§ Mr. Allan Robertsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to extend monitoring of the assured tenancy scheme to include questions concerning the renewal and termination of assured tenancies.
§ Mr. John PattenI propose to include these questions in the next monitoring exercise.
§ Mr. Allan Robertsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will place in the Library a copy of the information, as at 1 April 1986, requested by his Department from approved bodies under the assured tenancy scheme, covering, for each named body (a) the number and geographical location of dwellings let, (b) the number and geographical location of dwellings under construction, (c) the number and geographical location of dwellings planned, (d) the rent levels of each letting, (e) the address of each approved body, and (f) in each case, under (a) to (e) above, whether the approved body is a financial institution, a building/construction company, a property investment company, a non-incorporated partnership or a housing association.
§ Mr. John PattenMy Department has prepared a report on the assured tenancies monitoring exercise carried out earlier this year. Copies are being placed in the Library.
§ Mr. Allan Robertsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list, by bands of expenditure, the amounts required to bring privately-owned vacant dwelling houses up to a basic standard of fitness for (a) Greater London, (b) the rest of England, and (c) England as a whole; and how he has taken or will take these amounts into consideration when determining the prescribed amounts applicable to qualifying works under the assured tenancy proposals in the Housing and Planning Bill.
§ Mr. John PattenI regret that information is not available in the form requested by the hon. Member.
§ Mr. Allan Robertsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will publish the basis on which he will determine the prescribed amounts for qualifying works under the assured tenancy proposals in the Housing and Planning Bill.
§ Mr. John PattenI propose to consult publicly before reaching a view on the prescribed amount.
§ Mr. Allan Robertsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those bodies which have expressed an interest to his Department concerning an extension of the assured tenancy scheme to improved, repaired or converted dwelling houses; which of these bodies are already approved bodies under the existing 461W scheme; and if he will indicate for each body whether the interest shown concerns dwelling houses (a) at present in the ownership of a local housing authority (b) at present privately owned but which at some point have been owned by a local housing authority, or (c) in long-term private ownership.
§ Mr. John PattenA substantial number of bodies, including building societies and landlords already approved under the assured tenancy scheme, have expressed general interest in our proposals to extend the scope of the scheme.