Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment on its proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
The Government's proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework were subject to a full public consultation that ran from December 2022 to March 2023.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 167097 on Levelling Up Fund and with reference to Section 2(a) of his Department's data entitled Capital regeneration projects: accounting officer assessment, published 8 March 2023, how many regeneration and town centre bids exceeded the minimum score of 75 but did not receive funding because their value was more than £10 million.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
I refer the Hon. Member to the published letter to ministers relating to PSED assessments, and to the Accounting Officer assessment available online. Further announcements and publications will be set out in the usual way.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2023 to Question 167097 on Levelling Up Fund and with reference to Section 2(a) of his Department's data entitled Capital regeneration projects: accounting officer assessment, published 8 March 2023, if he will publish the equalities impact assessment mentioned in this section of the document.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
I refer the Hon. Member to the published letter to ministers relating to PSED assessments, and to the Accounting Officer assessment available online. Further announcements and publications will be set out in the usual way.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the decision-making process and criteria by which unsuccessful bids for the second round of the Levelling Up Fund were awarded funding in the Spring Budget 2023 in the context of re-focusing departmental budgets.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
I refer the Hon member to AO assessments published online.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the 12 Investment Zones announced in the Spring Budget 2023 on UK economic growth.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
Further to the announcement set out at the Autumn Statement, the Hon Member can find further information in the published Written Ministerial Statement, as well as the Investment Zones Policy Offer and Methodology Note.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Spring Budget 2023, HC1183, published on 15 March 2023, whether expressions of interest for investment zones submitted in 2022 will be used to decide where the new investment zones will be located.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
Further to the announcement set out at the Autumn Statement, the Hon Member can find further information in the published Written Ministerial Statement, as well as the Investment Zones Policy Offer and Methodology Note.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to page 245 of the paper entitled Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23: Supplementary Estimates, for what reason £830,166,000 was returned to HM Treasury in respect of the Capital Grant Budget; and which programmes were affected by the return of this money.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
In line with usual practice, some of the department’s budgets were reprofiled into future financial years to reflect latest delivery plans, while some was surrendered to HM Treasury in accordance with longstanding ringfence agreements. These have impacted a range of programmes, including the following: Building Safety Fund; Help to Buy Scheme; Levelling Up Home Building Fund; Home Building Fund; and Affordable Homes Programme.
These are normal budget changes which reflect either demand or the latest delivery plan.
An explanatory memorandum which provides an explanation of the largest budget movements between the Mains Estimate and Supplementary Estimate has been shared with the Select Committee and was published on 28 February 2023 and is available at the following link. The 2023-24 Main Estimate memorandum will be published in accordance with the Parliamentary schedule, expected to be late-April / May. Spend information for all DLUHC grant funded programmes is published annually. The next publication is scheduled for 30 March 2023. Annual accounts will also be published in due course.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23, page 245, for what reason £249,000,000 was reprofiled from 2022-23 into 2024-25; and if he will list which programmes were affected by that reprofiling.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
In line with usual practice, some of the department’s budgets were reprofiled into future financial years to reflect latest delivery plans, while some was surrendered to HM Treasury in accordance with longstanding ringfence agreements. These have impacted a range of programmes, including the following: Building Safety Fund; Help to Buy Scheme; Levelling Up Home Building Fund; Home Building Fund; and Affordable Homes Programme.
These are normal budget changes which reflect either demand or the latest delivery plan.
An explanatory memorandum which provides an explanation of the largest budget movements between the Mains Estimate and Supplementary Estimate has been shared with the Select Committee and was published on 28 February 2023 and is available at the following link. The 2023-24 Main Estimate memorandum will be published in accordance with the Parliamentary schedule, expected to be late-April / May. Spend information for all DLUHC grant funded programmes is published annually. The next publication is scheduled for 30 March 2023. Annual accounts will also be published in due course.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23, page 245, for what reason £1,197,036,000 was surrendered to HM Treasury in respect of the Capital Financial Transactions Budget; and if he will list which programmes were affected by the surrender of this money.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
In line with usual practice, some of the department’s budgets were reprofiled into future financial years to reflect latest delivery plans, while some was surrendered to HM Treasury in accordance with longstanding ringfence agreements. These have impacted a range of programmes, including the following: Building Safety Fund; Help to Buy Scheme; Levelling Up Home Building Fund; Home Building Fund; and Affordable Homes Programme.
These are normal budget changes which reflect either demand or the latest delivery plan.
An explanatory memorandum which provides an explanation of the largest budget movements between the Mains Estimate and Supplementary Estimate has been shared with the Select Committee and was published on 28 February 2023 and is available at the following link. The 2023-24 Main Estimate memorandum will be published in accordance with the Parliamentary schedule, expected to be late-April / May. Spend information for all DLUHC grant funded programmes is published annually. The next publication is scheduled for 30 March 2023. Annual accounts will also be published in due course.
Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23, page 245, for what reason £492,999,000 was reprofiled from 2022-23 into 2023-24; and if he will list which programmes were affected by the reprofiling of this money.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
In line with usual practice, some of the department’s budgets were reprofiled into future financial years to reflect latest delivery plans, while some was surrendered to HM Treasury in accordance with longstanding ringfence agreements. These have impacted a range of programmes, including the following: Building Safety Fund; Help to Buy Scheme; Levelling Up Home Building Fund; Home Building Fund; and Affordable Homes Programme.
These are normal budget changes which reflect either demand or the latest delivery plan.
An explanatory memorandum which provides an explanation of the largest budget movements between the Mains Estimate and Supplementary Estimate has been shared with the Select Committee and was published on 28 February 2023 and is available at the following link. The 2023-24 Main Estimate memorandum will be published in accordance with the Parliamentary schedule, expected to be late-April / May. Spend information for all DLUHC grant funded programmes is published annually. The next publication is scheduled for 30 March 2023. Annual accounts will also be published in due course.