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1418042

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Supported Housing: Veterans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to increase the provision of veteran supported housing.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	114606
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities’ £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme (2021-26) (England) includes delivery for new supported housing within the programme. The delivery by Homes England and the Greater London Authority is based on bids from providers who are encouraged to discuss proposals with local areas. My previous answer to Question UIN 105327 on 31 January 2022 sets out the position on the provision of local housing support services.</p><p>In 2012, we changed the law so that seriously injured, ill or disabled Service personnel, and former members of the Armed Forces, with urgent housing needs are always given high priority for social housing. In June 2020 we published new statutory guidance for local authorities to improve access to social housing for members of the Armed Forces, veterans, and their families.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 03/02/2022 17:50:12 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

1418047

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Green Belt
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to retain current protections afforded to greenbelt areas in future Government planning proposals.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	115016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>This Government has a manifesto commitment to protect and enhance the Green Belt. Our National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that a local authority can take land out of Green Belt only in exceptional circumstances, through the local plan process, and only if it can demonstrate that it has explored all other reasonable options. These strong protections for Green Belt land will remain firmly in place.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 03/02/2022 17:51:59 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1418048

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to designate his Department under Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 with respect to its activities in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Stephen Farry
uin	114978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is committed to working with the Northern Ireland Executive to deliver for all the people of Northern Ireland. Whilst DLUHC is not designated under Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 it is committed to carrying out its functions in line with its obligations under the Equality Act 2010, and with due regard to the considerations set out in Section 75.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 07/02/2022 17:41:07 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4856 label Biography information for Stephen Farry

1418057

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his Department's average response time was to an enquiry from a hon. Member to the MP (a) hotline and (b) account management team in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	114683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence from MPs, either directly or on behalf of their constituents.</p><p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities does not have an MP hotline.</p><p>Data on the timeliness of responses to correspondence from MPs and Peers for 2019 and 2020 is published on Gov.uk here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdata-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers&amp;data=04%7C01%7CChristine.Lamunu%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C1ab383a6e0b447030b6308d9e578a6f8%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637793128621787326%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=aB%2F3R0ddcp8DktZsUmL1vYlg88FN4ZhsNWtqfPkfYSE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/data-on-responses-to-correspondence-from-mps-and-peers</a>. Data for 2021 will be published by the Cabinet Office in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 08/02/2022 17:18:50 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1418103

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Building Safety Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the Building Safety Fund revised Grant Funding Agreement will be made available to applicants.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	114645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The revised Grant Funding Agreement (GFA) for the Building Safety Fund (BSF) will be made available to Applicants shortly. There should be no obstacle to the remediation of unsafe cladding being carried out without further delay.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 114646 question first answered 03/02/2022 17:51:29 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1418104

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Building Safety Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many stage 2 funding applications are being held up pending the publication of the revised Building Safety Fund Grant Funding Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	114646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2022 answer text <p>The revised Grant Funding Agreement (GFA) for the Building Safety Fund (BSF) will be made available to Applicants shortly. There should be no obstacle to the remediation of unsafe cladding being carried out without further delay.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 114645 question first answered 03/02/2022 17:51:29 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1418159

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
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 Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many tenants of (a) councils and (b) social landlords have exercised the right to buy, voluntary or otherwise, in each year since 2005, by (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) local authority area.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	114968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>We maintain our commitment to the Right to Buy for council tenants. Right to Buy gives people from a broad sector of the community the opportunity to own their home, encouraging stronger links and a wider interest in their local communities.</p><p>The Government is grateful for the participation of the Midlands housing associations in piloting the VRTB and for the valuable partnership working with the sector. This has enabled over 1,800 housing association tenants to become homeowners, and enjoy the benefits that homeownership brings. The Government is looking at the findings from the Midlands evaluation, which will be used to help inform future policy. We will announce further details on Voluntary Right to Buy in the coming months.</p><p>The statistics on local authority Right to Buy sales, as well as information on the total number of sales to tenants by local authority area (which includes Right to Acquire and other social landlord schemes) can be found in the open data here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-social-housing-sales%23social-housing-sales-open-data&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5b823da821f24a81e89408d9ea3b30cd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637798362199093828%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=DDweWC%2BRp092HolsdrQ74ReJhSuRwsPooNBqp2POaUU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales#social-housing-sales-open-data</a>.</p><p>There is no information by parliamentary constituency, as it is all collected by local authority area.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 08/02/2022 13:45:42 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1418160

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Council Housing and Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the total amount of (a) council housing and (b) social housing in each (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) local authority area.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	114969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>Statistics on numbers of dwellings owned by local authorities and private registered providers as at 31 March by local authority area are published by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the gov.uk website in live tables 116 and 115 respectively, which can be found at the following link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5b823da821f24a81e89408d9ea3b30cd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637798362199093828%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=A4BN6Dg%2Fp0GgkhZeHsCc8AWpSIjUkVIbwEUd5uhU9a4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a>.</p><p>Statistics on the supply of new affordable housing in each local authority area, including acquisitions of existing stock for affordable housing, are also published on the gov.uk website, in live tables 1008C and 1011 at the following link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5b823da821f24a81e89408d9ea3b30cd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637798362199093828%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=biLkuafitRKUDYsHf5ccUAo9FrQYIgVYRtiRyw3APK4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a>. The open datafile available at the same link breaks these statistics down into those that are new build and acquisitions of existing stock, and by provider. The Department does not collect these data by parliamentary constituency.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 114970 question first answered 08/02/2022 13:45:55 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1418161

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Council Housing and Social Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many new (a) council and (b) social landlord properties have been built in each year since 2005 in each (i) parliamentary constituency and (ii) local authority area.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	114970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>Statistics on numbers of dwellings owned by local authorities and private registered providers as at 31 March by local authority area are published by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the gov.uk website in live tables 116 and 115 respectively, which can be found at the following link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5b823da821f24a81e89408d9ea3b30cd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637798362199093828%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=A4BN6Dg%2Fp0GgkhZeHsCc8AWpSIjUkVIbwEUd5uhU9a4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a>.</p><p>Statistics on the supply of new affordable housing in each local authority area, including acquisitions of existing stock for affordable housing, are also published on the gov.uk website, in live tables 1008C and 1011 at the following link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C5b823da821f24a81e89408d9ea3b30cd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637798362199093828%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=biLkuafitRKUDYsHf5ccUAo9FrQYIgVYRtiRyw3APK4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a>. The open datafile available at the same link breaks these statistics down into those that are new build and acquisitions of existing stock, and by provider. The Department does not collect these data by parliamentary constituency.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 114969 question first answered 08/02/2022 13:45:55 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1418168

registered interest
date	31/01/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his policy is on mandatory registration of privately rented properties.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	114713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2022 answer text <p>The Government has committed to exploring proposals for introducing a landlord register in England as part of a commitment to drive up standards in rented accommodation. We will publish a White Paper in Spring this year that will set out our proposals for reform of the private rented sector.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 08/02/2022 17:19:02 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard