Tag: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville on 2015-10-22.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they had with council leaders about their proposals to fund the extension of right to buy to housing association tenants through the sale of council assets.

Baroness Williams of Trafford

Ministers and senior officials have engaged widely with local authorities and other key stakeholders regarding the planned sale of high value vacant council housing, and this engagement is continuing.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville on 2015-10-20.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the National Federation of Housing and the Local Government Association regarding funding the right to buy for housing association tenants.

Baroness Williams of Trafford

The Government regularly meets the National Housing Federation and Local Government Association to talk about a number of issues.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville on 2015-10-20.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the average right to buy discount is expected to be for housing association tenants outside London; and whether they will break this data down by local authority area.

Baroness Williams of Trafford

Working with the National Housing Federation, the Government has secured an historic agreement with housing associations to give their tenants the opportunity to buy their home with Right to Buy discounts equivalent to those enjoyed by Council tenants, up to a maximum discount of 70% of market value, or £77,900 (£103,900 in London), whichever is lower. This will deliver the manifesto commitment to extend the benefits of Right to Buy to 1.3 million housing association tenants.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville on 2015-10-20.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what the cost of the right to buy discount for housing association tenants is expected to be each year until 2020; what assessment was carried out on the projected costs of discounts; and whether they will place any such research in the Library of the House.

Baroness Williams of Trafford

The Government has been clear that the sale of high value vacant council housing will pay for the cost of compensating housing associations for the discount, so the Right to Buy will be cost neutral.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville on 2015-10-19.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many housing association tenants are expected to buy their home under the Right to Buy scheme by (1) 2020 and (2) 2025; and whether they will place research on this topic in the Library of the House.

Baroness Williams of Trafford

Working with the National Housing Federation, the Government has secured an agreement with housing associations to give their tenants the opportunity to buy their home with an equivalent discount to the Right to Buy. This will deliver the manifesto commitment to extend the benefits of Right to Buy to 1.3 million tenants.

More details will be announced in due course.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville on 2015-10-19.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government for each local authority area what they expect to be the average discount from the Right to Buy scheme for housing association tenants in London.

Baroness Williams of Trafford

Working with the National Housing Federation, the Government has secured an historic agreement with housing associations to give their tenants the opportunity to buy their home with Right to Buy discounts equivalent to those enjoyed by Council tenants, up to a maximum discount of 70% of market value, or £77,900 (£103,900 in London), whichever is lower. This will deliver the manifesto commitment to extend the benefits of Right to Buy to 1.3 million housing association tenants.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville on 2015-10-19.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many homes sold under the Right to Buy scheme since 2000 have been replaced; and whether they will place the figures for each year since 2000 in the Library of the House.

Baroness Williams of Trafford

In 2012, the Coalition Government reinvigorated the Right to Buy scheme, increasing maximum discounts to realistic levels and for the first time ever, introduced a requirement to replace every additional sale nationally with a replacement property.

In the first year (2012/13) following the reinvigoration of Right to Buy by the last Government, there were 3,054 additional homes sold. By the end of Q1 2015/16 there were 3,644 new starts and acquisitions. Councils have three years to replace the additional homes sold.

Right to Buy sales by Local Authority (Table 691) and Local Authority starts and acquisitions (Table 693) can be accessed at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales

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The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville on 2015-10-22.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many housing association tenants they estimate will be able to afford to buy their own home under right to buy in the first year of the scheme; and how many they expect will buy their home in each year to 2020.

Baroness Williams of Trafford

I refer the Noble Baroness to the answer I gave her on 28 October, PQ HL2737

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville on 2015-10-22.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what research they have undertaken or commissioned on the take-up of the extension of the right to buy to housing association tenants in all parliamentary constituencies and housing authority areas in England.

Baroness Williams of Trafford

I refer the Noble Baroness to the answer I gave her on 28 October, PQ HL2737