Asked by: Damian Hinds (Conservative - East Hampshire)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information he holds on monthly housing costs as a proportion of income (a) in each region, (b) among different types of tenure and (c) in other categories; and what assessment he has made of trends in the level of that proportion in those categories.
Answered by Esther McVey
MHCLG routinely reports housing costs as a proportion of income by tenure in the English Housing Survey (EHS) Headline Report. The most recent data are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2017-to-2018-headline-report (see Annex Table 1.13)
The latest assessment of housing costs as a proportion of income by region and other characteristics can be found in the following reports:
Asked by: Damian Hinds (Conservative - East Hampshire)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been purchased through the Help to Buy scheme in the East Hampshire constituency in each of the last six years.
Answered by Esther McVey
The number of homes purchased each year through Help to Buy: Equity Loan in the local authority district of East Hampshire are:
2013-14 52
2014-15 108
2015-16 98
2016-17 67
2017-18 216
2018-19 258
Total 799
These can be viewed in the government official statistics, published quarterly, at ‘Help to Buy Tables’ then ‘Table 1 – LA’ at line 208:
The government’s official statistics published each quarter cover local authorities, but not constituencies.
Asked by: Damian Hinds (Conservative - East Hampshire)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of vacant residential properties in each region.
Answered by Stephen Williams
Under this Government, the number of empty homes in England has fallen to a 10 year low. The number of long-term empty homes has fallen by around a third from October 2009 to October 2013, and the overall number of empty homes has fallen by around a fifth over the same period.
Statistics on vacant dwellings at a national and local authority level are published in the Department's live table 615, which is available on the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants
My Department does not collect information centrally on the number of vacant residential properties awaiting occupation, derelict, for sale or in other categories. The Department does not hold information on the proportion of current net additional housing demand that could be met through bringing vacant properties back into use.
As outlined in the Written Ministerial Statement of 18 September 2012, Official Report, Column 29-31WS, my Department does not publish statistics by government office region.
Asked by: Damian Hinds (Conservative - East Hampshire)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of vacant residential properties (a) awaiting occupation, (b) that are derelict, (c) that are for sale and (d) in other categories; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of current net additional housing demand that could be met through bringing vacant properites back into use.
Answered by Stephen Williams
Under this Government, the number of empty homes in England has fallen to a 10 year low. The number of long-term empty homes has fallen by around a third from October 2009 to October 2013, and the overall number of empty homes has fallen by around a fifth over the same period.
Statistics on vacant dwellings at a national and local authority level are published in the Department's live table 615, which is available on the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacants
My Department does not collect information centrally on the number of vacant residential properties awaiting occupation, derelict, for sale or in other categories. The Department does not hold information on the proportion of current net additional housing demand that could be met through bringing vacant properties back into use.
As outlined in the Written Ministerial Statement of 18 September 2012, Official Report, Column 29-31WS, my Department does not publish statistics by government office region.
Asked by: Damian Hinds (Conservative - East Hampshire)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of development land required to meet current net additional demand for housing that could come from brownfield sites.
Answered by Nick Boles
Much brownfield land is not suitable or readily available for housing. Much of this land is already in use, and of the brownfield land that is available much has further constraints based on demand (for example sufficient housing need in the right location), or developer ambition. Using these constraints we estimate that there could be housing for up to 200,000 homes on brownfield land. Of course, there may still be other restrictions on this land (such as contamination, Green Belt designation and risk of flooding).
Ministers want to see permissions for homes in place on more than 90 per cent of suitable brownfield land by 2020 and will be consulting on measures to underpin this ambition.