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51 records in UK in 2019
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many complaints have been received by his Department on (a) building defects and (b) fire safety issues relating to developments built by Redrow Homes in each of the last fiv
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to enable tenants of Housing Associations in England to have a Right to Buy; and if he will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take as a result of the investigation into Persimmon homes which found thousands of homes did not comply with building regulations on fire safety.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many (a) council houses and (b) housing association houses have been built in each of the last 10 years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many (a) council houses and (b) housing association homes have been built in York in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to introduce a right to shared ownership for housing association tenants; and what assessment he has made of the potential effect of such proposals
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2019
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they take, and intend to take, to encourage private housebuilders to preserve existing trees and plants in English cities during construction.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will undertake an assessment of fire safety in blocks of student accommodation owned by private providers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether her Department will match the £2,860 in funding per household in social housing to improve energy efficiency for people on low-incomes who own their own homes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) unexpected deaths and (b) serious injuries there have been in supported living in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to protect social housing tenants from unreasonable service charges levied by social landlords.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the maximum limit is on service charges that can be passed on to tenants by social housing landlords.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of planning permissions granted that were for affordable housing units in England in the last 12 months for which figures are availabl
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of affordable housing units were built by (a) housing associations and (b) private developers in England in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of all planning permissions granted for affordable housing units were subject to a contribution in lieu in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of affordable housing units built in England in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of staff in his Department in receipt of each category of Honour in (a) December 2018 and (b) June 2019 were (i) from ethnic minority backgrounds and (ii) female
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2019
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average house price is in each parliamentary constituency in the most recent period for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, who is responsible for digitisation in his Department; and what mechanisms the person with responsibility for digitisation uses to champion digitisation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an (a) estimate of the cost to the public purse of restoring local housing allowance to cover the cheapest third of local rents over three years, (b) assessment of the potential effect
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2019
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking in response to the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in J.D and A v. the United Kingdom that the under-occupation reduction of housing benefit or the ‘bedroom tax’ unlawfully discrimi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure that new housing developments have a broadband connection.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2019
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of (1) the absence of social housing grants, and (2) the rise in interest rates on HM Treasury loans to local authorities, on the provision of new housing by local authorities.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018, what recent estimate he has made of the total number of households in the UK that are resident in homes which
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the 2 July 2019 research, Cover the cost: restoring local housing allowance rates to prevent homelessness, commissioned by Crisis on 2 July 2019, if her Department will undertake a cos
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to mark International Men's Day on 19 November 2019.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make it easier for tenants in rented accommodated to have pets.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to create a new consumer regulator for social housing with powers for monitoring and enforcement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment criteria were used to determine the distribution of the £38 million fund supporting modular construction; whether the assessment criteria and associated weighting
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 October 2019
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to exempt homeowners seeking to sell a property but who are unable to do so until unsafe cladding has been removed from the 3 per cent second home surcharge on the purchase of another p
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to staff the Departmental Operations Centre in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment she has made of the affordability of the housing market in Scotland for families in receipt of benefits.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 October 2019
A Bill to amend the Housing Act 1988 to abolish assured shorthold tenancies; to extend the grounds upon which landlords of residential housing may recover possession; and for connected purposes
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of staff his Department will need to work on a (a) two and (b) three shift pattern to staff the Departmental Operations Centre in the even
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department have been internally reassigned to preparations for the UK leaving the EU from oversight of local plans (a) in th
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of homes that will be built in each of the next five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure new build homes are built according to electrical and fire safety requirements.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to ensure developers comply with fire and electrical safety requirements for new build homes.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the total staffing costs of (a) two and (b) three shift patterns of working by staff in his Department for a three month period.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has conducted a risk assessment for (a) Departmental staff and (b) the Department of shift working patterns.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for (a) two and (b) three shift patterns of working for staff in his Department in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Departmental workstreams have ceased or are planned to cease as a result of Departmental staff being allocated to work on preparations for the UK leaving the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of his staff, by grade, who volunteered for shift working at the Departmental Operations Centre have been rejected because the Department needs to retain them in their c
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff, by grade, have volunteered for shift working in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance the Department has issued to managers to ensure that selection of staff for normal hours day time working in the Departmental Operations Centre is conducted fairly
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of his staff, by grade, that have not volunteered for shift working in the Departmental Operations Centre in the event of the UK leaving the EU without a deal have (a) b
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she will make an assessment of the potential merits of permitting the direct payment of housing costs to landlords prior to eight weeks of arrears being built up, by giving all tenants the optio
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what equality impact assessment his Department has undertaken on the selection of staff for normal hours day time working in the Departmental Operations Centre on the UK leaving
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will meet Wycombe social housing providers to discuss the effect of abolishing section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 on innovative housing providers in the Wycombe constituenc
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 October 2019
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has received representations on mortgage lenders and building insurers requiring additional information due to Government Advice Note 14 on external wall s