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1699300

registered interest
date	27/03/2024
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	Housing: Prices and Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following recent findings by the Resolution Foundation regarding the affordability and quality of housing, what steps they are taking to (1) address, and (2) mitigate, those challenges.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2024 answer text <p>Full details of the Government’s long-term plan for housing are available on gov.uk. This includes measures to increase the overall supply and availability of safe, warm and affordable homes. Boosting housing supply is key to affordability: we are on track to deliver our commitment to build one million homes this Parliament, are investing significant funding in affordable housing programmes through the £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme and £6 billion Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme, and we have helped over 876,000 households purchase a home since spring 2010 through Government backed schemes.</p><p>Housing quality is also central to this plan. We have seen a strong decrease in the number of non-decent homes since 2010. This government has introduced the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023, including Awaab’s Law, and is applying the Decent Homes Standard to the private rented sector for the first time through the Renters (Reform) Bill, to ensure that all tenants benefit from homes that are safe and decent</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 11/04/2024 13:21:49 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1699247

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	Young People: Health
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by Gallup, the Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network World Happiness Report, published on 20 March; in particular, the finding that the happiness of young people under the age of 30 in the UK has declined.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL3637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving the well-being of individuals in every area of the UK as set out in our (attached) <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65b2347f1702b10013cb1281/Narrative_for_well-being_mission.pdf" target="_blank">update</a> on the Well-being mission in January 2024. We continue to engage with new data and evidence in the delivery of all Levelling Up Missions, including on how we can improve well-being.</p><p>This includes considering the work of Professor Lord Richard Layard, one of the authors of the World Happiness Report, and other experts in our ongoing work on this mission.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 11/04/2024 11:24:19 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook attachment 1 file name Update on the Well-being Mission.pdf title Update on well-being mission
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1698288

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
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	Community Development: Isles of Scilly
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment, if any, have they made of the cultural and economic welfare of the permanent residents of the Scilly Isles.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL3592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is committed to levelling up all parts of our country. We have also recognised the unique circumstances and needs of island communities and their residents, including by establishing the Islands Forum. The Forum is a mechanism for discussing the challenges and opportunities faced by island communities, and for considering how by working together local government and the UK Government (and where relevant the devolved administrations) can support the people of islands across the UK.</p><p>The Isles of Scilly has been awarded up to £6 million to fund a museum and cultural centre on St Mary’s. In addition, the final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2024-25 makes available up to £6.8 million to the Council of the Isles of Scilly, an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £0.5 million or 8% in cash terms on 2023-24. This includes an additional £150,000 in funding in recognition of the unique circumstances facing our island authorities, and their physical separation from the mainland.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne question first answered 08/04/2024 15:11:41 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1698289

registered interest
date	25/03/2024
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: South West
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government which specific counties are included within the term "the west country of England" when they refer to this region.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL3593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2024 answer text <p>The West Country is not an official region, but could be loosely and approximately defined to match the South West region. The West of England, covers a much smaller area, focussed around the Greater Bristol and Bath city region. The West of England Combined Authority is made up of the following local authority areas: South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Bath &amp; North East Somerset.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne question first answered 11/04/2024 09:14:45 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1698210

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
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	War Memorials: Muslims
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 21 March (HL3106), where the National Muslim War Memorial will be situated; and, if not in Westminster, for what reason.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL3551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2024 answer text <p>Further information regarding the process for establishing a new Muslim War Memorial will be announced in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 04/04/2024 13:40:16 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1698211

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service: Public Consultation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 20 March (HL3102), what has been the nature of the consultation with representatives of subsequent genocides which will be included in the UK Holocaust Memorial Learning Centre; and what was the outcome of those consultations.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL3552
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2024 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Holocaust Commission issued a Call for Evidence which received almost 2,500 responses. The Commission’s conclusions, together with a list of organisations providing formal responses, was published in the Commission’s report Britain’s Promise to Remember (2015).</p><p>Comments were invited on the 10 shortlisted designs for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre, details of which were published online and exhibited at sites in London, Edinburgh and Cardiff in 2017. Two public exhibitions of the chosen design were held in 2018.</p><p>Full consultation on the planning application opened in January 2019. Around 4,500 comments were submitted online, ahead of the planning inquiry at which 69 people made oral representations. The independent Planning Inspector provided a summary of written representations and a detailed appendix of oral representations in his report recommending that planning consent should be awarded.</p><p>The scope and content of the Learning Centre exhibition will be developed by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation, drawing on a wide range of external advice and expertise. That process has not concluded and the noble Baroness is welcome to make any suggestions or views known to the foundation directly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL3553 question first answered 09/04/2024 13:30:36 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1698212

