Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will take steps to provide additional support for people who need to dispose of a property after the death of a relative by reviewing existing council tax liabilities.
Answered by Marcus Jones
The Government provides an exemption from council tax for up to 6 months to people who have inherited properties which are left empty due to the death of the occupier. This applies after the granting of probate, or after letters of administration have been signed. Local authorities additionally have discretion to offer discounts of between 0% and 100% for empty homes. Authorities can also defer payment of council tax until the proceeds of a sale are made available.
The Government has no plans to change this support.
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes for affordable rent were completed in Bristol South constituency in each year from 2010 to 2014.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Statistics on additional housing for affordable rent provided in each local authority area in England are published in the Department’s live table 1006a which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply
These figures include both newly built housing and acquisitions.
Figures are not collected on the basis of Parliamentary constituencies.
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes for social rent were completed in Bristol South constituency in each year from 2010 to 2014.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Statistics on additional housing for affordable rent provided in each local authority area in England are published in the Department’s live table 1006a which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply
These figures include both newly built housing and acquisitions.
Figures are not collected on the basis of Parliamentary constituencies.
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were completed in Bristol South constituency in each year from 2010 to 2014.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Statistics on house building starts and completions are not available by parliamentary constituency.
These statistics for England and for each local authority district, including Bristol, 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
The house building statistics exclude other sources of housing supply such as conversions.
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) starting and (b) completion rates for affordable housing were in (i) Bristol, (ii) the South West and (iii) England in each of the last five years.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Statistics on house building starts and completions by tenure in each local authority district 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
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) starting and (b) completion rates for housing were in (i) Bristol, (ii) the South West and (iii) England in each of the last five years.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Statistics on house building starts and completions in England and in each local authority district, including Bristol, 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
The house building statistics exclude other sources of housing supply such as conversions.
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what forecast his Department has made of (a) starting and (b) completion rates of affordable homes in (i) Bristol, (ii) the South West and (iii) England in each of the next five years.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The Department does not forecast affordable housing delivery by locality by year. The Government is committed to deliver 275,000 affordable homes in England across 2015-20.