Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that people who have been convicted of a child sex offence cannot serve as a local authority or parish councillor.
Answered by Marcus Jones - Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
During the passage of the then Cities and Devolution Bill we undertook to review the legislation on the disqualification of local authority members and to consult on proposals for change to bring the legislative rules into line with modern sentencing guidelines. Our intention is to launch the consultation as soon as practicable this year.
Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of properties bought under the help to buy scheme that have since been sold to private sector landlords.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
We do not hold the information requested.
However no public money is used to subsidise private landlords through Help to Buy as once a property is sold on, any assistance given to the initial purchase comes to an end.
Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of properties bought under the help to buy scheme in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority area are now rented.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
We do not hold the information requested.
However no public money is used to subsidise private landlords through Help to Buy as once a property is sold on, any assistance given to the initial purchase comes to an end.