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Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many tenants have received a voluntary purchase grant in (a) England and (b) London in each year since its introduction. - Inc table.

Asked by

John Austin (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

19 October 1999

Reference

94347; 336 c488W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

How many tenants have received a voluntary purchase grant.

Asked by

John Austin (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 February 1997

Reference

15166; 290 c81W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

Statement on what the outcome of the consultation exercise on proposed rural exemptions from the purchase grant scheme for housing association tenants is. - Includes figures.

Asked by

John Sykes (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

28 November 1996

Answered on

28 November 1996

Mr. Sykes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what the outcome of the consultation exercise on proposed rural exemptions from the purchase grant scheme for housing association tenants is; and if he will make a statement. [7028] Mr. Curry: In last year's rural White Paper, we announced plans to exclude small rural villages from the new purchase grant scheme for housing association tenants, using a population guideline of 3,000 people. This intention was confirmed in the debates on the Housing Bill. Some 20,000 settlements meeting this criterion were identified, and since June, we have been consulting local authorities, housing associations, rural groups and others on detailed proposed designations for every county and area of England. We indicated that we would also be prepared to consider special cases for the exclusion of other settlements above the guideline population. We have had over 350 replies raising over 800 queries about the detail of the designations. Each query has been carefully considered. As a result, over 270 settlements with a population of under 3,000 have been added to the proposed exclusions, and my Department has replied to each such query individually. In addition, around 200 of the queries concerned settlements where the population exceeded 3,000 but where a special case was made about the settlement concerned. I have accepted the cases made for Benson in Oxfordshire, and Bassingbourne cum Kneesworth and Waterbeach in Cambridgeshire where the villages are adjacent to military bases, and their combined population figures are misleading. Each special case was considered carefully, and my Department also gave a group of settlements with populations close to the 3,000 guideline a further opportunity to make a fuller case for exemption. Of these, I have accepted that Porthleven in Cornwall and Bromyard in Hereford and Worcester should be exempted because they have identified that there would be particular difficulty in providing replacement properties in these settlements. I hope to be able to lay the orders making rural designations before both Houses in the new year. My hon. Friend the Minister with responsibility for housing in Wales has also consulted on a different approach to be used in Wales, and announced the outcome on 24 July 1996.

Date

28 November 1996

Reference

7028; 286 c331-2W;286 c331W

House

House of Commons

Ferrers, Earl

Statement on outcome of the consultation exercise on proposed rural exemptions from the purchase grant scheme for housing association tenants.

Asked by

Lord Brabazon of Tara (Conservative)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 November 1996

Reference

576 c24-5WA

House

House of Lords

Dept of the Environment

If he will set out the basis for the proposed population threshold to be used as the main criterion in defining a rural area for the purposes of the rural exemption for housing association tenants from the purchase grant scheme.

Asked by

Elliot Morley (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

20 November 1996

Answered on

20 November 1996

Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will set out the basis for the proposed population threshold to be used as the main criterion in defining a rural area for the purposes of the rural exemption for housing association tenants from the purchase grant scheme; and if he will make a statement. [5010] Mr. Clappison: The new purchase grant scheme will allow more housing association tenants the choice of buying their own home at a discount funded by a Government grant. Landlords will receive the full market value of any property sold under the scheme, and will have to set aside sale proceeds to provide replacement properties to help other families in need. We announced in last year's rural White Paper our proposal to exclude small rural villages from the scheme. The aim of the rural exemption is to protect the supply of social housing in small rural villages where there would be a particular difficulty in securing replacement homes. In larger towns there is greater scope for a replacement home to be provided either through development or the purchase of existing properties. We have consulted on the detailed proposed designations for every county and area of England using a population guideline of 3,000 people. We believe that this identifies those small settlements that need to be protected, and it is consistent with the approach of our rural housing programmes. We indicated that we would consider cases referred to us where a settlement's population exceeded 3,000, but we would want to establish that there was a special reason why the settlement concerned faced similar problems to smaller settlements in replacing homes sold. We expect to announce the outcome of the consultation exercise shortly. Mr right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales has also consulted on a different approach to be used in Wales.

Date

20 November 1996

Reference

5010; 285 c551-2W;285 c553-4W

House

House of Commons

Welsh Office

Statement on the consultation exercise undertaken on his proposals for exempting rural areas in Wales from the purchase grant scheme for housing association tenants. - Inc fact that a list of respondents to the consultation paper has been placed in the Library.

