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1179169

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Land: Public Sector
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 estimate he has made of the amount of public sector land not in use that could be used for housing.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	18542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The Public Land for Housing programme (2015-2020) aims to identify and release surplus central government land with capacity for at least 160,000 homes in England by end March 2020. Since the start of the programme to end June 2019, departments had sold 508 sites with capacity for c48,000 homes. We confirmed to the Public Accounts Committee in 2019 that land for 160,000 homes will be released to a longer time frame due to the complexities of disposal and the evolving demands placed on departments’ estates.</p><p>We are currently considering options for a next programme, reflecting on lessons learnt. Decisions on a future programme, including estimating the amount of centrally owned public sector land that could be used for housing, will be made at Spending Review.</p><p>In addition, at Budget 2016, an announcement was made that councils would collaborate with central government on a local authority land ambition, working with their partners to release surplus local authority-owned land with the capacity for at least 160,000 homes by the end of March 2020. As of August 2019, two-thirds of local authorities in England were forecasting the release of land for approximately 128,000 homes by the end of March 2020. We will report on the final local authority land ambition numbers in Summer 2020 once the final set of data has been collected. We are considering options for the future of the local authority land ambition after March 2020, including estimating the amount of surplus local authority land that could be used for housing.</p><p>Information on land held by individual sectors is continually refined.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 18549 question first answered 03/03/2020 16:07:23 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1179170

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	First Time Buyers
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 estimate he has made of the number of first time buyers that have purchased a property through a shared ownership scheme in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	18543
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not collect this information.</p><p>The total number of new shared ownership properties completed since 2015-16 can be found in Live Table 1007bC here <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> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 28/02/2020 11:20:57 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1179172

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	First Time Buyers
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 estimate he has made of the number of first time buyers that have purchased a property through the Help to Buy scheme in each year since its inception.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	18544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The number of first time buyers that have purchased a property through the Help to Buy : Equity Loan scheme in each year since its inception in 2013 can be seen in the table below. Data for 2019 is not included as it is not complete:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>YEAR</p></td><td><p>TOTAL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>12,467</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>22,618</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>25,069</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>30,672</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>37,476</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>42,785</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/02/2020 17:31:37 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1179174

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	First Time Buyers: Individual Savings Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of first time buyers that have used a (a) Help to Buy ISA and (b) Lifetime ISA to fund the purchase of a home.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	18545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>370,768 first-time buyers have made use of a Help to Buy: ISA up to September 2019. This information is available in the Help to Buy: ISA Scheme Quarterly Statistics report, which was released on 27 February 2020 and is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-buy-isa-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2015-to-30-september-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-buy-isa-scheme-quarterly-statistics-december-2015-to-30-september-2019</a></p><p> </p><p>An estimate of the number of first-time buyers who have used a Lifetime ISA to fund the purchase of a home is not currently available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Salisbury answering member printed John Glen question first answered 02/03/2020 13:33:11 answering member 4051 label Biography information for John Glen
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1179178

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Land: Public Sector
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 estimate he has made of the size of the land bank that could be used for housing held by the (a) the public sector as a whole, (b) the NHS, (c) Network Rail, (d) local authorities and (e) the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	18549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The Public Land for Housing programme (2015-2020) aims to identify and release surplus central government land with capacity for at least 160,000 homes in England by end March 2020. Since the start of the programme to end June 2019, departments had sold 508 sites with capacity for c48,000 homes. We confirmed to the Public Accounts Committee in 2019 that land for 160,000 homes will be released to a longer time frame due to the complexities of disposal and the evolving demands placed on departments’ estates.</p><p>We are currently considering options for a next programme, reflecting on lessons learnt. Decisions on a future programme, including estimating the amount of centrally owned public sector land that could be used for housing, will be made at Spending Review.</p><p>In addition, at Budget 2016, an announcement was made that councils would collaborate with central government on a local authority land ambition, working with their partners to release surplus local authority-owned land with the capacity for at least 160,000 homes by the end of March 2020. As of August 2019, two-thirds of local authorities in England were forecasting the release of land for approximately 128,000 homes by the end of March 2020. We will report on the final local authority land ambition numbers in Summer 2020 once the final set of data has been collected. We are considering options for the future of the local authority land ambition after March 2020, including estimating the amount of surplus local authority land that could be used for housing.</p><p>Information on land held by individual sectors is continually refined.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 18542 question first answered 03/03/2020 16:07:23 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1179179

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
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	Local Economic Partnerships
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 assessment he has made of the contribution of Local Economic Partnerships (LEPs) to increasing levels of (a) economic growth, (b) new local infrastructure and (c) skills among the workforce in each LEP area.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	18550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>Local Economic Partnerships (LEPs) play a vital role in providing a business voice to inform investment decisions and drive economic growth across the country. LEP performance is monitored through an annual assurance process and regular reporting, such as quarterly data returns.</p><p>There are over 1,200 Growth Deal projects in progress with almost 700 projects having been completed by September 2019, covering themes including transport, skills, digital infrastructure, housing and business support.</p><p>LEPs are also required to publish Delivery Plans and End of Year Reports, which set out details of the contributions they are making to promote economic growth in their areas.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 02/03/2020 15:56:33 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1182286

registered interest
date	03/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Air Routes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what oversight his Department has of the work of the Civil Aviation Authority in (a) setting and (b) maintaining flight routes.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	24302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is responsible for deciding whether to approve changes to the UK’s airspace design, including changes to specific flightpaths.</p><p>In carrying out the activities associated with its airspace role, the CAA has to follow the Department’s Air Navigation Directions and the Air Navigation Guidance. Both of these documents are kept under review and amended as considered necessary.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/03/2020 16:42:16 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1182671

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airspace
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the role of (a) Navblue, (b) Lufthansa Systems, (c) Jeppessen and (d) other coding houses in airspace modernisation.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	25050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>Coding houses are contracted by airlines to provide coding for their Flight Management Systems. The Department does not provide oversight of this commercial relationship or the work of coding houses. As part of the Aviation Strategy the Department has sought views on how to hold coding houses to account for their work if it results in aircraft deviating from approved flightpaths.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not conducted an assessment of the role of coding houses in airspace modernisation. A key component of airspace modernisation is the introduction of performance-based navigation (PBN) standards which will enable aircraft to more accurately follow approved flightpaths.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 25051 question first answered 11/03/2020 15:59:36 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1182672

registered interest
date	04/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Air Routes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what oversight his Department has of the work of (a) Navblue, (b) Lufthansa Systems, (c) Jeppessen and (d) other coding houses in (i) setting and (ii) maintaining flight routes.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	25051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>Coding houses are contracted by airlines to provide coding for their Flight Management Systems. The Department does not provide oversight of this commercial relationship or the work of coding houses. As part of the Aviation Strategy the Department has sought views on how to hold coding houses to account for their work if it results in aircraft deviating from approved flightpaths.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not conducted an assessment of the role of coding houses in airspace modernisation. A key component of airspace modernisation is the introduction of performance-based navigation (PBN) standards which will enable aircraft to more accurately follow approved flightpaths.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 25050 question first answered 11/03/2020 15:59:36 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond

1183100

registered interest
date	05/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail delays were caused by (a) track failure, (b) signalling failure, (c) other infrastructure failure, (d) staff shortages, (e) train failures and (f) other train operating company failures in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
tabling member printed	Stephen Hammond
uin	25638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2020 answer text <p>The number of delay minutes affecting passenger operators since 2015 is as shown in the attached document. Delay minutes are the total number of minutes caused by a failure; this includes both the primary cause of delay and any knock on delays as a result of this failure. This data is not available broken down by the categories requested.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 12/03/2020 16:31:15 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris attachment 1 file name Number of delay in minutes since 2015.docx title Number of delay in minutes since 2015
tabling member	1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond