Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 13 March 2019, Spring Statement 2019, HCWS 1407, whether the Future Homes Standard will apply to all new housing built in England and Wales.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Building Regulations are a fully devolved matter, and each of the devolved administrations is able to set its own standards. The Future Homes Standard will apply in England only.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 13 March 2019, Spring Statement 2019, HCWS 1407, whether in-use performance energy efficiency of new build homes will be measured under the Future Homes Standard.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Future Homes Standard will be implemented through an uplift to the Building Regulations, subject to consultation. We will expand on the technical detail of these proposals during the 2019 consultation on the energy efficiency requirements of the Building Regulations.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what EU funding programmes that exist at the moment will be replicated after the UK leaves the EU by disbursements through the Shared Prosperity Fund.
Answered by Jake Berry
As per the manifesto commitment, following our departure from the European Union, we are creating the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), a programme of investment to tackle inequalities between communities by raising productivity, especially in those parts of the UK whose economies are furthest behind.
In July, the Government published an update on the UKSPF in which we confirmed the Fund will operate in all four nations of the UK and will, of course, respect devolution settlements in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The Government has been clear that we will engage the devolved administrations in advance of the public consultation intended for later this year, to ensure the Fund works for all places across the UK. Officials from HM Government and from each devolved administration have begun discussions and stakeholder events are being held across the UK, throughout the rest of this year.
We are continuing discussions to develop the Fund and final decisions on the operation and allocations of the Fund will be made as part of the 2019 Spending Review.
In the mean time, the Government understands that local authorities and places around the UK require certainty of funding post-Brexit. The draft Withdrawal Agreement guarantees that the UK will continue to take part in the 2014-2020 EU programmes until their conclusion. In a no deal scenario, the Government has extended this guarantee for the full EU 2014-20 programme period and allocations. This provides certainty and clarity in the event of a no-deal and allows for a smooth transition to a domestic replacement.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to table 4a of the Right to Buy Sales in England: January to March 2017-18 of 28 June 2018, whether he is taking steps to increase the number of new build homes in order to reduce the disparity between the 17,911 new starts and acquisitions forming right to buy replacements and the 19,445 additional sales between Q1 2012-13 and Q4 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Government does not collect data on whether local authority housing sold, acquired or built is detached, semi-detached, terraced or flats.
Beginning with Q1 2017-18, local authorities were asked to split the numbers provided between new build starts and acquisitions. Figures distinguishing new-build from acquisitions were not required prior to this.
Out of a total of 4,668 dwellings reported to have been started on site or acquired since Q1 2017-18, 56 per cent (2,515 dwellings) were starts on site for new builds and 44 per cent (1,953 dwellings) were acquisitions
On 14 August, alongside the Social Housing Green Paper, the Government published a consultation paper on options for providing greater flexibility for local authorities in how they use their receipts from sales under the Right to Buy. The consultation closes on 9 October and we welcome responses from local authorities and other stakeholders. The consultation can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/use-of-receipts-from-right-to-buy-sales
And responded to at:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RTBconsultation
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to table 4a of the Right to Buy Sales in England: January to March 2017-18 document of 28 June 2018, what proportion of the 17,911 new start and acquisitions forming right to buy replacement are new builds.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Government does not collect data on whether local authority housing sold, acquired or built is detached, semi-detached, terraced or flats.
Beginning with Q1 2017-18, local authorities were asked to split the numbers provided between new build starts and acquisitions. Figures distinguishing new-build from acquisitions were not required prior to this.
Out of a total of 4,668 dwellings reported to have been started on site or acquired since Q1 2017-18, 56 per cent (2,515 dwellings) were starts on site for new builds and 44 per cent (1,953 dwellings) were acquisitions
On 14 August, alongside the Social Housing Green Paper, the Government published a consultation paper on options for providing greater flexibility for local authorities in how they use their receipts from sales under the Right to Buy. The consultation closes on 9 October and we welcome responses from local authorities and other stakeholders. The consultation can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/use-of-receipts-from-right-to-buy-sales
And responded to at:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RTBconsultation
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the paper, Right to Buy Sales in England: January to March 2017-18, published on 28 June 2018, how many of the 17,911 new start and acquisitions were (a) new build and (b) acquisitions.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Government does not collect data on whether local authority housing sold, acquired or built is detached, semi-detached, terraced or flats.
Beginning with Q1 2017-18, local authorities were asked to split the numbers provided between new build starts and acquisitions. Figures distinguishing new-build from acquisitions were not required prior to this.
Out of a total of 4,668 dwellings reported to have been started on site or acquired since Q1 2017-18, 56 per cent (2,515 dwellings) were starts on site for new builds and 44 per cent (1,953 dwellings) were acquisitions
On 14 August, alongside the Social Housing Green Paper, the Government published a consultation paper on options for providing greater flexibility for local authorities in how they use their receipts from sales under the Right to Buy. The consultation closes on 9 October and we welcome responses from local authorities and other stakeholders. The consultation can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/use-of-receipts-from-right-to-buy-sales
And responded to at:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RTBconsultation
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the paper, Right to Buy Sales in England: January to March 2017-18, published on 28 June 2018, how many of the 17,911 new start and acquisitions were (a) detached, (b) semi-detached, (c) terraced and (d) flats.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Government does not collect data on whether local authority housing sold, acquired or built is detached, semi-detached, terraced or flats.
Beginning with Q1 2017-18, local authorities were asked to split the numbers provided between new build starts and acquisitions. Figures distinguishing new-build from acquisitions were not required prior to this.
Out of a total of 4,668 dwellings reported to have been started on site or acquired since Q1 2017-18, 56 per cent (2,515 dwellings) were starts on site for new builds and 44 per cent (1,953 dwellings) were acquisitions
On 14 August, alongside the Social Housing Green Paper, the Government published a consultation paper on options for providing greater flexibility for local authorities in how they use their receipts from sales under the Right to Buy. The consultation closes on 9 October and we welcome responses from local authorities and other stakeholders. The consultation can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/use-of-receipts-from-right-to-buy-sales
And responded to at:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RTBconsultation
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the report, Right to Buy Sales in England: January to March 2017-18, published on 28 June 2018, how many of the 19,445 additional right to buy sales reported were (a) detached, (b) semi-detached, (c) terraced and (d) flats.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Government does not collect data on whether local authority housing sold, acquired or built is detached, semi-detached, terraced or flats.
Beginning with Q1 2017-18, local authorities were asked to split the numbers provided between new build starts and acquisitions. Figures distinguishing new-build from acquisitions were not required prior to this.
Out of a total of 4,668 dwellings reported to have been started on site or acquired since Q1 2017-18, 56 per cent (2,515 dwellings) were starts on site for new builds and 44 per cent (1,953 dwellings) were acquisitions
On 14 August, alongside the Social Housing Green Paper, the Government published a consultation paper on options for providing greater flexibility for local authorities in how they use their receipts from sales under the Right to Buy. The consultation closes on 9 October and we welcome responses from local authorities and other stakeholders. The consultation can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/use-of-receipts-from-right-to-buy-sales
And responded to at:
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RTBconsultation
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government of 22 January 2018, Official Report, column 20, who the backers of the Ayrshire Growth Deal are; and when last he met those backers.
Answered by Jake Berry
The proposed Ayrshire Growth Deal is backed by the three Ayrshire local authorities, namely East Ayrshire Council, North Ayrshire Council and South Ayrshire Council; as well as the Ayrshire Economic Partnership, which includes representatives from Scottish Enterprise, Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry and individual business leaders working alongside the three local authorities.
As part of wider government discussions I met Patrick Wiggins, the Director of the Ayrshire Growth Deal, on 14 November 2017.
Asked by: Alan Brown (Scottish National Party - Kilmarnock and Loudoun)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 16 January 2017, HCWS412, how much of the €60 million from the EU Solidarity Fund for flood support will be allocated to each region.
Answered by Andrew Percy
As I said in my written statement on 16 January 2017, in the days that followed the flooding in December 2015 and early January 2016, the government very quickly identified that the immediate priority was to respond to the urgent needs of those affected and we have paid out almost £300 million.
All of the £300 million came from the government, and the government will continue to ensure that there is help available in the places that it is needed.