Asked by: Clive Efford (Labour - Eltham and Chislehurst)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of new homes for social rent since 2010.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
Since 2010, we have delivered over 430,000 new affordable homes, including over 308,000 for rent. Between 2010-11 and 2017-18, we delivered nearly 135,000 social rent homes.
Our £9 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver around 250,000 new affordable homes by March 2022, including at least 12,500 for social rent.
Asked by: Clive Efford (Labour - Eltham and Chislehurst)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes for social rent were started in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2015-16.
Answered by Lord Barwell
33,490 new homes for social rent were started in 2009/10; and 6,550 in 2015/16.
We are building homes for affordable rent because it requires less subsidy. This means we can build more homes for affordable rent, than social rent, for every pound of Government investment
Asked by: Clive Efford (Labour - Eltham and Chislehurst)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to assess public safety on beaches in England; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Marcus Jones
Safety at public beaches is generally the responsibility of the local authority, who carry out risk assessments to determine appropriate safety measures. Generic guidance for the safe use of beaches is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-safe-at-the-coast-beach-safety-advice
Asked by: Clive Efford (Labour - Eltham and Chislehurst)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to review safety arrangements on English beaches; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Marcus Jones
Safety at public beaches is generally the responsibility of the local authority, who carry out risk assessments to determine appropriate safety measures. Generic guidance for the safe use of beaches is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/keeping-safe-at-the-coast-beach-safety-advice
Asked by: Clive Efford (Labour - Eltham and Chislehurst)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in the number of homes built for social rent since 2010.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Since 2010 we have delivered 270,000 affordable homes, including nearly 200,000 homes for rent.
The majority of rented homes delivered through the Affordable Homes Programme are for Affordable Rent, delivering more homes for every pound of Government investment.
The Spending Review committed £1.7 billion to deliver 100,000 affordable rented homes.