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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Oct 2019
PSNI Policy: Journalists’ Data Obtained under Warrant

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Written Question
Shared Ownership
Monday 22nd July 2019

Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Goole and Pocklington)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the shared ownership model for housing development.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

Between 2010-11 and 2017-18, around 65,000 new Shared Ownership homes have been delivered.

We believe that shared ownership has an important role to play, as part of a diverse and thriving housing market, supporting mixed developments and helping those who aspire to home ownership but may be otherwise unable to afford it. The combination of rent and mortgage will often be lower than the cost of outright purchase and in many areas lower than the cost of private renting.

Written Question
Garden Communities
Wednesday 13th March 2019

Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Goole and Pocklington)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has allocated to local authorities for the development of new (a) garden cities and (b) villages.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

Across England, we are currently supporting twenty-four locally-led garden communities, to be exemplars of high quality, good design and best practice. This support has included the provision of £31 million of capacity funding to the garden towns and villages and nearly £300 million of infrastructure funding to Ebbsfleet Garden City.

Written Question
Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
Friday 9th January 2015

Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Goole and Pocklington)

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 small firms and shops in (a) England, (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (c) Haltemprice and Howden constituency which will be affected by the reduction in business rates.

Answered by Kris Hopkins

My rt. hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced at the 2014 Autumn Statement an extra £650 million of support for 2015-16 bills, bringing the total support of 2013 and 2014 Autumn Statement polices to £1.4 billion. This help includes:

  • doubling small business rate relief for a further year. In England, this means an estimated 385,000 properties will pay no rates at all, while a further 190,000 properties will benefit from tapered relief;

  • a 2% cap on the increase of the small business rates multiplier. This is a continuation of the 2% cap introduced in 2014-15 as part of Autumn Statement 2013 measures;

  • increasing the temporary discount for shops, pubs and restaurants with rateable values below £50,000 from £1,000 to £1,500 for 2015-16, benefitting an estimated 300,000 properties in England;

  • extending the existing transitional relief scheme for two years for properties with a rateable value up to and including £50,000.

These measures are in addition to previous Autumn Statement measures that continue into 2015-16, including:

  • a 50 per cent discount for 18 months to new occupants of vacant shops;

  • allowing businesses to keep their small business rate relief for a year where they take on an additional property;

  • business rates relief for empty new builds; and

  • allowing businesses to pay their business rate bills over 12 months, in order to assist with their cash flow.

Central Government also now funds 50% of any local discount granted.

The Department does not collect data on a constituency basis, but Haltemprice and Howden constituency lies entirely within the East Riding of Yorkshire Council boundary. Table 1 attached shows the number of properties in 2014-15 within the East Riding of Yorkshire Council boundary that have benefitted from business rates measures extended in this year’s autumn statement.