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1696584

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
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: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, following reports of stabilisation and growth in the housing market, what steps they are taking to ensure that this translates into an increased housing supply, particularly in areas facing housing shortages.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2024 answer text <p>Housebuilding is a priority for this Government, and we are on track to meet our manifesto commitment to deliver one million homes over this Parliament. In December, the revised National Planning Policy Framework was published, making clear that a core purpose of the planning system is planning for the homes and other development that our communities need. With both the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act and the new Framework now in place, alongside the additional resources for planning departments the Government has recently announced, our planning reforms will accelerate the delivery of new homes.</p><p>We are spending billions to support housebuilding, including through our £1 billion Brownfield Infrastructure and Land Fund and our £1.5 billion Levelling Up Homebuilding Fund (LUHBF). We have scaled up the delivery of affordable housing by investing £11.5 billion through the Affordable Homes Programme, which will provide thousands of new homes for rent and sale across the country.</p><p>In February, we announced that we are consulting on a range of new measures to boost housebuilding while protecting the Green Belt, through strengthening planning support for brownfield housing development. Legislation was also laid to extend current permitted development rights to support the conversion of commercial buildings of any size into new homes, and we announced an expansion of the ENABLE Build scheme to increase availability of SME finance to the sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne question first answered 03/04/2024 14:23:00 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1696652

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
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: 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, with reference to the study entitled Stepping Off the Road to Nowhere, published by Create Streets and Sustrans on 19 December 2023, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of adapting the funding model for new homes to incorporate gentle density and sustainable transport principles.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	18965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the development of high quality, well designed and sustainable communities through the construction of new homes and, where appropriate, the regeneration of towns and cities across the country.</p><p>Homes England’s Strategic Plan has a Strategic Objective focused on promoting the creation of high-quality homes in well-designed places. The Agency uses Building for a Healthy Life, a design toolkit for neighbourhoods, streets, homes and public spaces, which covers twelve different considerations including density and sustainable transport.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 25/03/2024 11:29:31 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw

1696663

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the Create Streets and Sustrans report entitled Stepping off the Road to Nowhere, published on 10 March 2024.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	19032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the report produced by Create Streets and Sustrans and will review its findings in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 25/03/2024 14:36:45 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1695562

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether, in calculating a five-year supply of allocated housing sites, they will include (1) those sites with existing planning consent but not yet developed, and (2) units not yet built in partly developed sites.
tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
uin	HL3212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The definition of deliverable sites is set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. The Framework also sets out that authorities should use the standard method to calculate housing need.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL3213 question first answered 26/03/2024 16:17:50 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

1695563

registered interest
date	12/03/2024
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: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government following the passage of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023, whether local authorities are able to determine the number of housing units that their district needs without having to follow any direction from the Government on numbers required.
tabling member printed	Baroness Pinnock
uin	HL3213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The definition of deliverable sites is set out in the National Planning Policy Framework. The Framework also sets out that authorities should use the standard method to calculate housing need.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL3212 question first answered 26/03/2024 16:17:50 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4341 label Biography information for Baroness Pinnock

1692918

registered interest
date	29/02/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
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 impact of electricity grid miscalculations on housebuilding in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL2900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2024 answer text <p>The calculation of electricity network capacity for new housing developments is a matter for housing developers and network companies. Guidance on network capacity requirements for housing developments has been published by the Independent Networks Association, whose members are responsible for the connection of around 80 percent of newbuild developments. Distribution Network Operators also offer online calculators for housebuilders to determine the network capacity they might require for their developments.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 14/03/2024 12:12:57 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

1692512

registered interest
date	28/02/2024
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: 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 publish a housebuilding workforce plan to help tackle skills shortages in the housebuilding sector.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	16166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>Primary responsibility for the skills and workforce pipeline of any sector must sit with that sector – something that is particularly the case in a profitable sector such as housebuilding.</p><p>The Government has an extensive programme of work in augmenting skills development across multiple industries, including through the role of vocational qualifications such as T-Levels.</p><p>In May 2023, the Department for Education commissioned an independent review of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board and the Construction Industry Training Board. The review is in its concluding stages and ministers will consider the Government response to the report and publication in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 05/03/2024 16:16:54 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1693138

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
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: 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, what plans his Department has to increase the number of homes built on brownfield land.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Jane Stevenson
uin	901780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>We are absolutely committed to building more houses in the right places – that is why we are prioritising brownfield sites in our towns and cities that already have the infrastructure in place to support households.</p><p>We have set out our intention to introduce a ‘presumption in favour of brownfield development’ to make it harder to block building on brownfield sites. We are currently consulting on this and will report back in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 901784 question first answered 04/03/2024 18:24:03 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4750 label Biography information for Jane Stevenson

1693140

registered interest
date	27/02/2024
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: 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, what plans his Department has to increase the number of homes built on brownfield land.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	Simon Fell
uin	901784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>We are absolutely committed to building more houses in the right places – that is why we are prioritising brownfield sites in our towns and cities that already have the infrastructure in place to support households.</p><p>We have set out our intention to introduce a ‘presumption in favour of brownfield development’ to make it harder to block building on brownfield sites. We are currently consulting on this and will report back in due course.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 901780 question first answered 04/03/2024 18:24:03 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4744 label Biography information for Simon Fell

1690774

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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: 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, how many and what proportion of homes that were planned to be built to meet Requirement M4(2) of the Building Regulations (a) have been completed and (b) did not proceed past the viability stage of planning applications in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	15081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The English Housing Survey collects data on accessibility and adaptations within the home; the most recent report is published online.</p><p>New build homes are constructed to meet Building Regulations accessibility standards in force at the time of build; the most recent data on new build home rates was published by Office for National Statistics on 30 January 2024.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that local authorities should assess the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community. It is for local planning authorities to assess local needs, including needs for older people and people with disabilities, and make provision in their local plans.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 26/02/2024 13:48:30 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern