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date	22/01/2020
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	Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the current state of the UK housing market, and (2) how that market may be affected by Brexit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Mone
uin	HL706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>As a matter of course the department works closely with industry and all levels of government to monitor and assess the future of the UK housing market.</p><p>We are  committed to delivering safe, secure and affordable housing to people across the country, and this has not changed. A key pillar of realising this commitment is our ambition to deliver more homes for the communities up and down the country that need them. We have made necessary legislation that means the UK’s regulatory requirements on construction products are the same as the EU’s requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 05/02/2020 16:27:03 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4544 label Biography information for Baroness Mone

1175232

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce new tax incentives in their next budget to support the UK housing market.
tabling member printed	Baroness Mone
uin	HL707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has already made substantial reforms to the taxation of housing. At Autumn Statement 2014 the Government reformed SDLT on residential properties, cutting the tax for 98 per cent of buyers who pay it, unless they are purchasing additional property. At Autumn Budget 2017 the Government went further and introduced an SDLT first-time buyer relief that means that 80 per cent of first-time buyers will not pay SDLT, and 95 per cent of first-time buyers who pay SDLT will benefit from the change.</p><p> </p><p>At the last election the Government committed to introduce an SDLT surcharge on non-UK residents purchasing residential property in England and Northern Ireland. This aims to help control house price inflation and the money raised will be used to tackle rough sleeping.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will announce further updates on all tax measures at the Budget, to be held on 11 March.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown grouped question UIN HL709 question first answered 05/02/2020 17:32:33 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	4544 label Biography information for Baroness Mone

1175234

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
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	Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce new non-tax incentives after Brexit to support the UK housing market.
tabling member printed	Baroness Mone
uin	HL708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to delivering safe, secure and affordable housing to people across the country and is working closely with the industry to support the market.</p><p>I am focused on delivering the comprehensive suite of housing measures set out in the manifesto to deliver at least another million homes in the next five years and make further progress towards the target of 300,000 new houses a year by the mid-2020s.</p><p>This includes ambitious measures such as renewing the Affordable Homes Programme, making the planning system simpler, and a new single housing infrastructure fund.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 03/02/2020 17:02:23 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	4544 label Biography information for Baroness Mone

1175235

registered interest
date	22/01/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Housing: Taxation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform (1) tax relating to the housing market, and (2) stamp duty, following Brexit.
tabling member printed	Baroness Mone
uin	HL709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has already made substantial reforms to the taxation of housing. At Autumn Statement 2014 the Government reformed SDLT on residential properties, cutting the tax for 98 per cent of buyers who pay it, unless they are purchasing additional property. At Autumn Budget 2017 the Government went further and introduced an SDLT first-time buyer relief that means that 80 per cent of first-time buyers will not pay SDLT, and 95 per cent of first-time buyers who pay SDLT will benefit from the change.</p><p> </p><p>At the last election the Government committed to introduce an SDLT surcharge on non-UK residents purchasing residential property in England and Northern Ireland. This aims to help control house price inflation and the money raised will be used to tackle rough sleeping.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will announce further updates on all tax measures at the Budget, to be held on 11 March.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Courtown grouped question UIN HL707 question first answered 05/02/2020 17:32:33 answering member 3359 label Biography information for The Earl of Courtown
tabling member	4544 label Biography information for Baroness Mone