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65114

registered interest
date	01/07/2014
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	Housing: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to Lancaster City Council's Local Plan for Lancaster District 2011-2031: Strategic Options for Land Allocations, what assessment his Department has made of the logistics of providing the services for the 5,000 new homes in the rural area of the Lune Valley that would be required under Option 5 of that plan.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	203506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We have not made any specific assessment; the drafting of a Local Plan is a matter for the local council. Planning guidance issued on 6 March is clear that infrastructure requirements must be considered by councils in plan making when they assess the suitability of sites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 08/07/2014 14:21:40 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

46049

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many first time buyers have been helped by the Government's Help to Buy scheme (a) nationally and (b) in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	194542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting people's aspirations to own their own home.</p><p>In the first eleven months of the scheme, 16,465 households purchased a new build home with the support of the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme.</p><p>By January 2014, the time of the last quarterly statistical release, first time buyers accounted for 89% of sales nationally. In Lancaster there were 16 sales by the end of January and first-time buyers accounted for 88% of all Help to Buy: equity loan sales in the area.</p><p>Home owners will also have been supported by the Help to Buy mortgage guarantee scheme, which is overseen by HM Treasury.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

46051

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what reports he has received of levels of council tax set by Lancaster District Council for 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	194560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>[Holding Reply: Thursday 3 April 2014]</p><p>I refer my hon. Friend to my answer of Monday 7 April 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 66W.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 4502 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

46052

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what reports he has received of levels of council tax set by Lancashire County Council for 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	194561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The DCLG statistical release of 26 March 2014 showing the levels of council tax set by local authorities in England for 2014-2015 is available here and shows council tax levels down to local authority level:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/council-tax-levels-set-by-local-authorities-in-england-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/council-tax-levels-set-by-local-authorities-in-england-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>The average council tax for Lancashire County Council and Lancaster District Council excluding parish precepts (Band D) are shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Average Council Tax Band D (excluding parish precepts), 2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£</p></td><td><p>% change on 2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire County Council</p></td><td><p>1,107.74</p></td><td><p>1.99</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster District Council</p></td><td><p>199.99</p></td><td><p>1.99</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Council Tax Requirement forms</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 4503 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

46053

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities who will hold a referendum as a result of raising council tax by two per cent or more for 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	194562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Thursday 3 April 2014]</em></p><p>The DCLG statistical release of 26 March 2014 showing the levels of council tax set by local authorities in England for 2014-2015 is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/council-tax-levels-set-by-local-authorities-in-england-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/council-tax-levels-set-by-local-authorities-in-england-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>It shows that no local authority in England is required to hold a council tax referendum in 2014-15 (table 11).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 4504 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

46054

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council houses or social housing new builds have been built by Lancaster District Council, and in which areas, since 1997.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	194539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Statistics on house building completions by tenure in each local authority district are published in the Department's live tables 253 (annual) and 253a (quarterly), which are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building</a></p><p>Taken together, the Private Registered Provider (housing association) and local authority tenures provide estimates of total social housing completions, but these figures understate total affordable supply. This is because the house building figures are categorised by the type of developer rather than the intended final tenure, leading to under recording of affordable housing, and a corresponding over recording of private enterprise figures.</p><p>More comprehensive statistics on affordable housing completions funded by the Homes and Communities Agency since 2009-10 by local authority district are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/housing-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.homesandcommunities.co.uk/housing-statistics</a></p><p>These statistics include both newly built housing and acquisitions but exclude delivery of affordable housing not funded by Homes and Communities Agency programmes that are reported in local authority returns to the Department. A fuller picture of all affordable housing completions is published in the Department's live tables 1006, 1006a, 1007 and 1008, which are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a></p><p>There is no data source that provides information on affordable homes delivery at any geography smaller than local authority district.</p><p>Over 170,000 new affordable homes have been delivered in England since April 2010 (to the end of September 2013). Our Affordable Homes Programme will lever in £19.5 billion of public and private investment over the current spending review period. Over 2015-18, we will be investing a further £23 billion in public and private funding for affordable housing.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

46055

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support his Department has provided to Lancaster City Council to ensure affordable homes are built in rural areas in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	194541
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There will be 228 affordable homes delivered in Lancaster area as a result of £6.9 million of government funding through the 2011 to 2015 Affordable Homes Programme of which 27 homes are in rural areas (defined as settlements with populations of less than 3,000 people).</p><p>In 2011-12, half of the affordable homes built outside London were in rural local authorities and we have delivered over 5,000 affordable homes in the smallest rural communities (under 3,000 people) in the first two years of the current programme.</p><p>The Homes and Communities Agency's funding prospectus for the 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme sets out how the Agency will continue to pay particular attention to the importance of delivery in rural areas in providing funding. The work of the Agency is also supported by a network of rural champions. The National Planning Policy Framework and Rural Exception Sites also help to address the housing needs of rural communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

46056

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to lift people over 75 years of age out of council tax.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	194543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Low-income pensioners are already protected under the nationally set council tax support scheme for pensioners, and do not have to pay any council tax. They have saved and worked hard all their lives, and deserve security in retirement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris