Asked by: Gordon Marsden (Labour - Blackpool South)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the Government response to the Casey Review.
Answered by Marcus Jones
On 5 December 2016, Dame Louise Casey published her independent review of how to boost opportunity and integration in isolated and deprived communities. Since then my Department has been reviewing the available evidence on the main causes of poor integration. In the coming months we will bring forward plans for tackling these issues through a new integration strategy.
Asked by: Gordon Marsden (Labour - Blackpool South)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he expects Blackpool housing associations to be included in the extended regional pilots of the voluntary right to buy scheme announced in the Autumn Statement 2016.
Answered by Lord Barwell
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Gordon Marsden (Labour - Blackpool South)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to announce the locations for the regional pilots of the extended voluntary right to buy scheme announced in the Autumn Statement 2016; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Lord Barwell
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Gordon Marsden (Labour - Blackpool South)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households in Blackpool South constituency were on local authority housing waiting lists in (a) May 2010 and (b) February 2015.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Statistics on the numbers of households on local authorities' housing waiting lists in each local authority district, including Blackpool, are published in the Department's live table 600, which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies
These statistics are not available by parliamentary constituency.
In the Blackpool local authority area, housing waiting lists under the last Labour Government rose from 4,159 in April 1997 to 6,769 in April 2010. Under this Government, they have fallen to 4,843 as of April 2014.
Asked by: Gordon Marsden (Labour - Blackpool South)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families were recorded as living in overcrowded conditions in Blackpool South constituency in (a) 2010 and (b) the most recent date for which data is available.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The social housing reforms in the Localism Act have given local authorities and social landlords the tools they need to tackle overcrowding; while retaining the reasonable preference provisions in the allocation legislation which ensure that overcrowded families continue to get priority for social housing. HomeSwap Direct is there to make it easier for overcrowded social tenants to swap with those who want to downsize. The removal of the spare room subsidy also encourages the more effective use of social housing, by addressing the under-occupation of family homes.
Our Affordable Homes Programme is on track to deliver 170,000 new affordable homes between 2011 and 2015, with £19.5 billion of public and private funding. A further £38 billion public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020.
Data on occupancy at the local authority level from the 2011 Census is published at:
Asked by: Gordon Marsden (Labour - Blackpool South)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes were built (a) for rent and (b) for purchase in Blackpool South constituency in each year from 2010 to 2015.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
From April 2010 to September 2014, 400 affordable homes have been delivered in Blackpool.
Statistics on total additional affordable housing provided in England and in each local authority district , including Blackpool, are published in the Department’s live table 1008, which is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply
They include both newly built housing and acquisitions and do not show separate figures for rent and purchase.
These statistics are not available by parliamentary constituency.