space-for-food-growing-a-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/space-for-food-growing-a-guide</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-orchards-a-how-to-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-orchards-a-how-to-guide</a></p><p>In January 2014, my Department published <em>Allotment Disposal Guidance: Safeguards and Alternatives </em>replacing the previous guidance from 2002. The new guidance strengthens allotment protection, as the requirement for waiting lists to be taken into account must now be rigorously applied to all that council's waiting lists, not just the waiting list for the site to be disposed of. This aims to ensure that poorly maintained sites are not used to justify disposal. Ministers will be closely monitoring to ensure that this new guidance is followed.</p><p>I also refer the rt. hon. Member to my answer today to him of questions 191956 &amp; 196310, which explains how the Secretary of State's decisions on allotments since May 2010 have resulted in an increase in usable allotment land.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams grouped question UIN 196309 196311 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

48159

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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
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 length of time a person has been on a waiting list for an allotment in each year since 2010 in England.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	196309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My Department does not estimate allotment waiting list times, as it is individual local authorities which have the legal responsibility for the management and provision of allotments in their area, ensuring that those who want to start an allotment can do so.</p><p>Notwithstanding, a survey of allotment waiting lists was carried out by the National Allotment Society and Transition Town West Kirby in July 2013. Whilst there is a degree of difficulty in creating precise estimates, their research indicated that there was an average of 52 people waiting for every 100 plots (as of January 2013). These waiting list figures were down on their previous surveys, which indicated an average of 57 people waiting in January 2011 and 59 people waiting in January 2010.</p><p>The 2013 survey also noted that that 65 new allotment sites had been created in the previous two years, across 51 councils, creating roughly 2,000 new allotment plots.</p><p>The Coalition Government has introduced a range of measures to help communities who want land to grow fruit and vegetables. Through new community rights, local residents have increased opportunities to protect existing allotments from development and increase provision of green spaces. For example, in Thame, in Oxfordshire, their new neighbourhood plan will create an additional hectare of allotment land. Allotments have also been listed as assets of community value.</p><p>As part of our commitment to supporting local community groups, my Department has also published a best practice guide for community groups wanting to find land to grow fruit and vegetables, as well as an additional guide on establishing community orchards and other spaces for food growing. These can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/space-for-food-growing-a-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/space-for-food-growing-a-guide</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-orchards-a-how-to-guide" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/community-orchards-a-how-to-guide</a></p><p>In January 2014, my Department published <em>Allotment Disposal Guidance: Safeguards and Alternatives </em>replacing the previous guidance from 2002. The new guidance strengthens allotment protection, as the requirement for waiting lists to be taken into account must now be rigorously applied to all that council's waiting lists, not just the waiting list for the site to be disposed of. This aims to ensure that poorly maintained sites are not used to justify disposal. Ministers will be closely monitoring to ensure that this new guidance is followed.</p><p>I also refer the rt. hon. Member to my answer today to him of questions 191956 &amp; 196310, which explains how the Secretary of State's decisions on allotments since May 2010 have resulted in an increase in usable allotment land.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams grouped question UIN 196308 196311 question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

48160

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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
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 self-built in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	196286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department does not hold official statistics.</p><p>To assist the preparation and implementation of policy to support self-builders, the Department is examining how best the take-up of self-build can be quantified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

48162

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that people of no faith are consulted and listened to when formulating policy on faith and communities.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	196267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The ‘Creating the Conditions for Integration' paper sets out the Government's approach to achieving a more integrated society, for everyone of faith and of no faith to live and work successfully alongside each other. In September 2012 my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister appointed my noble Friend, Baroness Warsi as Minister for Faith and Communities. Along with colleagues, such as myself, the Minister has worked closely with faith and non-faith groups on an approach to integration.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy