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Written Question
Homelessness: Milton Keynes
Wednesday 18th April 2018

Asked by: Iain Stewart (Conservative - Milton Keynes South)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what applications he has received from Milton Keynes Council for funding for (a) homelessness and (b) rough-sleeping projects since May 2014.

Answered by Heather Wheeler

The Department’s £50 million Homeless Prevention Programme comprises of thee funds:

    • £20 million to establish a network of 28 ambitious Homelessness Prevention Trailblazer areas;

    • £20 million rough sleeping grant fund for 48 projects providing targeted prevention and early intervention for those at imminent risk of sleeping rough; and

    • £10 million for 8 Social Impact Bond projects to provide personalised support for long-term rough sleepers.

Milton Keynes submitted bids for all three funds. In response to their cross-authority bid with Luton and Bedford for Rough Sleeping Grant funding, they were awarded £624,000.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Feb 2018
Department for Transport

"May I start by thanking you, Mr Deputy Speaker, for your kindness in allowing me not to wear my jacket while I nurse my broken arm? I must confess that it is a transport-related injury. I tripped and fell while running to catch a tram, which is rather embarrassing given …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 27 Feb 2018
Department for Transport

"Revenues go up and down; it is very difficult to forward-plan the income from a railway. The Virgin Trains East Coast situation is not a problem of a line losing money or failing on passenger satisfaction. It is making money—just not as much as was forecast. That is one of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Jan 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"23. What steps his Department is taking to tackle anti-Semitism and holocaust denial. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Jan 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does my right hon. Friend agree that the work of the Holocaust Educational Trust is as important as ever, given the worrying levels of organised hatred and intimidation both at home and abroad?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 22 Jan 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"T2. Will the Secretary of State assure me that he will set up cross-departmental arrangements with the Department for Transport and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to ensure delivery of the Oxford-Milton Keynes-Cambridge corridor, as envisaged by the National Infrastructure Commission?..."
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Written Question
Airports: Planning Permission
Friday 17th March 2017

Asked by: Iain Stewart (Conservative - Milton Keynes South)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many applications to open new general aviation airfields have been received by UK planning authorities in the last five years.

Answered by Lord Barwell

The information requested is not held by the Department.

The Department collects quarterly figures on the number of planning applications received by English local authorities. These data are not sufficiently granular to identify those relating to new general aviation airfields.

Planning is a devolved matter.

Written Question
Housing Market
Monday 14th September 2015

Asked by: Iain Stewart (Conservative - Milton Keynes South)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new homes constructed in (a) England and (b) Milton Keynes Council area have been (i) purchased by owner-occupiers, (ii) purchased by buy-to-let investors and (iii) shared ownership or shared equity purchases.

Answered by Brandon Lewis

Statistics on house building completions by tenure in England and each local authority district, including Milton Keynes are published in the Department's live tables 253 (annual) and 253a (quarterly), which are available at the following link.

http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building

Information on all new homes purchased by owner-occupiers or buy-to-let investors are not available centrally.

Statistics on new homes purchased by owner-occupiers under the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme and Help to Buy: NewBuy schemes are published and available at the following link.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/help-to-buy-equity-loan-and-newbuy-statistics

Annual statistics on additional affordable home ownership provided by type of scheme in England and for 2013/14 in each local authority district are published in the Department’s Live Tables 1000 and 1011, which are available at the following link.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply