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101 records in UK in 2015
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will expand the Targeted Affordability Fund to assist with changes to housing benefit in the social sector announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations which had planned, prior to the announcement in paragraph 1.125 of the Spending R
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent steps his Department has taken to help councils to house refugees.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 1.126 of Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what funding for Discretionary Housing Payments he plans to provide to local authorities in addition to that announced in
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she plans to take to improve home energy efficiency.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what targets the Government has set for improving the energy efficiency of low-income homes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations that have charged rents in excess of local housing allowance rates in each of the last six years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) social and (b) affordable housing tenants in receipt of housing benefit who have paid rents in excess of local housing allowance rates in each of the last
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of homes for (a) social and (b) affordable rent which are let at rents at or below the shared accommodation rate of the local housing allowance in each region in
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) social and (b) affordable housing tenants who will be affected by planned caps on housing benefit in the social sector in (i) 2018-19, (ii) 2019-20 and (ii
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect of capping housing benefit for social tenant at the relevant Local Housing Allowance rate on the incomes of the tenants affected.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many adults under 21 years old in Dundee will be affected by changes to housing benefit.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed reduction in the maximum length of time for which housing benefit is payable for tenants travelling overseas on claimants required by their empl
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what exemptions he plans to put in place to protect vulnerable households from restrictions to housing benefit in the social sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of capping housing benefit for social tenants at the relevant Local Housing Allowance rate on social housing supply.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of restricting housing benefit entitlement for single social tenants under the age of 35 to the Shared Accommodation Rate of the relevant Local Housing Allowanc
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many single people under the age of 35 with no dependent children are registered on waiting lists for social housing.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of housing wealth to supporting the income of pensioners.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the amount of funding will be for the Starter Homes Local Authority Funding Programme in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what protections she plans to put in place for landlords who, unwittingly and after carrying out reasonable checks, allow an illegal immigrant to rent their property.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 1.125 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, whether the cap on housing benefit for single claimants under 35 will apply to those in receipt of disability benefits
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to paragraph 1.125 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what estimate he has made of the number of single claimants under 35 without dependent children living in social housi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 December 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the comments by the Minister of State for Housing and Planning, Brandon Lewis, what assessment they have made of what matters people should take into account when making the judgment call of whether to live in L
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on New Home Bonuses for district and borough councils; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his estimate is of the amount of New Home Bonuses to be granted to (a) East Northants Council, (b) the Borough Council of Wellingborough, (c) Northamptonshire County Council and (d)
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local housing allowance rates were subject to the overall caps rates for the relevant property size in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of freezing local housing allowance on working families in privately-rented accommodation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local housing allowance rates were set (a) at the 30th percentile, (b) within five per cent of the 30th percentile, (c) between five per cent and 10 per cent of the 30th percentile and (d) more
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will take steps to develop and fund a new home energy efficiency programme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the phasing out of Revenue Support Grant to local authorities includes, or otherwise affects, the New Homes Bonus.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of people in the social housing sector in Scotland will be affected by changes to the levels of housing benefit; and what the cost of such changes will be to the average household in Sco
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the reductions in housing benefit announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 on claimants who receive housing benefit for housing that has be
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of social rented homes that will be completed in (a) 2015-16 and (b) each of the succeeding four years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding the Government plans to make available (a) to housing associations, (b) to local authorities and (c) in total in each of the next four years to build social rented housin
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new social rented homes he plans will be funded by the resources identified for housing in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes of each type of tenure he plans will be funded by measures announced in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the benefits to the construction industry of rectifying the six calculation errors made in the home energy efficiency calculation software known as SAP referred t
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will take action to correct the six calculation errors made in the home energy efficiency calculation software known as SAP referred to in the letter to the Prime Minister from BDP Limite
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues on the six calculation errors made in the home energy efficiency calculation software known as SAP referred to in the letter to the Prime
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help increase the number of disabled people who own their own home.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following their failure to notify Tower Hamlets Council that Housing Benefit claimants had been migrated to Universal Credit, how many claimants have been overpaid Housing Benefit by that Council, and what action has been
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the £150 million funding made available for the regeneration of local authority housing estates has been made available to each of the successful schemes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken in response to the Homes and Communities Agency's decision to downgrade Circle Housing Group's governance rating from G1 to G3 following its failure to manage properly its Repair and Maintenance
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, from what date his Department has been advertising the Right to Buy scheme for housing association tenants; and how much has been spent on (a) television, (b) radio, (c) print and (d) soc
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps she is taking to ensure companies that install solar panels on homes are insured for that installation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for each of the last five years, how many planning appeals were made against local authority decisions on major housing schemes; what was the average time taken by the Planning Inspectorate to deal with those appeals; how
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage zero carbon housing.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2015
A Bill to make provision about guidance to local authorities on when to take enforcement action for breaches of planning law; to clarify guidance on the scope of permitted development rights; to make provision about rights and entitlements, including of appeal, for people whose homes are affected by such breaches; to make provision for the inspection and regulation of building under the permitted development regime; to establish financial penalties for developers who breach planning law in certain circumstances; and for connected purposes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many sites granted planning permissions for residential development in each year from 2009 to 2015 were subsequently developed in accordance with the submitted plan.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many sites were available for residential development in each year from 2009 to 2015.