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1327299

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
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	Social Rented Housing: Construction
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 times he has visited families living in social housing; and what steps he will take to fast track the building of social housing.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	6355
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government's Charter for Social Housing Residents (published in November 2020) was informed by an extensive programme of engagement with residents, during which Ministers met almost 1,000 residents at events across England. The Charter includes a clear commitment to ongoing Ministerial engagement with residents, to ensure that residents are kept at the heart of future policymaking. As part of this, the Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing met residents of the G15 group of housing associations in May and a programme of face-to-face visits is being planned for when coronavirus restrictions allow</p><p><br>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of affordable housing and is investing over £12 billion in affordable housing over 5 years, the largest investment in affordable housing in a decade. This includes the new £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme, which will leverage up to £38 billion of private finance and provide up to 180,000 new homes across the country, should economic conditions allow.</p><p><br> <br> <br> <br> <br></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/06/2021 15:33:58 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1327310

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
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	Towns Fund: Yorkshire and the Humber
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 to the Answer of 18 May 2021 to Question 61, which were the three towns in Yorkshire and the Humber that Ministers decided not to invite to bid for funding under the Towns Fund.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	6184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>Officials made a number of recommendations for ministers’ consideration. The selection process was robust, comprehensive and fair and it is right that where judgments were required, these were made by ministers.</p><p>The £4.8 billion Levelling Up Fund will support even more places across the UK to transform and future-proof their town centres and highstreets, by investing in infrastructure to improve everyday life.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 27/05/2021 16:12:20 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1327328

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
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	Freehold
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 plans he has to make it easier and cheaper for existing leaseholders to extend to 999 years or purchase the freehold.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	6295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2021 answer text <p>Under the current system, too many leaseholders find the process for extending their lease or buying their freehold (a process known as enfranchisement) too complex, lacking transparency and prohibitively expensive.</p><p>Through our reforms, the length of a statutory lease extension will increase to 990 years, from 90 years (for flats) and 50 years (for houses). Leaseholders will be able to extend their lease with zero ground rent on payment of a premium.</p><p>We will also reform the process of enfranchisement valuation that leaseholders must follow to calculate the cost of extending their lease or buying their freehold. The Government will abolish marriage value, cap the treatment of ground rents at 0.1% of the freehold value, and prescribe rates for the calculations at market value. The Government will also introduce an online calculator, further simplifying the process for leaseholders and ensuring standardisation and fairness for all those looking to enfranchise. These changes to the enfranchisement valuation process will result in substantial savings for some leaseholders, particularly those with less than 80 years left on their lease.</p><p>Our leasehold reform measures will be translated into law as soon as possible, starting with the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rents) Bill, which was introduced into Parliament on 12 May. This Bill will be the first part of major two-part legislation to implement leasehold and commonhold reforms in this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 01/06/2021 14:34:00 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

1327370

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
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: Correspondence
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 proportion of correspondence sent by hon. Members to his Department received a substantive response within the service standard in each month of (a) 2018, (b) 2019 and (c) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	6462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the great importance of the effective and timely handling of correspondence.</p><p>The Cabinet Office is currently compiling data on the timeliness of responses to Hon. and Rt Hon. members from Government Departments and Agencies. This data will be released, and made available to Members, in due course.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 01/06/2021 14:34:40 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1327441

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
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	Regional Planning and Development
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 reason his Department does not plan to publish a White Paper on devolution and local recovery.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	6299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>Levelling up all areas of the country remains at the centre of Government’s agenda, empowering our regions by devolving money, resources and control away from Westminster. Our plans for strengthening local accountable leadership will now be included in the Levelling Up White Paper which will be published in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 27/05/2021 16:17:28 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1327443

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
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	Shared Ownership Schemes
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 recent assessment he has made of the viability of introducing a UK-wide shared ownership rescue scheme to allow homeowners to part-buy and part-rent a home; and if he will make an assessment of the effect of such a scheme on the number of (a) homeowners in negative equity and (b) home repossessions.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	6301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government continually monitors the housing market, consults with the lending industry, and examines policy options for assisting homeowners. Arrears and repossessions remain near to historically low levels. The Government has no current plans to introduce a United Kingdom wide rescue scheme which will allow owner occupiers to part-buy and part-rent their existing home.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/05/2021 14:41:42 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1327456

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
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	Landlords: Licensing
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 local authorities have requested approval from his Department for the extension of their landlord licensing scheme.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	6305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>The Department has not received any renewal applications in 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 27/05/2021 16:01:54 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1327457

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
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	Landlords: Croydon
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to decide whether to approve the renewal of the Croydon Council landlord licensing scheme.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	6306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/05/2021 answer text <p>We have received the application for the renewal of the Croydon Council landlord licencing scheme.</p><p>The application is currently being assessed and we will update on the outcome shortly.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 27/05/2021 16:01:36 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1327460

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
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: Construction
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 steps his Department has taken to allocate additional resources to local authorities in London to build affordable and social housing.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	6506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>London will receive £4.8 billion of the Affordable Homes Programme funding to deliver at least 116,000 affordable housing starts by March 2023, and a further £4 billion to deliver 35,000 new affordable homes by 2026 to help with the acute housing challenge in London. We actively encourage local authorities to put themselves forward and play a key role in the delivery of the Affordable Homes Programmes alongside housing associations.</p><p>In March we announced that we are giving local authorities in England more freedom on how they spend the money from homes sold through Right to Buy, making it easier for local authorities to fund homes using Right to Buy receipts, including homes for social rent. We encourage local authorities to make the most of the flexibilities available to them to build a new generation of council housing.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/06/2021 15:41:42 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1327461

registered interest
date	24/05/2021
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	Council Housing: Greater London
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 steps he has taken to provide housing options to households on local authority housing waiting lists in London.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
uin	6507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2021 answer text <p>Statutory guidance on the allocation of social housing issued in 2012 and updated in 2021 (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fallocation-of-accommodation-guidance-for-local-authorities&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C0f36e6a7a96443bc1be508d92417f422%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637580507557876829%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=wfrti6nZqmDrgjVtnC%2B651inQx%2FxV9IpbORxxO5aqns%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/allocation-of-accommodation-guidance-for-local-authorities</a> ) encourages all local authorities to adopt a housing options approach as part of a move to a managed waiting list.</p><p> </p><p>The guidance recognises that a strong housing options approach brings several benefits, ensuring: that people are offered support to make use of the housing solution which best meets their needs, that expectations about access to social housing are properly managed, and that social housing is focused on those who need it most.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/06/2021 15:40:03 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark