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	registered interest
	date	28/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Second Homes: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to restrict the sale of social housing for use as a second home.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
	uin	900437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Councils can make decisions to put covenants on properties sold through Right to Buy to prevent them being used as holiday lets, and in Designated Rural Areas homes can only be resold to a local person.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 04/12/2023 15:41:12 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
	tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1677926

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2023
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Countryside: Access
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many officials in his Department work on access to nature; and what the full-time equivalent of those officials is.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
	uin	6789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government’s role in policy on access to nature and open and green spaces spans planning policy, levelling up funding and communities policy. Staff in the department often work across a range of policy areas which may include work on access to nature and therefore it is not possible to specify exact numbers.</p><p>The Department publishes an organogram showing all staff roles at the following <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/45526f3f-5ddb-4cf8-881d-fc403333876b/organogram-of-staff-roles-salaries&amp;data=05|02|PS.Advisers@levellingup.gov.uk|020ccececf0f4eaa097208dc00a18f9a|bf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8|0|0|638385941094219963|Unknown|TWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0=|3000|||&amp;sdata=uew0lOKbONGcsxPD/yB7c6asQLZNPmfRRA9BcrH90m4=&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">link</a>.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 20/12/2023 15:30:28 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
	tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1700322

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Suffolk
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the availability of homes in Suffolk.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
	uin	21032
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We are taking significant steps to address the challenges to increasing housing supply around the country, including in Suffolk. We recognise the scale of challenges facing the housebuilding sector in the current macro-economic climate. Against this challenging backdrop, we have invested billions in housing since the start of this Parliament. This investment will support bringing forward land for development, enabling the market to deliver the homes and infrastructure that communities need, and support increasing local authority planning capacity.</p><p>We have also taken significant measures through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act, and National Planning Policy Framework, to reform the planning system. These measures aim to reduce planning delays, bureaucracy, slow build-out rates, and wider barriers to growth and development.</p><p>We want decisions about homes to be driven locally and we want to get more local plans in place to deliver the homes we need. This is why we have revised the National Planning Policy Framework (published 19 December 2023) to be clearer about the importance of planning for homes and other development that our communities need.</p><p>The Department publishes an annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply, with estimates of new homes delivered in each local authority, including East Suffolk, in each financial year since 2001-02, shown in Live Table 122 at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing</a>.</p><p>Figures at parliamentary constituency level are not centrally collected.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21024 question first answered 22/04/2024 16:41:27 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1700105

	registered interest
	date	12/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Housing: Suffolk Coastal
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many homes were built in Suffolk Coastal constituency in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
	uin	21024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>We are taking significant steps to address the challenges to increasing housing supply around the country, including in Suffolk. We recognise the scale of challenges facing the housebuilding sector in the current macro-economic climate. Against this challenging backdrop, we have invested billions in housing since the start of this Parliament. This investment will support bringing forward land for development, enabling the market to deliver the homes and infrastructure that communities need, and support increasing local authority planning capacity.</p><p>We have also taken significant measures through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act, and National Planning Policy Framework, to reform the planning system. These measures aim to reduce planning delays, bureaucracy, slow build-out rates, and wider barriers to growth and development.</p><p>We want decisions about homes to be driven locally and we want to get more local plans in place to deliver the homes we need. This is why we have revised the National Planning Policy Framework (published 19 December 2023) to be clearer about the importance of planning for homes and other development that our communities need.</p><p>The Department publishes an annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply, with estimates of new homes delivered in each local authority, including East Suffolk, in each financial year since 2001-02, shown in Live Table 122 at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing</a>.</p><p>Figures at parliamentary constituency level are not centrally collected.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley grouped question UIN 21032 question first answered 22/04/2024 16:41:27 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

1700839

	registered interest
	date	15/04/2024
	answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept id	211
	answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
	hansard heading	Anglian Water: Suffolk
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of its plans to address water scarcity in Greater Cambridge on the water bills of Anglian Water customers in (a) Suffolk and (b) Suffolk Coastal constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
	tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
	uin	21641
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to supporting the growth of Greater Cambridge in a sustainable way, supporting its economic potential, protecting and enhancing the quality of life for residents, habitats and the environment.</p><p>At Spring Budget 2024, the government published a policy paper setting out its ambition to address water scarcity in Greater Cambridge. Customer water bills are set every five years by Ofwat through its ‘price review’ process which includes controlling the prices that companies can charge customers whilst allowing companies to finance improvements to their infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 23/04/2024 12:44:23 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
	tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey