{"value":{"id":64604,"askingMemberId":4282,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2014-06-30T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2014-07-14T00:00:00","uin":"HL687","questionText":"To ask Her Majesty's Government what they are doing to promote housebuilding.","answeringBodyId":7,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Communities and Local Government","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4205,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2014-07-09T00:00:00","answerText":"<p> </p><p>This Government has delivered over 445,000 new homes since 2010 and housing starts in the past year are up 31 per cent and the highest since 2007. I refer the noble Lord to my comprehensive Written Ministerial Statement of 10 June 2014, <em>Official Report,</em> Col. WS40, which details the measures that this Government is taking to promote housebuilding and increase housing supply across the country.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to these measures, we are creating new dedicated Housing Zones to support housing development on brownfield sites in London and across the country. £200 million investment each from the government and the Mayor of London will create 50,000 new homes in twenty Housing Zones across London, and a further £200 million of government money will create ten Housing Zones outside London.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Housing: Construction","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/64604","method":"GET"}]}