Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many single people under the age of 35 with no dependent children were accepted by local authorities as (a) homeless and (b) homeless and in priority need in each of the last six years.
Answered by Marcus Jones
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Ministry of Justice press release, Prison building revolution announced by Chancellor and Justice Secretary, published on 9 November 2015, what plans the Government has to ensure that redevelopment of prison sites in central London includes an element of social housing.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Over this Parliament the Government is committed to releasing surplus public sector land with capacity for up to 150,000 homes by 2020. It is for local planning authorities, working with developers, to decide the appropriate level of market and affordable housing for each site having regard to the Local Plan and viability.
We strongly support the re-use of brownfield land that is suitable for new housing. The Housing and Planning Bill will require local authorities to have a statutory register of brownfield land suitable for housing, improving the availability and transparency of up-to-date information, as part of our ambition that 90% of suitable brownfield sites have planning permission for housing by 2020.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homelessness applications were made to local authorities as a result of an applicant losing their home to repossession in each of the last 10 years; and in what proportion of such applications the people were accepted as unintentionally homeless and in priority need.
Answered by Marcus Jones
Statistics on the reasons for loss of last home are only held for those households who are accepted as unintentionally homeless and in priority need. The numbers of acceptances who lost their last home as a result of mortgage arrears in the last 10 years are shown in the attached table.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much and what proportion of its total budget each local authority Adult Social Services department in England spent on employment support services in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answered by Marcus Jones
Information on expenditure by local authorities in England on employment support services is not held centrally.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to Clauses 19 to 22 of the draft Welfare Reform and Work Bill, whether the compulsory one per cent annual reduction of rents in social housing will apply to housing association tenants on affordable rents.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Clause 19 of the draft Welfare Reform and Work Bill requires registered providers of social housing in England to reduce the rents payable by their individual tenants by 1% per annum for four years from 1 April 2016. The reductions will apply to rented social housing, including Affordable Rent properties. Exceptions are set out in clause 20 and in subsequent regulations. We intend to clarify how rents for new tenancies starting after 1 April 2016 will be set, and how the reductions will apply to these tenancies.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2015 to Question 227, if his Department will make an estimate of the average cost as a proportion of local market rent levels, of homes built under the affordable rent model by (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) the London Borough of Islington and (iv) Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last five years.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The comparison is not available. It may be estimated using the following published datasets;
Statistics on average Private Rental Market rents are published by the Valuation Office Agency and are available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/private-rental-market-statistics-may-2015
The Valuation Office Agency advises that because the composition of this sample changes over time, it is not possible to compare average rents provided in this publication with statistics in previous publications to infer trends in the rental market over time. The statistics therefore provide a snapshot that shows the range of rents across England.
Statistics on local authority rent levels in each local authority area in England are published as part of the local housing statistics data which is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-housing-data
Statistics on private registered providers rent levels are published by the Homes and Communities Agency and are available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistical-data-return-statistical-releases
The statistics are not compiled on the basis of parliamentary constituencies.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many council homes whose cost is classified by his Department as high there are in (a) the London Borough of Islington and (b) Islington South and Finsbury constituency.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
This information is not held centrally.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the value of council homes classified as high by his Department is in (a) London, (b) the London Borough of Islington and (c) Islington South and Finsbury constituency; and how many bedrooms such properties possess.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
This information is not held centrally.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been built as part of the affordable rent model by (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) London Borough of Islington and (iv) Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last four years.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Statistics on additional affordable housing provided in each local authority area in England since 2011/12 are published in the Department’s live table 1006a (affordable rent) which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply
Data for 2014/15 will be published later this year.
The statistics are not compiled on the basis of parliamentary constituencies.
Asked by: Emily Thornberry (Labour - Islington South and Finsbury)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social rented homes have been sold under the Right to Buy policy in (a) England, (b) London, (c) London Borough of Islington and (d) Islington South and Finsbury constituency in each of the last five years.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Statistics on annual Right to Buy sales for each local authority district in England are published in the Department’s table 685 which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales
Quarterly data for 2014/15 for each local authority district in England will be published on 25 June 2015 in table 691 which is available via the same link.
The statistics are not compiled on the basis of parliamentary constituencies.