Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
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 help support the warehouse industry in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.
Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Warehousing is a key part of the country’s supply chains, ensuring vital goods are available to businesses and consumers. The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that planning policies and decisions should recognise and address the specific locational requirements of different sectors.
This includes making provision for storage and distribution operations at a variety of scales and in suitably accessible locations. Enfield’s strategic position provides an important role in delivering economic growth to the area, and delivering the right sort of warehousing and logistical infrastructure is a key part of this.
My department will continue to work with the sector to maximise productivity.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many entries have been made on the database of rogue landlords and property agents under the Housing and Planning Act 2016 in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London since that database was established.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
Local authorities are responsible for making entries to the Rogue Landlord database; you may wish to contact Enfield Council to ask their current view on its use. Details of how the database works can be found in the Housing and Planning Act 2016.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many homeowners bought their homes using the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme in Enfield North constituency.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
Between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2023 797 homes were purchased in Enfield using the Help to Buy Equity Loan Scheme. Further data on the number of households in England which have benefitted from the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme in each Local Authority area can be found in the latest HtB Equity Loan scheme statistics.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
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 (a) protect and (b) enhance green spaces in Enfield North constituency.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
Through the Levelling Up Parks Fund the Government has made available £9 million in equal grants for local authorities, to create or significantly refurbish green spaces. There is also a 'tree uplift' expectation, where a proportion of the fund must be used to plant any type of tree, of any size. Enfield Council have received £85,000 from this Fund.
In addition to the Levelling Up Parks Fund, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund can be used to support green growth by asking places to consider how projects can work with the natural environment to achieve project objectives, and - at a minimum - consider the project's impact on our natural assets and nature. This includes the opportunity for the creation of and improvements to local green spaces, community gardens, watercourses and embankments, along with incorporating natural features into wider public spaces.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the number of properties in Enfield North constituency that require building safety works under the Building Safety Fund.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
Building Safety Fund data by local authority area, including Enfield, is available here, which shows there were five registrations to the Building Safety Fund in Enfield.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
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 help (a) protect renters from eviction and (b) support people who are homeless in Enfield North constituency.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 191614 on 6 July 2023.
We remain committed to ending rough sleeping and tackling homelessness. We have given councils over £2 billion over three years to help them tackle homelessness and rough sleeping, targeted to areas where it is needed most. In Enfield, this includes £20,405,298 funding through the Homelessness Prevention Grant for 2023/24 and 2024/25.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to take steps to help support the building of homes in Enfield North constituency.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver thousands of affordable homes to rent and to buy right across the country, including thousands of new homes for social rent. London will receive £4 billion investment from this programme.
The programme is open for bids in all parts of England. We welcome ideas from existing and new partners who have an ambition to deliver more affordable homes. More details are online here.
The Mayor of London, through the London Plan and Housing Strategy, sets out where homes should be built and what level of affordable housing is required.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps he has taken to help ensure the adequacy of the supply of social housing in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) the London Borough of Enfield and (c) London.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
The Greater London Authority has responsibility for delivering Affordable Housing in London, with a delegation of £4 billion to invest in new housing from the £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme.
Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver thousands of affordable homes to rent and to buy right across the country, including thousands of new homes for social rent.
Between 2010 and 2022, they delivered 131,787 affordable homes in London, including 38,657 homes for social rent, 35,372 homes for affordable rent and 8,124 homes for London affordable rent.
Between 2010 and 2022, they delivered 3,916 affordable homes in the London Borough of Enfield, including 1,082 homes for social rent, 883 homes for affordable rent and 376 homes for London affordable rent.
We do not collect data at a constituency level.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the average cost of housing a person evicted under a section 21 notice for (a) each local authority in England and (b) the Government in each of the last five years.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
It is not possible to break down expenditure by cause of homelessness.
Asked by: Feryal Clark (Labour - Enfield North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding was allocated by his Department to Enfield Council for cold weather payments in the (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 financial years in real terms.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
The Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI) 2022-25 is investing up to £500m in funding to 303 local authorities across England, spanning a 3-year period from April 2022 to March 2025. The multi-year funding provides local authorities the resources to offer accommodation, support, and a route off the streets for people sleeping rough all year round.
The full allocations of RSI 2022-25 can be found here.