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Select Committee
Windrush Against Sewage Pollution
 WQI0022 - Water quality and water infrastructure: follow-up

Written Evidence May. 15 2024

Committee: Environmental Audit Committee

Found: My evidence is based on specific issues that I have been directly involved in or have shared knowledge

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

May. 15 2024

Source Page: CHERI adoption and diffusion research
Document: (PDF)

Found: for these papers is mostly people interested in cyber security, technology and research and usually shared

Written Question
Owner Occupation: Coventry
Wednesday 15th May 2024

Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the level of home ownership in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry in each of the last three years.

Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

DLUHC publishes estimates of first-time buyer numbers as part of the English Housing Survey. See Chapter 3 and Annex 3.2 in: English Housing Survey2022 to 2023: headline report - GOV.UK. The Government does not hold data that is specific to (a) the Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry.

The Government has a range of schemes available to help improve access to home ownership, including First Homes, Shared Ownership, Right to Buy, the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme and the Lifetime ISA. We have also doubled the threshold for Stamp Duty and expanded First Time Buyers Relief.

Written Question
First Time Buyers: Coventry
Wednesday 15th May 2024

Asked by: Colleen Fletcher (Labour - Coventry North East)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to support first-time home buyers in (a) Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry.

Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

DLUHC publishes estimates of first-time buyer numbers as part of the English Housing Survey. See Chapter 3 and Annex 3.2 in: English Housing Survey2022 to 2023: headline report - GOV.UK. The Government does not hold data that is specific to (a) the Coventry North East constituency and (b) Coventry.

The Government has a range of schemes available to help improve access to home ownership, including First Homes, Shared Ownership, Right to Buy, the Mortgage Guarantee Scheme and the Lifetime ISA. We have also doubled the threshold for Stamp Duty and expanded First Time Buyers Relief.

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

May. 14 2024

Source Page: New levelling up powers to fill empty shops across England
Document: Improving access to greenspace: 2020 review (publishing.service.gov.uk) (PDF)

Found: use of t he greenspace; during the implementation phase, this may help with increasing feelings of ownership

Deposited Papers

May. 14 2024

Source Page: I. Best value standards and intervention: A statutory guide for best value authorities: a) Guidance and b) Government response to consultation. (2 docs.) II. Letter dated 08/05/2024 from Max Soule Deputy Director Local Government Stewardship to Liz Watts Chief Executive, South Cambridgeshire District Council regarding Best Value Notice issued to the Council. 3p. III. CIPFA Reviews of debt/investment risk profile for: a) Warrington Borough Council, b) Spelthorne Borough Council (2 docs). IV. Letter dated 08/05/2024 from Max Soule to Andrew Lewis regarding Liverpool City Council - proposed move to a statutory assurance and improvement board. 7p.
Document: official_Spelthorne_CIPFA_report.docx (webpage)

Found: short-term market disruption as a result of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine SBC’s long-term (50-year) ownership

Deposited Papers

May. 14 2024

Source Page: I. Best value standards and intervention: A statutory guide for best value authorities: a) Guidance and b) Government response to consultation. (2 docs.) II. Letter dated 08/05/2024 from Max Soule Deputy Director Local Government Stewardship to Liz Watts Chief Executive, South Cambridgeshire District Council regarding Best Value Notice issued to the Council. 3p. III. CIPFA Reviews of debt/investment risk profile for: a) Warrington Borough Council, b) Spelthorne Borough Council (2 docs). IV. Letter dated 08/05/2024 from Max Soule to Andrew Lewis regarding Liverpool City Council - proposed move to a statutory assurance and improvement board. 7p.
Document: official_Warrington_CIPFA_report.docx (webpage)

Found: Specifically, we have shared our conclusion, set out in Section 4 of this report, to minimise ‘surprises

Deposited Papers

May. 14 2024

Source Page: I. Best value standards and intervention: A statutory guide for best value authorities: a) Guidance and b) Government response to consultation. (2 docs.) II. Letter dated 08/05/2024 from Max Soule Deputy Director Local Government Stewardship to Liz Watts Chief Executive, South Cambridgeshire District Council regarding Best Value Notice issued to the Council. 3p. III. CIPFA Reviews of debt/investment risk profile for: a) Warrington Borough Council, b) Spelthorne Borough Council (2 docs). IV. Letter dated 08/05/2024 from Max Soule to Andrew Lewis regarding Liverpool City Council - proposed move to a statutory assurance and improvement board. 7p.
Document: official_Revised_Best_Value_Guidance_-_post_WR.docx (webpage)

Found: guide for best value authorities May 2024 Department for Levelling Up, Housing

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill - Tue 14 May 2024

Mentions:
1: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-13190, in the name of Paul McLennan, on the Housing - Speech Link
2: Coffey, Willie (SNP - Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) purposes, which have been considered in great depth by the committee, and that consideration has been shared - Speech Link
3: Leonard, Richard (Lab - Central Scotland) I would add that we need a bit more common ownership and a bit less corporate ownership of housing.It - Speech Link
4: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) That concludes the debate on the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill. - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

May. 13 2024

Source Page: Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Wave 3
Document: (PDF)

Found: Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund: Wave 3