Housing, Communities and Local Government

Questions answered by this department

• The first of the Nolan principles is selflessness—acting solely in the public interest—but, according to feedback from c
• 5. What assessment she has made of trends in the level of new housing in Chesterfield.
• I thank my hon. Friend for sharing that good news. Chesterfield borough council is keen to assist the Government by achi
• 3. What assessment she has made of the potential impact of reducing the value of thank you payments under the Homes for
• In coastal communities like mine, the issue is not the rate of house building, but the rate of affordable house building
• With the dropping of the thank you payment from £350 to £100 on 1 January, many hosts find that their costs are no longe
• I draw the attention of the House to my role as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group for volunteer rescue serv
• Despite concerns, Reform rushed through the appointment of Norfolk county council’s new CEO, Dennis Bacon. Thanks to Cou
• Kinver Business Solutions has secured more than £1 million in project management fees from Ashfield district council. It
• 2. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of the rate of house building.
• 4. What steps she is taking to ensure local authorities uphold the Nolan principles.
• Statistics are like bathing costumes: what they reveal is interesting, and what they conceal is absolutely vital. The st
• T1. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.
• The Minister clearly did not hear: I referred to the removal of councillors’ powers to make decisions on applications re
• 1. What discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the co-ordination of fire and search and rescue services.
• In an answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Dumfries and Galloway (John Cooper), the Minister said that there were “en
• Following the complex rescue of a lady at Aysgarth Falls earlier this year, I want to pay tribute to Swaledale mountain
• 8. What discussions her Department has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on improving access to suitable accommoda
• The Minister wants to talk about the OBR, so let us do that. Last week, the OBR was damning in its assessment of the via
• 13. What steps she is taking to support first time house buyers.
• I thank the Minister for the intervention that his Department has made with the rapid best-value assessment at Ashfield
• The increase in starts is welcome, but the Government’s package of reforms was designed to increase consents. The most r
• The independent Office for Budget Responsibility’s “Economic and fiscal outlook”, published alongside the Budget, says o
• The Minister will be aware of my campaign, which has the support of over 60 MPs, to shut down dodgy shops. I am aware th
• Dudley high street has enormous potential to thrive and prosper once again, yet years of inaction from the Conservative-
• 15. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of funding for local authorities in rural areas.
• 22. What steps she is taking to reform the leasehold sector.
• I thank the Minister for his answer and for the funding in Monmouthshire. Construction is beginning at Caldicot skate pa
• I have over half a dozen park home estates in my constituency, so I welcome the fact that the Minister and the Governmen
• In a statement issued by the Department last month, we were told that this money, which has been spent on partisan polit
• Following this summer’s wildfires, we saw that the devolution of fire policy was no barrier to mutual aid co-operation b
• Earlier this year, Liberal Democrat-run Three Rivers district council put in a notice for an article 4 direction. Howeve
• Summer was a difficult time for Nottinghamshire fire service; it battled with wildfires and a lot of heat-related incide
• Two brave Eastbourne families are fighting for improved regulation of supported accommodation, after their respective re
• In Liverpool Wavertree, research by Crisis and Zoopla shows just 3% of homes for private rent are affordable for people
• The Housing Minister promised me in January that we would see protection from fleecehold exploitation in this Parliament
• In rural Cumbria, those without a car struggle to access education and jobs, which is why families on the lowest incomes
• 16. What steps she is taking to support tenants in the private rented sector.
• This year alone West Yorkshire trading standards has raided 20 premises in Keighley, seizing illegal and counterfeit goo
• The Prime Minister has made it clear that Labour councils should end their power-sharing agreements with local Green par
• Tudor Rose Park in Peacehaven is a park home with 107 residents. Many are elderly and vulnerable; all have suffered year
• I thank the Minister for his answer. Residents in Wednesbury and Tipton are absolutely sick of family homes being turned
• Many communities, including those in my constituency, are concerned about the concentration of HMOs. There is a percepti
• HMOs are the only way many young people can afford to rent, but their unregulated growth leads to the loss of family hom
• Shropshire council is in receipt of exceptional financial support following 16 years of disastrous Conservative mismanag
• I thank the Minister for her answer; she probably knows what my question is going to be. Veterans across this United Kin
• 10. What steps she is taking to help regenerate Dudley high street.
• I recently met constituents in Grayshott and Haslemere who face poor communication from managing agents, with little tra
• 11. What assessment she has made of the adequacy of powers available to councils to stop the opening of vape and barber
• 6. If her Department will take steps to improve protections for renters and owners of park homes.