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service: Public Consultation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 20 March (HL3105), on what dates and in which locations or websites the consultations on a UK Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre took place; and whether there is a record of the responses.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL3553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2024 answer text <p>The Prime Minister’s Holocaust Commission issued a Call for Evidence which received almost 2,500 responses. The Commission’s conclusions, together with a list of organisations providing formal responses, was published in the Commission’s report Britain’s Promise to Remember (2015).</p><p>Comments were invited on the 10 shortlisted designs for the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre, details of which were published online and exhibited at sites in London, Edinburgh and Cardiff in 2017. Two public exhibitions of the chosen design were held in 2018.</p><p>Full consultation on the planning application opened in January 2019. Around 4,500 comments were submitted online, ahead of the planning inquiry at which 69 people made oral representations. The independent Planning Inspector provided a summary of written representations and a detailed appendix of oral representations in his report recommending that planning consent should be awarded.</p><p>The scope and content of the Learning Centre exhibition will be developed by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation, drawing on a wide range of external advice and expertise. That process has not concluded and the noble Baroness is welcome to make any suggestions or views known to the foundation directly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL3552 question first answered 09/04/2024 13:30:35 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1698226

registered interest
date	22/03/2024
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	Housing: Rents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of figures released by the Office for National Statistics on 20 March showing an average increase in monthly rent paid by tenants in the UK of 9 per cent in the year ending in February, including an increase to 10.6 per cent in London to an average monthly rent of £2,035.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Southwark
uin	HL3567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises the cost of living pressures that tenants are facing, and that paying rent is likely to be a tenant’s biggest monthly expense.</p><p>Over the last two years, the Government has demonstrated its commitment to supporting the most vulnerable with one of the largest support packages in Europe. Taken together, total support between 2022 and 2025 to help households with the cost-of-living is worth £108 billion – an average of £3,800 per UK household.</p><p>Individuals who need help to make their rent payments may be eligible for a range of support through the welfare system. From April 2024, the Government will be spending £1.2 billion restoring Local Housing Allowance rates to the 30th percentile of local market rents. This significant investment means 1.6 million low-income households will gain, on average, nearly £800 per year in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024/25. For those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs and need more support, Discretionary Housing Payments and Household Support Fund grants are also available from local authorities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne question first answered 08/04/2024 14:38:22 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	4345 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Southwark

1698050

registered interest
date	21/03/2024
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	Rented Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of regional disparities in rental prices across the UK; and what steps they are taking to address affordability challenges for tenants.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2024 answer text <p>The ONS publishes a number of regional datasets regarding the cost of private rented sector lettings, such as the monthly (attached) <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/indexofprivatehousingrentalprices/previousReleases" target="_blank">Price Index of Private Rents</a> and an annual (attached) <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/housing/bulletins/housingaffordabilityinenglandandwales/2023" target="_blank">Housing affordability</a> report, and DLUHC publishes its own annual (attached) <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/english-housing-survey-2022-to-2023-headline-report&amp;data=05|02|PS.Advisers@levellingup.gov.uk|366ef25719394858a98608dc5476457b|bf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8|0|0|638478114139253789|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|0|||&amp;sdata=47gh1i7TqmiQVpZV0zQeGGBoRy2/kqij9XBFBRPBwXw=&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">English Housing Survey</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Individuals who need help to make their rent payments may be eligible for a range of support through the welfare system. From April 2024, the Government will raise Local Housing Allowance rates to the 30th percentile of local market rents. This significant investment of £1.2 billion means 1.6 million low-income households will gain, on average, nearly £800 per year in additional help towards their rental costs in 2024/25. For those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs and need more support, Discretionary Housing Payments and Household Support Fund grants are also available from local authorities.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne attachment 1 file name HL3544 Index of Private Housing Rental Prices, UK Statistical bulletins - Office for National Statistics.pdf title Price Index of Private Rents 2 file name HL3544 - Housing affordability in England and Wales - Office for National Statistics.pdf title Housing affordability 3 file name HL3544 - English Housing Survey 2022 to 2023_ headline report - GOV.UK.pdf title English Housing Survey question first answered 05/04/2024 13:10:06 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1697689

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
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	Housing: Sales
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what analysis they have conducted, if any, of the reasons behind rising numbers of landlords selling their properties.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL3496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2024 answer text <p>The most recent English Private Landlord Survey from 2021 found that almost half of landlords (48%) planned to keep the number of rental properties the same. The English Private Landlord Survey does not include prospective landlords who may be considering entering the market.</p><p> </p><p>The most frequently reported reasons for planning to decrease or sell their properties are set out in detailed analysis (attached) in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-private-landlord-survey-2021-main-report#full-publication-update-history" target="_blank">English Private Landlord Survey </a> report. The next publication is expected later in 2024.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The most recent English Housing Survey from 2022-23 found that the proportion of households in the private rented sector has doubled since the early 2000s and remained a similar proportion (19%) since 2013-14. For more detailed analysis, please see (attached) the full <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/english-housing-survey-2022-to-2023-headline-report&amp;data=05|02|PS.Advisers@levellingup.gov.uk|9a9efa9933224009a47d08dc5476123a|bf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8|0|0|638478113279646537|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|0|||&amp;sdata=K87lbzhDAhaQyLfQoC76SgElCHDAAlKrWy10cZZZt04=&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">English Housing Survey</a> report.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne attachment 1 file name HL3496 - English Private Landlord Survey 2021_ main report - GOV.UK.pdf title English Private Landlord Survey 2 file name HL3496 - English Housing Survey 2022 to 2023_ headline report - GOV.UK.pdf title English Housing question first answered 05/04/2024 13:10:43 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott