Asked by: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they provide to communities to establish community land trusts.
Answered by Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
The Government supports the community-led housebuilding sector – of which community land trusts are an important part – through the Community Housing Fund. The Fund is delivered outside of London by Homes England and within London by the Greater London Authority. Capital and revenue grants are available to community-based groups wishing to take forward schemes to build locally affordable housing.
The Government has also provided a £6 million grant from the Community Housing Fund to support Community Led Homes: a consortium of the major stakeholder groups (including the National Community Land Trust Network). Community Led Homes is able to award secondary “seedcorn” grants of up to £4000 to community-based groups to enable those groups to establish an appropriately constituted body corporate, such as a community land trust. Community Led Homes is also using its grant to develop a network of technical advisors to support community-based groups though the process of taking forward their local housebuilding schemes.
The Community Housing Fund is currently scheduled to close in March 2020. Ministers are considering all budgets in the round and allocations for 2020/21 will be confirmed through a business planning exercise. Allocations for future years will be considered at the forthcoming Budget and Spending Review.
Asked by: Tom Hunt (Conservative - Ipswich)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to extend the community housing fund for five years.
Answered by Christopher Pincher
The Community Housing Fund provides the principal source of Government support for the community-led housebuilding sector. The Fund is delivered outside London by Homes England and within London by the Greater London Authority. Capital and revenue grants are available to community-based groups wishing to take forward schemes to build locally affordable housing.
The Community Housing Fund is currently scheduled to close in March 2020. Ministers are considering all budgets in the round and allocations for 2020/21 will be confirmed through a business planning exercise. Allocations for future years will be considered at the next fiscal event.
Asked by: Paul Farrelly (Labour - Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to set a delivery target and an investment plan to support that target for social rent homes.
Answered by Esther McVey - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
The government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes for a wide range of tenures. This includes at least 12,500 homes for social rent to meet the needs of struggling families and those most at risk of homelessness in areas of the country where affordability is most pressured. This is the minimum number of social rent homes we expect to be delivered – the programme is flexible and the precise number will depend on the bids that are received for the funding.
We previously announced an additional £2 billion of long-term funding certainty for housing associations. This extra funding will deliver more affordable homes and stimulate the sector’s wider building ambitions, through strategic partnerships. On 27 June 2019, bidding was opened on £1 billion of this funding through Homes England. We are working closely with the Greater London Authority to open bidding on £1 billion for London as soon as possible. Our ten-year funding commitment through strategic partnerships marks the first time any government has invested such long-term funding in new homes through housing associations.
We have also removed the Housing Revenue Account borrowing caps for local authorities and have set out a long-term rent deal for councils and housing associations in England from 2020. Housing associations and local authorities now need to accelerate delivery and build more affordable homes.
Since 2010 there has been an increase in the number of homes for social rent by 79,000, in contrast to the decline between 1997 and 2010, whilst the Right to Buy for council tenants has been preserved.
Investment in social rent homes beyond the current programme will be decided as part of the forthcoming spending review.
Asked by: Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to increase the provision of (a) affordable housing and (b) social housing in (i) London and (ii) England.
Answered by Esther McVey - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
The government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver approximately 250,000 new affordable homes of a wide range of tenures, including social rent. £4.8 billion of this will be for London, to deliver 116,000 new affordable homes.
Since 2010 we have delivered 430,000 affordable homes, including 134,000 homes for social rent. A quarter of this delivery was in London, where we have build 88,500 affordable homes.
The government has brought social housing waiting lists down by over half a million since 2010. We have also given councils the tools to deliver a new generation of council housing by removing the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap, so they can deliver the homes their communities need, and we expect to see net increases in social housing stock in the years to come.
On 18 September 2018 we announced an additional £2 billion of long term funding certainty for housing associations. This extra funding will deliver more affordable homes and stimulate the sector’s wider building ambitions, through strategic partnerships.
On 27 June 2019, we opened bidding on £1 billion of this funding through Homes England. We are working closely with the Greater London Authority (GLA) to open bidding on £1 billion for London as soon as possible. Our ten year funding commitment through strategic partnerships marks the first time any government has invested such long-term funding in new homes through housing associations.
Asked by: Jonathan Lord (Conservative - Woking)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to create new community land trusts.
Answered by Esther McVey - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
The government recognises that the community-led housing sector – of which community land trusts are an important part – offers significant potential for helping to meet housing need across England. In addition to helping increase the rate of delivery of new housing, it will help deliver a range of benefits including diversifying the house building sector, improving design and construction quality, developing modern methods of construction, and sustaining local communities and local economies. The support and close involvement of the local community enables the community-led approach to secure planning permission and deliver housing that could not be brought forward through speculative development.
The principal way in which the government supports the community-led housing sector is through the Community Housing Fund. The fund is administered in England (outside London) by Homes England and, within London, by the Greater London Authority. Capital and revenue grants are available to appropriately constituted community-based groups to help them develop house building projects.
£6 million has also been made available to Community Led Homes – a consortium of the leading community-led housing stakeholder organisations – to help develop the sector. Through Community Led Homes, revenue grants are available to groups wishing to establish themselves as community land trusts or any other legal form appropriate for taking forward a community-led housing project
The Community Housing Fund aims to support an increase in housing supply in England by increasing the number of additional homes delivered by the community-led housing sector; to provide housing that is affordable at local income levels and remains so in perpetuity; and to deliver a lasting legacy for the sector in the form of an effective and financially self-sustaining body of expertise within the house building industry in England.
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to row one of Resource DEL – Communities on p12 of his Department's Main Estimates 2019-20 Memorandum, if he will publish all details of the budgeted expenditure under SO1 – Building Affordable Homes.
Answered by Jake Berry
The information provided below gives details of spending areas under each Strategic Objective as a whole, rather than broken down across Estimate Row. In the Main Estimate Explanatory Memorandum, Strategic Objectives are split across the Department’s Estimate Rows meaning that some Strategic Objectives appear under more than one Estimate Row.
The Department uses Strategic Objectives to allocate out budgets, monitor spend and delivery and report publicly. Under each Strategic Objective are a number of programmes which are made up of a number of Work Areas.
The Department’s budgets for both Programmes and the Work Areas that sit underneath each Programme, are kept under regular review and are revised where necessary to reflect changes in the operating environment. As such, the Department has not provided a further details of budget expenditure for each Work Area as budgets and structure may change during the year.
The Department notes that the level of budgeted expenditure detail provided in the Main Estimate Explanatory Memorandum is in line with guidance issued by the Scrutiny Unit.
Updated budgets for each Programme will be provided at the Supplementary Estimate later in the year.
Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Resource DEL budgets are as follows;
UIN | Strategic Objective | Programme | Work Area |
282187 282189 282205 282206 | SO1 | Building Affordable Homes | London Settlement, New Homes Bonus, PFI Special Grant Housing, Valuation Office Agency, Right to Buy Charges, Right to Buy Agents, Affordable Homes Programme |
282188 | SO5 | Grenfell Recovery | Grenfell Rehousing, Grenfell Memorial Commission, Grenfell Autumn Budget 2017 Commitments, MHCLG Public Enquiry Team, Grenfell Tower Site Management |
282190 282204 | SO1 | Infrastructure for Housing | Development Corporations, Housing Deals, Housing Deals: Oxford Cambridge Corridor (Ox Cam Arc) |
282191 | SO1 | Market Diversification | Planning Inspectorate, Right to Build, Community Housing Fund |
282192 | SO1 | More land in the right places | Land Assembly Fund |
282193 | SO1 | Planning Reform | Community Infrastructure Levy Planning Advisory, Neighbourhood Planning: New Burden, Neighbourhood Planning: Supporting Communities, Local Plans Intervention, Planning Delivery Fund, Great Crested Newts |
282194 | SO1 | Public Sector Land | LA land review new burdens |
282195 | SO2 | Homelessness | Preventing Homelessness, Flexible Homelessness Support Grant |
282196 | SO2 | Leasehold Reform | Private Rented Sector New Burdens, Leasehold Reform |
282197 | SO2 | Reform of the private rental sector | Rent Officer Services and Pensions Liabilities, Tenant Empowerment, Smoke & Co Alarms, Estate Agents Regulation, Private Rented Sector Tribunal Costs |
282198 | SO2 | Rough Sleeping | Rough Sleeping Initiative |
282199 | SO2 | Social Housing Green Paper | Domestic Abuse |
282200 | SO2 | Supported Housing | National Body for Home Improvement Agencies (Foundations) |
282201 | SO2 | VRTB: Pilot | Right to Buy Pilot |
282202 | SO5 | Building Safety | Technical Policy, Energy Safe Materials, Remediation, Strategy, Responsible Industry and Residents Voice, Regulator and Accountability |
282203 | Other | Admin including depreciation | Planning Inspectorate Admin |
Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Capital DEL budgets are as follows;
UIN | Strategic Objective | Programme | Work Area |
282587 | SO1 | Building Affordable Homes | London Settlement, Affordable Homes Programme, Brent Cross, Capital Running Costs |
282579 | SO1 | Infrastructure for Housing | Infrastructure to Support Housing, Housing Deals: Greater Manchester, Housing Deals: West Midlands, Oxford-Cambridge Corridor (Ox Cam Arc), Ebbsfleet Development Corp, Housing Infrastructure Fund |
282580 282589 | SO1 | Market Diversification | Planning Inspectorate, Community Housing Fund, Housing Supply: Legacy (Get Britain Building, Local Infrastructure Fund, Custom Build), Housing Supply: Build to Rent, Housing Supply: Estate Regeneration, Home Building Fund: Short Term Investment, Home Building Fund: Long Term Investment, The Commission for Local Administration in England, Valuation Tribunal Service, The Housing Ombudsman, Private Rented Sector Guarantee |
282582 282590 | SO1 | More land in the right places | City Deals: Preston City Deal, City Deals: Birmingham City Deal, City Deals: Manchester City Deal, Land Assembly Fund, Small Sites Fund, Accelerated Construction, City Deals Telford, Direct Commission Fund, LA Land Release Fund, Barking |
282588 | SO1 | Help to Buy | Housing Supply |
282584 | SO1 | Public Sector Land | Single Land Programme |
282585 | SO2 | Supported Housing | The Regulator of Social Housing |
Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Resource AME budgets are as follows;
UIN | Strategic Objective | Programme | Work Area |
282591 | M | Housing & Planning AME | Planning Inspectorate |
282594 | P | MHCLG Staff, Building and Infrastructure Costs AME | Central Admin |
282595 | Q | Non-Domestic Rates Outturn Adjustments AME | Non-Domestic Rates Outturn Adjustments |
282596 | H | Housing & Planning (ALB)(Net) AME | Homes England, Housing Supply: Legacy (Get Britain Building, Local Infrastructure Fund, Custom Build), The Housing Ombudsman, Housing Supply: Help To Buy, Ebbsfleet Development Corp, Single Land Programme, The Regulator of Social Housing |
282593 | O | Research, Data and Trading Funds AME | European Development Fund Losses and Write - Offs |
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to row four of Resource DEL – Communities on p13 of his Department's Main Estimates 2019-20 Memorandum, if he will publish all details of the budgeted expenditure under SO5 – Grenfell Recovery.
Answered by Jake Berry
The information provided below gives details of spending areas under each Strategic Objective as a whole, rather than broken down across Estimate Row. In the Main Estimate Explanatory Memorandum, Strategic Objectives are split across the Department’s Estimate Rows meaning that some Strategic Objectives appear under more than one Estimate Row.
The Department uses Strategic Objectives to allocate out budgets, monitor spend and delivery and report publicly. Under each Strategic Objective are a number of programmes which are made up of a number of Work Areas.
The Department’s budgets for both Programmes and the Work Areas that sit underneath each Programme, are kept under regular review and are revised where necessary to reflect changes in the operating environment. As such, the Department has not provided a further details of budget expenditure for each Work Area as budgets and structure may change during the year.
The Department notes that the level of budgeted expenditure detail provided in the Main Estimate Explanatory Memorandum is in line with guidance issued by the Scrutiny Unit.
Updated budgets for each Programme will be provided at the Supplementary Estimate later in the year.
Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Resource DEL budgets are as follows;
UIN | Strategic Objective | Programme | Work Area |
282187 282189 282205 282206 | SO1 | Building Affordable Homes | London Settlement, New Homes Bonus, PFI Special Grant Housing, Valuation Office Agency, Right to Buy Charges, Right to Buy Agents, Affordable Homes Programme |
282188 | SO5 | Grenfell Recovery | Grenfell Rehousing, Grenfell Memorial Commission, Grenfell Autumn Budget 2017 Commitments, MHCLG Public Enquiry Team, Grenfell Tower Site Management |
282190 282204 | SO1 | Infrastructure for Housing | Development Corporations, Housing Deals, Housing Deals: Oxford Cambridge Corridor (Ox Cam Arc) |
282191 | SO1 | Market Diversification | Planning Inspectorate, Right to Build, Community Housing Fund |
282192 | SO1 | More land in the right places | Land Assembly Fund |
282193 | SO1 | Planning Reform | Community Infrastructure Levy Planning Advisory, Neighbourhood Planning: New Burden, Neighbourhood Planning: Supporting Communities, Local Plans Intervention, Planning Delivery Fund, Great Crested Newts |
282194 | SO1 | Public Sector Land | LA land review new burdens |
282195 | SO2 | Homelessness | Preventing Homelessness, Flexible Homelessness Support Grant |
282196 | SO2 | Leasehold Reform | Private Rented Sector New Burdens, Leasehold Reform |
282197 | SO2 | Reform of the private rental sector | Rent Officer Services and Pensions Liabilities, Tenant Empowerment, Smoke & Co Alarms, Estate Agents Regulation, Private Rented Sector Tribunal Costs |
282198 | SO2 | Rough Sleeping | Rough Sleeping Initiative |
282199 | SO2 | Social Housing Green Paper | Domestic Abuse |
282200 | SO2 | Supported Housing | National Body for Home Improvement Agencies (Foundations) |
282201 | SO2 | VRTB: Pilot | Right to Buy Pilot |
282202 | SO5 | Building Safety | Technical Policy, Energy Safe Materials, Remediation, Strategy, Responsible Industry and Residents Voice, Regulator and Accountability |
282203 | Other | Admin including depreciation | Planning Inspectorate Admin |
Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Capital DEL budgets are as follows;
UIN | Strategic Objective | Programme | Work Area |
282587 | SO1 | Building Affordable Homes | London Settlement, Affordable Homes Programme, Brent Cross, Capital Running Costs |
282579 | SO1 | Infrastructure for Housing | Infrastructure to Support Housing, Housing Deals: Greater Manchester, Housing Deals: West Midlands, Oxford-Cambridge Corridor (Ox Cam Arc), Ebbsfleet Development Corp, Housing Infrastructure Fund |
282580 282589 | SO1 | Market Diversification | Planning Inspectorate, Community Housing Fund, Housing Supply: Legacy (Get Britain Building, Local Infrastructure Fund, Custom Build), Housing Supply: Build to Rent, Housing Supply: Estate Regeneration, Home Building Fund: Short Term Investment, Home Building Fund: Long Term Investment, The Commission for Local Administration in England, Valuation Tribunal Service, The Housing Ombudsman, Private Rented Sector Guarantee |
282582 282590 | SO1 | More land in the right places | City Deals: Preston City Deal, City Deals: Birmingham City Deal, City Deals: Manchester City Deal, Land Assembly Fund, Small Sites Fund, Accelerated Construction, City Deals Telford, Direct Commission Fund, LA Land Release Fund, Barking |
282588 | SO1 | Help to Buy | Housing Supply |
282584 | SO1 | Public Sector Land | Single Land Programme |
282585 | SO2 | Supported Housing | The Regulator of Social Housing |
Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Resource AME budgets are as follows;
UIN | Strategic Objective | Programme | Work Area |
282591 | M | Housing & Planning AME | Planning Inspectorate |
282594 | P | MHCLG Staff, Building and Infrastructure Costs AME | Central Admin |
282595 | Q | Non-Domestic Rates Outturn Adjustments AME | Non-Domestic Rates Outturn Adjustments |
282596 | H | Housing & Planning (ALB)(Net) AME | Homes England, Housing Supply: Legacy (Get Britain Building, Local Infrastructure Fund, Custom Build), The Housing Ombudsman, Housing Supply: Help To Buy, Ebbsfleet Development Corp, Single Land Programme, The Regulator of Social Housing |
282593 | O | Research, Data and Trading Funds AME | European Development Fund Losses and Write - Offs |
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Section B – Housing and Planning of Resource DEL – Communities on p13 of his Department's Main Estimates 2019-20 Memorandum, if he will publish all details of the budgeted expenditure under SO1 – Building Affordable Homes.
Answered by Jake Berry
The information provided below gives details of spending areas under each Strategic Objective as a whole, rather than broken down across Estimate Row. In the Main Estimate Explanatory Memorandum, Strategic Objectives are split across the Department’s Estimate Rows meaning that some Strategic Objectives appear under more than one Estimate Row.
The Department uses Strategic Objectives to allocate out budgets, monitor spend and delivery and report publicly. Under each Strategic Objective are a number of programmes which are made up of a number of Work Areas.
The Department’s budgets for both Programmes and the Work Areas that sit underneath each Programme, are kept under regular review and are revised where necessary to reflect changes in the operating environment. As such, the Department has not provided a further details of budget expenditure for each Work Area as budgets and structure may change during the year.
The Department notes that the level of budgeted expenditure detail provided in the Main Estimate Explanatory Memorandum is in line with guidance issued by the Scrutiny Unit.
Updated budgets for each Programme will be provided at the Supplementary Estimate later in the year.
Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Resource DEL budgets are as follows;
UIN | Strategic Objective | Programme | Work Area |
282187 282189 282205 282206 | SO1 | Building Affordable Homes | London Settlement, New Homes Bonus, PFI Special Grant Housing, Valuation Office Agency, Right to Buy Charges, Right to Buy Agents, Affordable Homes Programme |
282188 | SO5 | Grenfell Recovery | Grenfell Rehousing, Grenfell Memorial Commission, Grenfell Autumn Budget 2017 Commitments, MHCLG Public Enquiry Team, Grenfell Tower Site Management |
282190 282204 | SO1 | Infrastructure for Housing | Development Corporations, Housing Deals, Housing Deals: Oxford Cambridge Corridor (Ox Cam Arc) |
282191 | SO1 | Market Diversification | Planning Inspectorate, Right to Build, Community Housing Fund |
282192 | SO1 | More land in the right places | Land Assembly Fund |
282193 | SO1 | Planning Reform | Community Infrastructure Levy Planning Advisory, Neighbourhood Planning: New Burden, Neighbourhood Planning: Supporting Communities, Local Plans Intervention, Planning Delivery Fund, Great Crested Newts |
282194 | SO1 | Public Sector Land | LA land review new burdens |
282195 | SO2 | Homelessness | Preventing Homelessness, Flexible Homelessness Support Grant |
282196 | SO2 | Leasehold Reform | Private Rented Sector New Burdens, Leasehold Reform |
282197 | SO2 | Reform of the private rental sector | Rent Officer Services and Pensions Liabilities, Tenant Empowerment, Smoke & Co Alarms, Estate Agents Regulation, Private Rented Sector Tribunal Costs |
282198 | SO2 | Rough Sleeping | Rough Sleeping Initiative |
282199 | SO2 | Social Housing Green Paper | Domestic Abuse |
282200 | SO2 | Supported Housing | National Body for Home Improvement Agencies (Foundations) |
282201 | SO2 | VRTB: Pilot | Right to Buy Pilot |
282202 | SO5 | Building Safety | Technical Policy, Energy Safe Materials, Remediation, Strategy, Responsible Industry and Residents Voice, Regulator and Accountability |
282203 | Other | Admin including depreciation | Planning Inspectorate Admin |
Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Capital DEL budgets are as follows;
UIN | Strategic Objective | Programme | Work Area |
282587 | SO1 | Building Affordable Homes | London Settlement, Affordable Homes Programme, Brent Cross, Capital Running Costs |
282579 | SO1 | Infrastructure for Housing | Infrastructure to Support Housing, Housing Deals: Greater Manchester, Housing Deals: West Midlands, Oxford-Cambridge Corridor (Ox Cam Arc), Ebbsfleet Development Corp, Housing Infrastructure Fund |
282580 282589 | SO1 | Market Diversification | Planning Inspectorate, Community Housing Fund, Housing Supply: Legacy (Get Britain Building, Local Infrastructure Fund, Custom Build), Housing Supply: Build to Rent, Housing Supply: Estate Regeneration, Home Building Fund: Short Term Investment, Home Building Fund: Long Term Investment, The Commission for Local Administration in England, Valuation Tribunal Service, The Housing Ombudsman, Private Rented Sector Guarantee |
282582 282590 | SO1 | More land in the right places | City Deals: Preston City Deal, City Deals: Birmingham City Deal, City Deals: Manchester City Deal, Land Assembly Fund, Small Sites Fund, Accelerated Construction, City Deals Telford, Direct Commission Fund, LA Land Release Fund, Barking |
282588 | SO1 | Help to Buy | Housing Supply |
282584 | SO1 | Public Sector Land | Single Land Programme |
282585 | SO2 | Supported Housing | The Regulator of Social Housing |
Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Resource AME budgets are as follows;
UIN | Strategic Objective | Programme | Work Area |
282591 | M | Housing & Planning AME | Planning Inspectorate |
282594 | P | MHCLG Staff, Building and Infrastructure Costs AME | Central Admin |
282595 | Q | Non-Domestic Rates Outturn Adjustments AME | Non-Domestic Rates Outturn Adjustments |
282596 | H | Housing & Planning (ALB)(Net) AME | Homes England, Housing Supply: Legacy (Get Britain Building, Local Infrastructure Fund, Custom Build), The Housing Ombudsman, Housing Supply: Help To Buy, Ebbsfleet Development Corp, Single Land Programme, The Regulator of Social Housing |
282593 | O | Research, Data and Trading Funds AME | European Development Fund Losses and Write - Offs |
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Section B – Housing and Planning of Resource DEL – Communities on p13 of his Department's Main Estimates 2019-20 Memorandum, if he will publish all details of the budgeted expenditure under SO1 – Infrastructure for Housing.
Answered by Jake Berry
The information provided below gives details of spending areas under each Strategic Objective as a whole, rather than broken down across Estimate Row. In the Main Estimate Explanatory Memorandum, Strategic Objectives are split across the Department’s Estimate Rows meaning that some Strategic Objectives appear under more than one Estimate Row.
The Department uses Strategic Objectives to allocate out budgets, monitor spend and delivery and report publicly. Under each Strategic Objective are a number of programmes which are made up of a number of Work Areas.
The Department’s budgets for both Programmes and the Work Areas that sit underneath each Programme, are kept under regular review and are revised where necessary to reflect changes in the operating environment. As such, the Department has not provided a further details of budget expenditure for each Work Area as budgets and structure may change during the year.
The Department notes that the level of budgeted expenditure detail provided in the Main Estimate Explanatory Memorandum is in line with guidance issued by the Scrutiny Unit.
Updated budgets for each Programme will be provided at the Supplementary Estimate later in the year.
Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Resource DEL budgets are as follows;
UIN | Strategic Objective | Programme | Work Area |
282187 282189 282205 282206 | SO1 | Building Affordable Homes | London Settlement, New Homes Bonus, PFI Special Grant Housing, Valuation Office Agency, Right to Buy Charges, Right to Buy Agents, Affordable Homes Programme |
282188 | SO5 | Grenfell Recovery | Grenfell Rehousing, Grenfell Memorial Commission, Grenfell Autumn Budget 2017 Commitments, MHCLG Public Enquiry Team, Grenfell Tower Site Management |
282190 282204 | SO1 | Infrastructure for Housing | Development Corporations, Housing Deals, Housing Deals: Oxford Cambridge Corridor (Ox Cam Arc) |
282191 | SO1 | Market Diversification | Planning Inspectorate, Right to Build, Community Housing Fund |
282192 | SO1 | More land in the right places | Land Assembly Fund |
282193 | SO1 | Planning Reform | Community Infrastructure Levy Planning Advisory, Neighbourhood Planning: New Burden, Neighbourhood Planning: Supporting Communities, Local Plans Intervention, Planning Delivery Fund, Great Crested Newts |
282194 | SO1 | Public Sector Land | LA land review new burdens |
282195 | SO2 | Homelessness | Preventing Homelessness, Flexible Homelessness Support Grant |
282196 | SO2 | Leasehold Reform | Private Rented Sector New Burdens, Leasehold Reform |
282197 | SO2 | Reform of the private rental sector | Rent Officer Services and Pensions Liabilities, Tenant Empowerment, Smoke & Co Alarms, Estate Agents Regulation, Private Rented Sector Tribunal Costs |
282198 | SO2 | Rough Sleeping | Rough Sleeping Initiative |
282199 | SO2 | Social Housing Green Paper | Domestic Abuse |
282200 | SO2 | Supported Housing | National Body for Home Improvement Agencies (Foundations) |
282201 | SO2 | VRTB: Pilot | Right to Buy Pilot |
282202 | SO5 | Building Safety | Technical Policy, Energy Safe Materials, Remediation, Strategy, Responsible Industry and Residents Voice, Regulator and Accountability |
282203 | Other | Admin including depreciation | Planning Inspectorate Admin |
Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Capital DEL budgets are as follows;
UIN | Strategic Objective | Programme | Work Area |
282587 | SO1 | Building Affordable Homes | London Settlement, Affordable Homes Programme, Brent Cross, Capital Running Costs |
282579 | SO1 | Infrastructure for Housing | Infrastructure to Support Housing, Housing Deals: Greater Manchester, Housing Deals: West Midlands, Oxford-Cambridge Corridor (Ox Cam Arc), Ebbsfleet Development Corp, Housing Infrastructure Fund |
282580 282589 | SO1 | Market Diversification | Planning Inspectorate, Community Housing Fund, Housing Supply: Legacy (Get Britain Building, Local Infrastructure Fund, Custom Build), Housing Supply: Build to Rent, Housing Supply: Estate Regeneration, Home Building Fund: Short Term Investment, Home Building Fund: Long Term Investment, The Commission for Local Administration in England, Valuation Tribunal Service, The Housing Ombudsman, Private Rented Sector Guarantee |
282582 282590 | SO1 | More land in the right places | City Deals: Preston City Deal, City Deals: Birmingham City Deal, City Deals: Manchester City Deal, Land Assembly Fund, Small Sites Fund, Accelerated Construction, City Deals Telford, Direct Commission Fund, LA Land Release Fund, Barking |
282588 | SO1 | Help to Buy | Housing Supply |
282584 | SO1 | Public Sector Land | Single Land Programme |
282585 | SO2 | Supported Housing | The Regulator of Social Housing |
Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Resource AME budgets are as follows;
UIN | Strategic Objective | Programme | Work Area |
282591 | M | Housing & Planning AME | Planning Inspectorate |
282594 | P | MHCLG Staff, Building and Infrastructure Costs AME | Central Admin |
282595 | Q | Non-Domestic Rates Outturn Adjustments AME | Non-Domestic Rates Outturn Adjustments |
282596 | H | Housing & Planning (ALB)(Net) AME | Homes England, Housing Supply: Legacy (Get Britain Building, Local Infrastructure Fund, Custom Build), The Housing Ombudsman, Housing Supply: Help To Buy, Ebbsfleet Development Corp, Single Land Programme, The Regulator of Social Housing |
282593 | O | Research, Data and Trading Funds AME | European Development Fund Losses and Write - Offs |
Asked by: John Healey (Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Section B – Housing and Planning of Resource DEL – Communities on p13 of his Department's Main Estimates 2019-20 Memorandum, if he will publish all details of the budgeted expenditure under SO1 – market diversification.
Answered by Jake Berry
The information provided below gives details of spending areas under each Strategic Objective as a whole, rather than broken down across Estimate Row. In the Main Estimate Explanatory Memorandum, Strategic Objectives are split across the Department’s Estimate Rows meaning that some Strategic Objectives appear under more than one Estimate Row.
The Department uses Strategic Objectives to allocate out budgets, monitor spend and delivery and report publicly. Under each Strategic Objective are a number of programmes which are made up of a number of Work Areas.
The Department’s budgets for both Programmes and the Work Areas that sit underneath each Programme, are kept under regular review and are revised where necessary to reflect changes in the operating environment. As such, the Department has not provided a further details of budget expenditure for each Work Area as budgets and structure may change during the year.
The Department notes that the level of budgeted expenditure detail provided in the Main Estimate Explanatory Memorandum is in line with guidance issued by the Scrutiny Unit.
Updated budgets for each Programme will be provided at the Supplementary Estimate later in the year.
Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Resource DEL budgets are as follows;
UIN | Strategic Objective | Programme | Work Area |
282187 282189 282205 282206 | SO1 | Building Affordable Homes | London Settlement, New Homes Bonus, PFI Special Grant Housing, Valuation Office Agency, Right to Buy Charges, Right to Buy Agents, Affordable Homes Programme |
282188 | SO5 | Grenfell Recovery | Grenfell Rehousing, Grenfell Memorial Commission, Grenfell Autumn Budget 2017 Commitments, MHCLG Public Enquiry Team, Grenfell Tower Site Management |
282190 282204 | SO1 | Infrastructure for Housing | Development Corporations, Housing Deals, Housing Deals: Oxford Cambridge Corridor (Ox Cam Arc) |
282191 | SO1 | Market Diversification | Planning Inspectorate, Right to Build, Community Housing Fund |
282192 | SO1 | More land in the right places | Land Assembly Fund |
282193 | SO1 | Planning Reform | Community Infrastructure Levy Planning Advisory, Neighbourhood Planning: New Burden, Neighbourhood Planning: Supporting Communities, Local Plans Intervention, Planning Delivery Fund, Great Crested Newts |
282194 | SO1 | Public Sector Land | LA land review new burdens |
282195 | SO2 | Homelessness | Preventing Homelessness, Flexible Homelessness Support Grant |
282196 | SO2 | Leasehold Reform | Private Rented Sector New Burdens, Leasehold Reform |
282197 | SO2 | Reform of the private rental sector | Rent Officer Services and Pensions Liabilities, Tenant Empowerment, Smoke & Co Alarms, Estate Agents Regulation, Private Rented Sector Tribunal Costs |
282198 | SO2 | Rough Sleeping | Rough Sleeping Initiative |
282199 | SO2 | Social Housing Green Paper | Domestic Abuse |
282200 | SO2 | Supported Housing | National Body for Home Improvement Agencies (Foundations) |
282201 | SO2 | VRTB: Pilot | Right to Buy Pilot |
282202 | SO5 | Building Safety | Technical Policy, Energy Safe Materials, Remediation, Strategy, Responsible Industry and Residents Voice, Regulator and Accountability |
282203 | Other | Admin including depreciation | Planning Inspectorate Admin |
Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Capital DEL budgets are as follows;
UIN | Strategic Objective | Programme | Work Area |
282587 | SO1 | Building Affordable Homes | London Settlement, Affordable Homes Programme, Brent Cross, Capital Running Costs |
282579 | SO1 | Infrastructure for Housing | Infrastructure to Support Housing, Housing Deals: Greater Manchester, Housing Deals: West Midlands, Oxford-Cambridge Corridor (Ox Cam Arc), Ebbsfleet Development Corp, Housing Infrastructure Fund |
282580 282589 | SO1 | Market Diversification | Planning Inspectorate, Community Housing Fund, Housing Supply: Legacy (Get Britain Building, Local Infrastructure Fund, Custom Build), Housing Supply: Build to Rent, Housing Supply: Estate Regeneration, Home Building Fund: Short Term Investment, Home Building Fund: Long Term Investment, The Commission for Local Administration in England, Valuation Tribunal Service, The Housing Ombudsman, Private Rented Sector Guarantee |
282582 282590 | SO1 | More land in the right places | City Deals: Preston City Deal, City Deals: Birmingham City Deal, City Deals: Manchester City Deal, Land Assembly Fund, Small Sites Fund, Accelerated Construction, City Deals Telford, Direct Commission Fund, LA Land Release Fund, Barking |
282588 | SO1 | Help to Buy | Housing Supply |
282584 | SO1 | Public Sector Land | Single Land Programme |
282585 | SO2 | Supported Housing | The Regulator of Social Housing |
Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Resource AME budgets are as follows;
UIN | Strategic Objective | Programme | Work Area |
282591 | M | Housing & Planning AME | Planning Inspectorate |
282594 | P | MHCLG Staff, Building and Infrastructure Costs AME | Central Admin |
282595 | Q | Non-Domestic Rates Outturn Adjustments AME | Non-Domestic Rates Outturn Adjustments |
282596 | H | Housing & Planning (ALB)(Net) AME | Homes England, Housing Supply: Legacy (Get Britain Building, Local Infrastructure Fund, Custom Build), The Housing Ombudsman, Housing Supply: Help To Buy, Ebbsfleet Development Corp, Single Land Programme, The Regulator of Social Housing |
282593 | O | Research, Data and Trading Funds AME | European Development Fund Losses and Write - Offs |