Asked by

Lord Roberts of Conwy (Conservative)

Answering body

Welsh Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 July 1996

Reference

39635; 282 c378-9W;282 c386-7W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

Statement on when he intends to consult on detailed proposals covering the remaining counties of England to exempt small rural settlements from the purchase grant scheme. - Inc fact we have today issued a supplement to those papers, which gives detailed proposals for the final 15 countries (in Lib DEP/3...

Asked by

Lord Jopling

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 June 1996

Reference

35271; 280 c223W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

When the Consultation Paper on proposed rural exemptions from the Purchase Grant Scheme for Housing Association Tenants was subject to an environmental appraisal using the guidance contained in Policy Appraisal and the Environment; if he will publish the appraisal; what alternative courses of action from those set out in the...

Asked by

Joan Ruddock (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 May 1996

Reference

29499; 277 c556-7W;277 c556W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

Statement on when he intends to consult on detailed proposals covering the remaining counties of England to exempt small rural settlements from the purchase grant scheme; and when he intends to consult on detailed proposals covering the remaining counties of England to exempt small rural settlements from the purchase grant...

Asked by

Piers Merchant (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 May 1996

Reference

277 c199W; 28956;29183

House

House of Commons

Housing Bill 1995/96

Housing Bill. Committee stage fifth sitting (morning). Order of consideration motion agreed to. Clauses 27 to 40, 49 to 61 agreed to some with amendments. Schedules 2 and 3 as amended, agreed to. New clauses considered.

Type

Public Bill Committee proceedings; Debates on bills

Date

15 February 1996

Reference

SCG

House

House of Commons

Housing Bill 1995/96

Housing Bill. Committee stage third sitting. Clauses 8 to 14 agreed to. Clause 15 as amended under consideration.

Type

Debates on bills; Public Bill Committee proceedings

Date

13 February 1996

Reference

SCG

House

House of Commons

Housing Bill 1995/96

Housing Bill. Committee stage fourth sitting (afternoon). Clauses 15 to 22 and 26 agreed to. Clauses 23 to 25 disagreed to. Clause 27 under consideration.

Type

Debates on bills; Public Bill Committee proceedings

Date

13 February 1996

Reference

SCG

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment

Statement on the results of the consultation exercise on the Government's proposals in respect of right to buy and purchase grants for tenants of housing associations and independent social landlords. - List of responses to the consultation paper in the Library (DEP/3 2623).

Asked by

Bob Dunn (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of the Environment

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

For answer on

15 January 1996

Answered on

15 January 1996

Mr. Dunn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on the results of the consultation exercise on the Government's proposals in respect of right-to-buy and purchase grants for tenants of housing associations and independent social landlords. [9698] Mr. Curry: Following the publication of the housing White Paper, "Our Future Homes", over 3,000 copies of the consultation paper on purchase grants for housing association tenants were sent out to interested parties, and 341 responses have been received. I have carefully considered the views of many housing associations that future HAG-funded properties should not be subject to the new right to buy. But the Government continue to believe that tenants ought to have this new right, and provision for this will appear in the forthcoming Housing Bill. I have, however, decided to make a number of changes to the schemes as originally proposed in the light of the responses received. These changes are: the exemption from the schemes of properties in all rural communities of less than 3,000 population, because of the particular difficulties in providing replacement properties; replacement properties need not be new-build, but could be either rehabilitated existing stock or bought on the open market if this represents the best value for money; associations will be allowed to offer tenants alternative properties from their stock, for which purchase grant will be available; Housing Association grant repayment may be waived on all receipts from sales to tenants on condition that they go into the ring-fenced fund to provide replacement properties; Large-scale voluntary transfer associations will be treated in the same way as other associations--that is they will not have to bear the burden of grant themselves, as originally proposed; in the statutory scheme, associations--and other independent social landlords--will not be required to sell properties where the outstanding private sector debt is greater than the market value; in the voluntary scheme, participating associations will not be required to sell where: the property was built entirely by private donation or funds; properties are subject to restrictive legal covenants or agreements; the costs of acquisition and improvement (but not repair), or the outstanding private loan debt on the property, are greater than the market value. I have deposited a list of responses to the consultation paper in the Libraries of both Houses, and copies of individual responses are available through them.

Date

15 January 1996

Reference

9698; 269 c369W;269 c368W

House

House of Commons

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