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1346737

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date	14/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2021 to Question 28292, whether his Department made an assessment of changes to average house prices when reviewing the Help to Buy ISA price cap for eligible properties.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	33304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2021 answer text <p>The Help to Buy: ISA scheme aims to help those struggling to save enough to get onto the housing ladder and includes a property price cap of £250,000 anywhere in the UK and a higher property value cap of £450,000 for properties in London.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that this price cap is appropriate to focus our support on those that need it most, with the aim of providing support to the majority of first-time buyers across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s ambition is to provide the opportunity for first-time buyers to enter the market and has a number of policies in place to support this. In designing the Help to Buy: ISA scheme the Government had to balance the need to control public expenditure with helping those most in need of assistance, and keeps all aspects of savings policy under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 33305 question first answered 23/07/2021 08:59:13 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1346739

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2021 to Question 28292, what assessment he has made of the effect of the change to house prices on the adequacy of the Help to Buy ISA price cap of £250,000 for properties outside London.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	33305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2021 answer text <p>The Help to Buy: ISA scheme aims to help those struggling to save enough to get onto the housing ladder and includes a property price cap of £250,000 anywhere in the UK and a higher property value cap of £450,000 for properties in London.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes that this price cap is appropriate to focus our support on those that need it most, with the aim of providing support to the majority of first-time buyers across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s ambition is to provide the opportunity for first-time buyers to enter the market and has a number of policies in place to support this. In designing the Help to Buy: ISA scheme the Government had to balance the need to control public expenditure with helping those most in need of assistance, and keeps all aspects of savings policy under review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen grouped question UIN 33304 question first answered 23/07/2021 08:59:13 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1346743

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
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	Community Ownership 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, when the Community Ownership Fund will be opened to applications.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	33306
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>The bidding prospectus, guidance notes and application form for the community ownership fund were published on 15 July and the first bidding round is now open. Applicants will be able to complete the online application form from 30 July and the first bidding round will close on 13 August. There will be future bidding rounds in December 2021 and May 2022.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 22/07/2021 14:51:31 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1346744

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
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	Parking: Fees and Charges
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 progress his Department has made on developing (a) a single independent appeals service for motorists in receipt of a private parking charge and (b) an Appeals Charter to protect motorists from charges that are unfair or issued in error.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	33307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2021 answer text <p>In its response to the parking Code Enforcement Framework consultation in March 2021, the Government announced its intention to implement a series of fairer parking measures which will benefit motorists. These include the creation of a single independent appeals service for motorists to turn to if they receive a private parking charge and an Appeals Charter which will protect motorists from charges that are unfair or issued in error.</p><p>On 26 May, the Government announced that it will conduct a further technical consultation on its proposed changes to parking charges, seeking views from motorists, parking operators and landowners on the level of private parking charges, including the Appeals Charter. This will help deliver a fair, proportionate and consistent system across the country. Further details of the consultation, including delivery timescales for the single appeals service, will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 22/07/2021 15:07:06 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake