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Written Question
Affordable Housing: Capital Investment
Wednesday 30th November 2016

Asked by: Lord Horam (Conservative - Life peer)

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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of increasing the ways in which public funding may be obtained under the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme, particularly with regard to (1) the number of additional new homes that could be built, (2) the speed of delivery of new homes, and (3) the ability of housing associations to innovate and deliver new products.

Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

In the Autumn Statement the Chancellor announced a £1.4 billion expansion of the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme (SOAHP) 2016-21 and a relaxation of restrictions on tenure. This will help us deliver a further 40,000 housing starts by 2021 and as part of the largest housing programme by any government since the 1970’s. The expanded and more flexible programme will allow providers to have the agility to more quickly and effectively respond with the right products to local needs and markets.

Written Question
Housing: Greater London
Thursday 7th April 2016

Asked by: Lord Horam (Conservative - Life peer)

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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many homes were completed in each London Borough in the latest year for which figures are available; and how many homes were sold under the Right to Buy in each of those London Boroughs in the same year.

Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)

The figures requested are provided in the table below:

London Borough

Dwellings completed in 20151

Right to Buy sales in 20152

Barking and Dagenham

649

216

Barnet

1,500

89

Bexley

603

..

Brent

708

60

Bromley

676

..

Camden

711

140

City of London

10

5

Croydon

1,687

160

Ealing

756

105

Enfield

610

144

Greenwich

1,874

240

Hackney

623

241

Hammersmith and Fulham

290

82

Haringey

651

177

Harrow

561

28

Havering

1,084

86

Hillingdon

537

136

Hounslow

1,043

183

Islington

189

176

Kensington and Chelsea

1,119

36

Kingston upon Thames

46

37

Lambeth

1,302

228

Lewisham

1,118

111

Merton

158

..

Newham

691

330

Redbridge

492

46

Richmond upon Thames

121

..

Southwark

1,466

278

Sutton

194

52

Tower Hamlets

1,138

264

Waltham Forest

1,081

100

Wandsworth

761

47

Westminster

166

51

1 source: Live Table 253a https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building

2 source: Live Table 691 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales

Figures exclude Preserved Right to Buy

.. Local Authority owns no dwelling stock.

Written Question
Affordable Housing: Construction
Monday 4th April 2016

Asked by: Lord Horam (Conservative - Life peer)

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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many homes were completed under the Affordable Homes Programme launched in April 2011.

Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)

The Government has delivered 193,000 affordable homes through the 2011-15 Affordable Homes Programme. This programme exceeded expectations delivering 23,000 more affordable homes than anticipated.

Written Question
Housing: Construction
Tuesday 22nd March 2016

Asked by: Lord Horam (Conservative - Life peer)

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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the £20 billion they plan to spend on housing investment during this Parliament will be broken down between the various categories including affordable homes for rent and starter homes to buy.

Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)

The £20 billion of housing investment announced in the last Spending Review includes:

  • £8 billion to deliver 400,000 affordable housing starts;
  • £8.6 billion to extend the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme to 2021 – supporting 145,000 families into new homes;
  • £1 billion fund for small and custom builders to support delivery of up to 25,500 new homes;
  • £1.1 billion public sector land programme to support release of land for 160,000 homes delivering a mix of housing; and
  • £2 billion for infrastructure support and other long-term investment to unlock or accelerate a pipeline of 160,000 to 200,000 homes, included within the £12 billion Local Growth Fund, and delivering a mix of housing.
Written Question
Housing: Construction
Tuesday 22nd March 2016

Asked by: Lord Horam (Conservative - Life peer)

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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the one million new homes they aim to deliver during this Parliament are estimated to be for (1) owner occupation, (2) shared ownership, and (3) rent; and how many of those homes for rent are expected to be for (a) affordable, and (b) social, rent.

Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)

The Department for Communities and Local Government does not publish forecasts of house building.

Written Question
Housing: Construction
Tuesday 22nd March 2016

Asked by: Lord Horam (Conservative - Life peer)

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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the one million new homes they aim to deliver during this Parliament are expected to be built by (1) housing associations, (2) local authorities, and (3) private housebuilders.

Answered by Baroness Williams of Trafford - Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)

The Department for Communities and Local Government does not publish forecasts of house building.