Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the level of home ownership in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry in each of the last three years.
Answered by Lee Rowley
DLUHC publishes estimates of first-time buyer numbers as part of the English Housing Survey. See Chapter 3 and Annex 3.2 in: English Housing Survey2022 to 2023: headline report - GOV.UK. The Government does not hold data that is specific to (a) the Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry.
The Government has a range of schemes available to help improve access to home ownership, including First Homes, Shared Ownership, Right to Buy, the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme and the Lifetime ISA. We have also doubled the threshold for Stamp Duty and expanded First Time Buyers Relief.
Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support first-time home buyers in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry.
Answered by Lee Rowley
DLUHC publishes estimates of first-time buyer numbers as part of the English Housing Survey. See Chapter 3 and Annex 3.2 in: English Housing Survey2022 to 2023: headline report - GOV.UK. The Government does not hold data that is specific to (a) the Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry.
The Government has a range of schemes available to help improve access to home ownership, including First Homes, Shared Ownership, Right to Buy, the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme and the Lifetime ISA. We have also doubled the threshold for Stamp Duty and expanded First Time Buyers Relief.
Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number of empty residential properties in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure empty residential properties do not fall into disrepair.
Answered by Lee Rowley
I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 24519 on 10 May 2024.
Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to take steps to reduce health inequalities through housing in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
Answered by Jacob Young
The Government is committed to improving the quality of rented homes and committed in the Levelling Up White Paper to reduce the number of non-decent rented homes by 50% by 2030, building on the extensive progress made since 2010. We are introducing a Decent Homes Standard to the private rented sector through the Renters (Reform) Bill, which will introduce new standards that all private rented sector homes must meet. The Social Housing (Regulation) Act introduced new measures to drive up the quality of social homes, including through a new proactive consumer regulation regime led by the Regulator of Social Housing. We are also introducing Awaab’s Law, which will set new strict timeframes for social landlords to fix health hazards in homes.
Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of families living in temporary accommodation in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England.
Answered by Felicity Buchan
I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN 14761 on 26 February 2024.
Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many families with children were housed in temporary accommodation for more than (a) six months, (b) one year and (c) two years in (i) Coventry North East constituency, (ii) Coventry, (iii) the West Midlands and (iv) England in each of the last three years.
Answered by Felicity Buchan
Statutory homelessness statistics for England are published quarterly. This is data from local authorities and includes families in temporary accommodation at the end of each quarter, including for the hon. Member’s local authority area. Data can be found at Statutory homelessness in England: April to June 2023 - GOV.UK. Details of the length of time families with children are housed in temporary accommodation is published annually and can be found at Statutory homelessness in England: financial year 2022-23.
Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of families with children living in temporary accommodation in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last three years.
Answered by Felicity Buchan
Statutory homelessness statistics for England are published quarterly. This is data from local authorities and includes families in temporary accommodation at the end of each quarter, including for the hon. Member’s local authority area. Data can be found at Statutory homelessness in England: April to June 2023 - GOV.UK. Details of the length of time families with children are housed in temporary accommodation is published annually and can be found at Statutory homelessness in England: financial year 2022-23.
Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increases in the cost of living on the number of households in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England that have fallen into rent arrears with (i) private landlords and (ii) social housing providers.
Answered by Jacob Young
The English Housing Survey 2022 to 2023 Headline report provides data on the percentage of private and social renters in rent arrears. Further information can be found at the following link.
Further breakdowns of headline measures will be published next summer.
Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of stem cell transplant recipients that have applied for temporary accommodation due to the cost of treatments.
Answered by Felicity Buchan
This department does not collect information on stem cell transplant recipients in temporary accommodation. Statutory homelessness data (HCLIC) includes information on households in temporary accommodation and can be found here .
Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many new home builds have been (a) started and (b) completed in (i) Coventry North East constituency and (ii) Coventry in each of the last five years; and what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the rate of home building in those areas.
Answered by Christopher Pincher
Statistics on new build housing starts and completions in each local authority area, including Coventry, are published every quarter by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities at the following link https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building.
We supported the industry throughout the pandemic by enabling construction sites to remain open and operate safely in line with public guidance. This meant house builders were able to deliver over 216,000 homes in England in 2020/21, well above the 186,500 forecasted for the UK as a whole by the OBR in November last year. This shows great resilience despite the huge challenges faced.
West Midlands Combined Authority were awarded £108 million from the £400 million Brownfield Housing Fund, empowering and supporting the Mayor to bring forward the redevelopment of brownfield sites across the region.