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419204

registered interest
date	16/09/2015
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
hansard heading	Affordable Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their definition of "affordable housing".
tabling member printed	Lord Tebbit
uin	HL2277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/10/2015 answer text <p>The definition of affordable housing for planning purposes is set out in Annex 2 to the National Planning Policy Framework, which is shown below.</p><p>Affordable housing: Social rented, affordable rented and intermediate housing, provided to eligible households whose needs are not met by the market. Eligibility is determined with regard to local incomes and local house prices. Affordable housing should include provisions to remain at an affordable price for future eligible households or for the subsidy to be recycled for alternative affordable housing provision.</p><p>Social rented housing is owned by local authorities and private registered providers (as defined in section 80 of the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008), for which guideline target rents are determined through the national rent regime. It may also be owned by other persons and provided under equivalent rental arrangements to the above, as agreed with the local authority or with the Homes and Communities Agency.</p><p>Affordable rented housing is let by local authorities or private registered providers of social housing to households who are eligible for social rented housing. Affordable Rent is subject to rent controls that require a rent of no more than 80% of the local market rent (including service charges, where applicable).</p><p>Intermediate housing is homes for sale and rent provided at a cost above social rent, but below market levels subject to the criteria in the Affordable Housing definition above. These can include shared equity (shared ownership and equity loans), other low cost homes for sale and intermediate rent, but not affordable rented housing.</p><p>Homes that do not meet the above definition of affordable housing, such as “low cost market” housing, may not be considered as affordable housing for planning purposes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 01/10/2015 14:44:23 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	952 label Biography information for Lord Tebbit

484503

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
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
hansard heading	Local Press: Non-domestic Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the proposed £1,500 business rates discount for office space occupied by local newspapers in England outlined in the Budget will affect Northern Ireland and Scotland.
tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
uin	HL7280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>The £1,500 discount for office space occupied by local newspapers will be introduced in England for 2 years from April 2017. This measure will help to support local newspapers in England, alongside the other changes to Small Business Rate Relief. Business rates are devolved to Scotland and Northern Ireland and so this is a matter for the devolved administrations. Barnett consequentials apply to this measure in the normal way.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 13/04/2016 15:20:49 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

437871

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
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
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, following the Spending Review 2015, they have undertaken any analysis of the relationship between the value of business rates collected by local authorities and the local level of deprivation according to the English Indices of Deprivation.
tabling member printed	Lord Young of Cookham
uin	HL4573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2015 answer text <p>Under the current rates retention scheme, and under the new 100 percent scheme to be introduced by the end of the Parliament, there is, and will continue to be, a measure of redistribution of local tax income. This ensures that those authorities with higher relative spending needs compared to their tax base will receive additional funding through the redistribution mechanism; and means that any comparison of local business rates income and levels of deprivation would be misleading.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/12/2015 15:29:00 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham

524500

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
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
hansard heading	Academies: North West
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the Secretary of State will make a determination under section 69 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Young of Cookham
uin	HL603
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2016 answer text <p>Before any determination is issued and any payments made under that determination, regulations on the definition of higher value assets must first be passed by both Houses of Parliament. We are currently working on the detail of the regulations.</p><p>We shall consult with local authorities and other stakeholders before issuing the determination.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL604 question first answered 23/06/2016 14:10:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham

524501

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
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
hansard heading	Flood Control: North West
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when local authorities have to make the first payment under section 69 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Young of Cookham
uin	HL604
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2016 answer text <p>Before any determination is issued and any payments made under that determination, regulations on the definition of higher value assets must first be passed by both Houses of Parliament. We are currently working on the detail of the regulations.</p><p>We shall consult with local authorities and other stakeholders before issuing the determination.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL603 question first answered 23/06/2016 14:10:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham

524502

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
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
hansard heading	Representation of the People Act 1918
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when the Secretary of State will commence making grants to private registered providers under section 64 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Young of Cookham
uin	HL605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2016 answer text <p>Section 64 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 enables the Secretary of State to pay grant to private registered providers to cover the cost of the voluntary Right to Buy discount. Grant will only be paid out once a tenant has purchased their home and the provider has submitted a claim. Systems are in place with the five housing associations that are taking part in the voluntary Right to Buy pilot so that the Government can compensate them for the discount that their tenants get when they purchase their home.</p><p>We are currently working with the National Housing Federation and the housing association sector on the implementation of the main scheme and will announce more details in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/06/2016 14:01:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	57 label Biography information for Lord Young of Cookham

385207

registered interest
date	23/06/2015
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
hansard heading	Change of Use
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether permitted development rights on the conversion of offices to residential premises, due to expire in May 2016, are to be extended beyond that date.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the Written Ministerial Statement of 26 March 2015, HLWS487, where we made it clear that we would keep under review the case for extending the office to residential permitted development rights, which are helping provide much needed new homes on brownfield land. This remains the case.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 30/06/2015 15:19:46 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

425840

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
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
hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 28 October (HL2728), whether they will set out the broad circumstances in which a housing association or Community Land Trust could exercise discretion in deciding whether to sell a property to a tenant.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL3238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government is currently engaging with the National Housing Federation and the housing association sector on implementing the Right to Buy Agreement. Further details will be announced in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 17/11/2015 15:41:44 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

436601

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
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
hansard heading	Change of Use
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, before 13 November, the B1 planning class remained a requirement for offices that also qualified for a residential planning designation.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL4435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>We announced on 12 October that the permitted development right for the change of use from office to residential will be made permanent. We further announced that the rights will in future provide for an office to be demolished and replaced on a like-for-like basis as residential. The details of the rights including any requirements about the use, eligibility criteria and any matters for prior approval, including in relation to demolition and replacement, will be provided in due course.</p><p><br></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL4436 question first answered 17/12/2015 11:59:35 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

436602

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
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
hansard heading	Change of Use
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, where an office property that qualified for a residential planning designation is demolished, whether any restrictions are placed on the building of a new property on that land according to the former office property’s footprint.
tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
uin	HL4436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>We announced on 12 October that the permitted development right for the change of use from office to residential will be made permanent. We further announced that the rights will in future provide for an office to be demolished and replaced on a like-for-like basis as residential. The details of the rights including any requirements about the use, eligibility criteria and any matters for prior approval, including in relation to demolition and replacement, will be provided in due course.</p><p><br></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL4435 question first answered 17/12/2015 11:59:35 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours