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51 records in UK in 2014
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the current model is for determining compensation for householders when pylons are erected near their properties; and what plans he has to review or modify that model.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Answer of 16 December 2014 to Question 218185, if he will undertake an assessment of (a) how many and (b) what proportion of tenants in the private rented sector have (i)
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many residential properties on brownfield land (a) in total and (b) as a proportion of all residential property sales were sold in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of energy efficient housing measures on residential air quality and associated illnesses.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who have been subject to the under occupancy penalty live in each (a) parliamentary constituency, (b) local authority area and (c) region and constituent part of t
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new dwellings were (a) started and (b) completed in (i) the private rented, (ii) local authority, (iii) owner-occupied and (iv) housing association sectors in each year since 201
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on rent levels in the private rented sector in each London borough in each year since 2010-11.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of private rented flats declared unfit for human habitation in each London borough in each year since 2010-11.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much and what proportion of annual expenditure on housing benefit is allocated to the costs of administering that benefit.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the (a) actual and (b) percentage change was in the number of (i) all households and (ii) working households in receipt of housing benefit in each English local authority area between April 2010 an
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much was paid in housing benefit in Vale of Clwyd constituency in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the role is of housing needs assessments within local plans.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has received on the effect of changes to rules regulating domestic extensions introduced in 2012.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department monitors the effect on local communities of domestic extensions under permitted development.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has for a successor scheme to the Affordable Homes Programme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to provide guidance for the protection of consumers on the practices of cash for property businesses so as to ensure that sellers are fully aware of the finan
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of planning changes implemented since 2010 allowing the construction of affordable homes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many houses have been built under the Government's proposal to replace every house sold under its right to buy arrangements; and how many houses have been sold under those arrangement
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to protect leaseholders charged with excessive charges for repairs levied before the new cap for council house repairs came into force in August 2014.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to create more affordable housing in London.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
New Homes Bonus allocations My Department is announcing today £1.2 billion of provisional New Homes Bonus funding for local authorities in England. The New Homes Bonus rewards the delivery of additional homes and is a powerful, simple and transparent in...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
My hon Friend the Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Brandon Lewis) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. New Homes Bonus allocations My Department is announcing today £1.2 billion of provisional New Homes Bonus funding for loca...
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what safeguards are in place to ensure that a person who loses their employment and support allowance as a result of a sanction will not also lose their housing benefit because of a misunderstanding by
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the time taken by BT Openreach to provide for the connection of new housing developments to telephone services.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
A Bill to make provision for the clarification and improvement of local planning procedures; to make provision in relation to housing supply; and for connected purposes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2014
That this House supports workers at the housing charity Shelter in defending their terms and conditions and the service they provide to clients struggling with bad housing and homelessness; condemns the cuts to pay of up to £5,000 a year already implemented for new staff and threatened for existing staff which primarily affect the lowest-paid frontline service staff; disputes that Shelter must cut pay in order to compete for contracts; notes that the ability of staff to offer an excellent service is Shelter's strongest competitive advantage; further notes that cuts to pay will undermine Shelter's ability to recruit and retain the best staff; and calls on the management of Shelter to withdraw the proposals to cut pay for staff.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's announcement on 30 January 2014 of a review into how more social homes can be built, when he plans to publish that review.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to publish (a) his Department's conclusions on the Review of Property Conditions in the Private Rented Sector and (b) the summary of the views expressed in response to tha
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with the Local Government Association on improving standards of (a) electrical and (b) gas safety in the private rented sector and on preventing fi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the conclusions of the Local Government Ombudsman's report entitled No Place Like Home, on the numbers of disabled peop
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2014 to Question 207598, when he will publish the response to the consultation on requirements for smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in the private
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the council tax forgone as a result of houses being purchased by Lancaster City Council for the Chatsworth Gardens project and remaining empty.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2014 to Question 216814, whether he plans to implement a further IT solution to ensure that local authorities have the information needed to suspend housing benefit
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate (a) how many and (b) what proportion of tenants in the private rented sector have (i) asked for and (ii) been granted the model agreement for a shorthold assured tenan
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds from his Department, including legal fees, have been paid by Lancaster City Council for the purchase of privately owned properties in the West End of Morecambe during the Chats
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what annual budget Lancaster City Council is provided by his Department for the maintenance and security of properties in the Chatsworth Gardens housing project.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of people affected by both the under-occupancy penalty and the introduction of council tax reduction schemes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to promote the take-up of the model agreement for a shorthold assured tenancy.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps he is taking to encourage the use of LED lighting in domestic properties.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes (a) for rent and (b) to buy have been built in Warrington in each year since 2009-10.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each ward in Warrington are subject to the under-occupancy penalty.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department will respond to the consultation on the Review of Property Conditions in the Private Rented Sector launched in February 2014.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of domestic fires in the private rented sector caused by electricity; and if he will make it his policy to introduce five-yearly e
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the annual number of domestic fires in England caused by (a) electrical misuse and (b) domestic electrical distribution faults.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what statistics his Department collates on the number of accidental dwelling fires (a) in the private rented sector, (b) in the social rented sector and (c) for owner occupiers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how his Department has determined the cost of housing benefit administration to local authorities in Scotland since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has provided to each local authority in Scotland for the administration of housing benefit for (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14, (e) 2014-15 and (f) 2015-16.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new housing starts there were in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley local authority area, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) the UK in each of the last four years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people who have been subject to the under-occupancy penalty at the latest date for which figures are available were identified as (a) white British and (b) from any other
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of people in private rented accommodation are (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic group.