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1001452

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
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	Local Government: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	If his Department will take steps with the Department of Health and Social Care to use the reorganisation of local government in Northamptonshire to better integrate the local delivery of health and social care.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	907450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>We are already taking such steps. On 18 October we convened a meeting between Leaders and chief executives of the Northamptonshire councils, representatives of local health service providers and officials from the departments responsible, to start discussions on how, in future, adult social care might best be provided and integrated with health.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2018 17:24:38 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

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

997681

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	Homelessness: Expenditure
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 much his Department has spent on homelessness programmes (a) in total and (b) by programme in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	185504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The information requested could only be provided at a disproportionate cost. However, over this spending review period we have allocated over £1.2 billion in funding to reduce homelessness and rough sleeping, as well as supporting the implementation of the Homelessness Reduction Act. This includes:</p><ul><li>£316 million of core funding to local authorities;</li><li>£215 million of central Government funding for homelessness programmes, which includes £28 million for our Housing First pilots and the £20 million Private Rented Sector Access Fund announced at Autumn Budget 2017;</li><li>£100 million to deliver low-cost ‘move-on’ accommodation places, for people leaving hostels and refuges to make a sustainable recovery; and</li><li>£617 million in Flexible Homelessness Support Grant funding which gives local authorities greater flexibility to prioritise homelessness prevention in their areas.</li></ul> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/11/2018 15:55:25 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey