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1639581

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Homes for Ukraine Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Ukrainian people have found homes through the Homes for Ukraine scheme since the establishment of that scheme.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	186354
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>Published data on the number of visa applications, issued and arrivals in to the UK by sponsor location for Ukrainian guests and at a local authority level can be accessed <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fukraine-sponsorship-scheme-visa-data-by-country-upper-and-lower-tier-local-authority&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C56208c703ef14fa8e2b408db5dca2746%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638206895033103862%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2KkPV6g%2BUkGmHDftELY%2FVVc6M4ZNnz8Cbuut4J6gVUY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 31/05/2023 14:10:17 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1639622

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Social Rented Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to (a) support local authorities in building new social housing and (b) review the funding model for building new social housing.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	186425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>We are supporting local authorities to continue to deliver new and existing supply plans for council housing. In March we announced a preferential borrowing rate for council housebuilding from the Public Works Loan Board. We have also recently introduced a package of reforms on how councils can spend their Right to Buy receipts to give them increased flexibilities to make local housing decisions. Local authorities continue to benefit from our £11.5bn Affordable Homes Programme, which will deliver tens of thousands of affordable homes for both sale and rent, right across the country.</p><p>Local authorities have a range of compulsory purchase powers available to them which they may use to acquire land for social housing or a public use. The Government is seeking to reform the compulsory purchase compensation regime to support local authorities to acquire land at reduced value for social housing, providing there is justification in the public interest. A new power has been introduced by the Government in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that will allow local authorities to request a direction to acquire land for social housing without payment of hope value.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 186426 question first answered 31/05/2023 08:27:19 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1639623

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Compulsory Purchase
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using Compulsory Purchase Orders to secure more land for (a) social housing and (b) public use.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	186426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>We are supporting local authorities to continue to deliver new and existing supply plans for council housing. In March we announced a preferential borrowing rate for council housebuilding from the Public Works Loan Board. We have also recently introduced a package of reforms on how councils can spend their Right to Buy receipts to give them increased flexibilities to make local housing decisions. Local authorities continue to benefit from our £11.5bn Affordable Homes Programme, which will deliver tens of thousands of affordable homes for both sale and rent, right across the country.</p><p>Local authorities have a range of compulsory purchase powers available to them which they may use to acquire land for social housing or a public use. The Government is seeking to reform the compulsory purchase compensation regime to support local authorities to acquire land at reduced value for social housing, providing there is justification in the public interest. A new power has been introduced by the Government in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill that will allow local authorities to request a direction to acquire land for social housing without payment of hope value.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 186425 question first answered 31/05/2023 08:27:19 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1639624

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Compulsory Purchase: Derelict Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to facilitate Compulsory Purchase Orders on brownfield sites to counter land banking by developers where land has remained undeveloped after two years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	186427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>Local authorities have compulsory purchase powers to acquire development land.</p><p>The Community Infrastructure Levy is an enabling, not a punitive, device. It is a charge on development to help fund the infrastructure needed to support development, payable from the date of commencement of works on site.</p><p>Where sites have planning permission, work should move ahead as quickly as possible. However, there can be genuine reasons why developments are built out more slowly than expected. Local authorities can issue completion notices to deal with tardy developers or unreasonable delay.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 186428 186429 question first answered 31/05/2023 08:28:12 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1639625

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Land Use: Property Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to increase the levy on land where there has been evidence of land banking prior to the completion of a development in the context of the Community Infrastructure Levy.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	186428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>Local authorities have compulsory purchase powers to acquire development land.</p><p>The Community Infrastructure Levy is an enabling, not a punitive, device. It is a charge on development to help fund the infrastructure needed to support development, payable from the date of commencement of works on site.</p><p>Where sites have planning permission, work should move ahead as quickly as possible. However, there can be genuine reasons why developments are built out more slowly than expected. Local authorities can issue completion notices to deal with tardy developers or unreasonable delay.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 186427 186429 question first answered 31/05/2023 08:28:12 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1639626

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Land Use: Property Development
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help tackle the practice of landbanking.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	186429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>Local authorities have compulsory purchase powers to acquire development land.</p><p>The Community Infrastructure Levy is an enabling, not a punitive, device. It is a charge on development to help fund the infrastructure needed to support development, payable from the date of commencement of works on site.</p><p>Where sites have planning permission, work should move ahead as quickly as possible. However, there can be genuine reasons why developments are built out more slowly than expected. Local authorities can issue completion notices to deal with tardy developers or unreasonable delay.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 186427 186428 question first answered 31/05/2023 08:28:12 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1639629

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Freehold: Service Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to tackle concerns of freeholders subject to high estate charges.
tabling member constituency	Bromsgrove
tabling member printed	Sajid Javid
uin	186361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>We want to make estate management companies more accountable to their freeholders for how their money is spent</p><p><br> When Parliamentary time allows, the Government intends to legislate to ensure that freehold homeowners who pay estate rentcharges have the right to challenge their reasonableness and to go to the tribunal to appoint a manager to manage the provision of services. <br> <br> In addition, we will remove the statutory right for owners of rentcharges to take possession or grant a lease of the property in the event of non-payment by the homeowner.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 30/05/2023 10:08:43 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3945 label Biography information for Sir Sajid Javid

1639643

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Regeneration: Rother Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2023 to Question 183620 on Regeneration: Rother Valley, when the checks for the Capital Regeneration Project planning for Dinnington, South Yorkshire will be completed.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	186545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>As set out in my previous response, the award of funding to the 16 Capital Regeneration Projects is subject to subsidy control checks . We are working closely with the local authorities to complete those as quickly as possible.</p><p>Each Memorandum of Understanding will be signed when the check for the project is completed.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 186546 186547 question first answered 30/05/2023 13:29:09 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1639644

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Regeneration: Rother Valley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2023 to Question 183620 on Regeneration: Rother Valley, how long after the checks for the Dinnington, South Yorkshire capital regeneration project have been completed will the Memorandum of Understanding be signed and issued.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	186546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>As set out in my previous response, the award of funding to the 16 Capital Regeneration Projects is subject to subsidy control checks . We are working closely with the local authorities to complete those as quickly as possible.</p><p>Each Memorandum of Understanding will be signed when the check for the project is completed.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 186545 186547 question first answered 30/05/2023 13:29:09 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford

1639645

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
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	Regeneration: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2023 to Question 183620 on Regeneration: Rother Valley, whether all capital regeneration projects will be issued signed Memoranda of Understanding at the same time.
tabling member constituency	Rother Valley
tabling member printed	Alexander Stafford
uin	186547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>As set out in my previous response, the award of funding to the 16 Capital Regeneration Projects is subject to subsidy control checks . We are working closely with the local authorities to complete those as quickly as possible.</p><p>Each Memorandum of Understanding will be signed when the check for the project is completed.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison grouped question UIN 186545 186546 question first answered 30/05/2023 13:29:09 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4866 label Biography information for Alexander Stafford