Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of households in England were owner-occupied in each year since 2010.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
This information is published in the English Housing Survey 2013 to 2014: headline report. Please refer to Annex Table 1.1. in the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/english-housing-survey-2013-to-2014-headline-report
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
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 Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech on 14 May 2015, whether devolution of certain powers and resources to city-regions is contingent on cities accepting a mayoral model of governance.
Answered by Mark Francois - Shadow Minister (Defence)
Government will consider any, and all, proposals for devolution of powers from cities, counties and towns that can demonstrate they have put in place strong and accountable governance arrangements. The most ambitious deals will devolve powers to directly elected metro mayors.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
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 10 June 2015 to Question 1256, how much of the £230 million savings came from (a) receipts from public land, (b) reducing contingencies in capital budgets and (c) the European Regional Development Programme; and from which budgets and programmes contingency savings were made in (i) capital budgets and (ii) the European Regional Development Programme.
Answered by Mark Francois - Shadow Minister (Defence)
As part of the Main Estimates process the Department (and other Government Departments) will shortly be publishing a full breakdown of its 2015/16 budgets, with an accompanying Explanatory Memorandum to be submitted to the CLG Select Committee.
The £230 million savings are broken down as follows:
- £75 million of resource contingency reductions (including contingency on the European Regional Development Programme);
- £100 million from the over achievement of capital receipts from the sale of public land to support housing development; and
- £55 million of capital contingency reductions.
The savings do not impact materially on any existing commitments or delivery targets.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
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 the effect of the extension of the right to buy on the financial viability of housing associations.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Details will be set out in the impact assessment when the Bill is published.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of housing association tenants who will take up the right to buy in each of the next five years.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 8 June , PQ 1059.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to consult representatives and bodies within the housing sector on the proposed extension of the right to buy policy before the publication of legislative proposals on that policy.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Ministers and senior officials in my Department are engaging on an ongoing basis with the housing sector, banks and other financial institutions in relation to key policy issues.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with housing associations on the expansion of right to buy.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Ministers and senior officials in my Department are engaging on an ongoing basis with the housing sector, banks and other financial institutions in relation to key policy issues.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with banks and other financial institutions about extension of the right to buy to encompass housing association properties.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Ministers and senior officials in my Department are engaging on an ongoing basis with the housing sector, banks and other financial institutions in relation to key policy issues.
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes for social rent were built in each of the last 30 years.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Statistics on total additional new build housing provided for social rent in England, since 1991-92, are published in the Department’s live table 1009, which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply
Asked by: Emma Reynolds (Labour - Wycombe)
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 statement by HM Treasury of 4 June 2015, how he intends to achieve the £230 million savings expected from his Department in 2015-16.
Answered by Mark Francois - Shadow Minister (Defence)
The majority of DCLG's savings have already been delivered through the over achievement of receipts from the sale of public land to support housing development. We have also found savings from reducing contingencies in our capital budgets and our European Regional Development Programme. Our savings do not impact any existing commitments or delivery targets.