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351 records in UK in 2014
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many housing starts there were in 2013-14; and what recent forecast he has made of the likely number of housing starts in 2014-15.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effects of the introduction of the under-occupancy penalty on (a) the total housing benefit bill, (b) overcrowding, (c) homelessness and (d) housing mobility.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was spent on housing benefit in (a) Cannock Chase and (b) Staffordshire in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of the respondents to his Department's Review of Property conditions in the Private Rented Sector issued in February 2014 supported the mandatory installation
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) sites and (b) homes where building is yet to start which have full planning permission.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2014
A Bill to exempt social housing tenants who claim Disability Living Allowance or who have occupied a property for at least six months or who have not been offered alternative accommodation, from the size criteria provisions of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, the Housing Benefit (persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 and the Universal Credit 2013 Regulations; and for connected purposes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2014
A Bill to place a duty on local authorities to keep a register of individuals and community groups who have expressed an interest in acquiring land to bring forward self-build and custom-build projects and to take account of and make provision for the interests of those on such registers in developing their housing initiatives and their local plans; to allow volume house builders to include self-build and custom-build projects as contributing towards their affordable housing obligations, when in partnership for this purpose with a Registered Social Landlord; and for connected purposes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 July 2014
A Bill to make provision about the availability of affordable homes; and for connected purposes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the number of landlords who have upgraded the energy efficiency of their properties to EPC rating E or higher in line with the Energy Act 2011 since the
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate his Department has made of the average annual saving to a household's energy bill from a (a) condensing gas boiler, (b) cavity wall insulation, (c) loft insulation, (d) solid wall
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what consumer research his Department has commissioned on (a) the Green Deal and (b) the Energy Company Obligation since 2013.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Statistical Bulletin 6.02 on Accommodation will be published by the end of July 2014.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to Lancaster City Council's Local Plan for Lancaster District 2011-2031: Strategic Options for Land Allocations, what assessment his Department has made of the logistics of
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what financial support his Department has planned to allocate to (a) the Green Deal and (b) other domestic energy efficiency programmes for expenditure in (i) 2014-15, (ii) 2015-16, (iii) 2016-1
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 July 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what financial support his Department allocated to (a) the Green Deal and (b) other domestic energy efficiency programmes in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii) 2013-14.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 June 2014
To ask Her Majesty's Government what they are doing to promote housebuilding.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many councils in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland funded discretionary housing payments beyond the funds allocated to them by his Department in (i) 2013-14 and (ii) 2014-15.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2014, Official Report, column 578W, on rent, what his policy is on developing rent review clauses which are index-linked to inflation in a model for long
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish a new model tenancy agreement for tenants and landlords in the private rented sector.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the number of cases of a local authority paying a landlord directly because a tenant who receives universal credit was more than eight weeks behind on rent payments; and what steps h
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of rent arrears in social housing.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether a local planning authority which rejects a housing development application which is subsequently approved on appeal by the Planning Inspectorate are still eligible for the New Hom
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of universal credit on landlords who have claimants as tenants; what the results were of the direct payment demonstration projects on the effect of paying housi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes have been built in Harlow constituency in each of the last 15 years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes have been built in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) each borough in Nottinghamshire in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many houses were built in each local authority area in the Thames Gateway in the last 15 years for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his estimate is of the number of houses that could be built according to maximum local authority allocations on brownfield sites in each local authority in the Thames Gateway in each
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department will bring forward secondary regulations on minimum standards of energy efficiency in the private rented sector under section 43 of the Energy Act 2011.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when his Department will start a public consultation on the regulations on minimum standards of efficiency in the private rental sector and section 43 of the Energy Act 2011.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland are off the mains gas grid.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many properties were connected to the gas distribution network in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of off-grid households in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland are located within 500 metres of the gas grid.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 June 2014
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they define affordable housing in terms of (1) maximum proportion of after-tax income of those on average earnings needed to pay rent, and (2) multiple of gross income needed to buy a house.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that newly built residential properties have access to telephone and internet services.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the efficacy of the published acceptable limits for formaldehyde in the air within a domestic dwelling.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households with a below-average income have received support for comprehensive insulation of their homes in the last year.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 June 2014
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many households have been formed and how many housing units have been built in England in each of the last 10 years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the number of households with children in the private rented sector in England.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the extension of the shared accommodation rate to people under the age of 35 years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the proportion of housing benefit claims processed within (a) 10, (b) 20, (c) 30, (d) 40, (e) 60 and (f) more than 60 working days.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 June 2014
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much Discretionary Housing Payment funding made available to local authorities in 2013–14 was unspent and returned to the Department for Work and Pensions at the end of the year.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 June 2014
To ask Her Majesty's Government which local authorities received additional Discretionary Housing Payment funding from the extra £20 million announced in October 2013; and how much was made available in each case.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 June 2014
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of their stated intention of building more houses, what is their assessment of the availability of skilled personnel to carry out the building work necessary; and what measures they are taking to train suffici
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 June 2014
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of their stated intention of building more houses, what is their assessment of the ability of the United Kingdom building supplies industry to provide bricks, timber and other materials; and what measures they
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities in Wales applied for additional financial assistance to cover discretionary housing payments in 2013-14; and what assistance such local authorities received.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many local authorities in (a) Wales and (b) the UK returned unused discretionary housing payment to his Department in 2013-14.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much each local authority in (a) Wales and (b) the UK returned to his Department in unused discretionary housing payment funding in 2013-14.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households in (a) Washington and Sunderland West constituency, (b) the Sunderland local authority area and (c) the North East region are paying the under-occupancy penalty; and how many of thos
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2014 to the hon. Member for Bradford East, Official Report, columns 222-3W, on private rented housing, when he intends to publish a new model tenancy agr
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average annual amount of under-occupancy penalty is paid by households in (a) Washington and Sunderland West constituency, (b) the Sunderland local authority area and (c) the North East region.