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1690748

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to section 80 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023, whether he intends to prescribe any classes of dwelling for which a billing authority may not make a determination to charge a council tax premium.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Derek Thomas
uin	15125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government consulted last year on circumstances where properties should be excepted from the council tax premiums for second and empty homes and will publish its response to the consultation shortly.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 26/02/2024 16:35:52 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4532 label Biography information for Derek Thomas

1690756

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Local Government Finance: Chadderton
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 much provisional funding has been allocated to the Chadderton Town Board; and when that board is required to (a) meet and (b) confirm its investment plan to Government.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	15127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>Details of the Government’s Long Term Plan for Towns are available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/our-long-term-plan-for-towns" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 28/02/2024 15:39:51 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1690760

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Voting Rights
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 recent estimate he has made of the number of UK residents who have no right to vote in any election.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	15005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government’s position on the franchise remains unchanged. The Government was elected on a manifesto promising to “maintain the voting age at 18 – the age at which one gains full citizenship rights”. 18 has been the well-established age of majority for, for example, jury service, purchasing alcohol, getting married without parental permission, serving in front-line military roles, standing for election as an MP or councillor, and so on.</p><p>The purpose of the electoral register is to enable those who are eligible to vote to register and ensure that only people who are eligible to vote are permitted to do so. Data on those who are not eligible to vote in UK elections is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare grouped question UIN 15004 15006 question first answered 27/02/2024 16:08:42 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1690761

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Local Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the franchise for local elections in England and Northern Ireland in line with the voter eligibility criteria in Wales and Scotland.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	15006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government’s position on the franchise remains unchanged. The Government was elected on a manifesto promising to “maintain the voting age at 18 – the age at which one gains full citizenship rights”. 18 has been the well-established age of majority for, for example, jury service, purchasing alcohol, getting married without parental permission, serving in front-line military roles, standing for election as an MP or councillor, and so on.</p><p>The purpose of the electoral register is to enable those who are eligible to vote to register and ensure that only people who are eligible to vote are permitted to do so. Data on those who are not eligible to vote in UK elections is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare grouped question UIN 15004 15005 question first answered 27/02/2024 16:08:42 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1690774

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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: Construction
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 and what proportion of homes that were planned to be built to meet Requirement M4(2) of the Building Regulations (a) have been completed and (b) did not proceed past the viability stage of planning applications in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	15081
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The English Housing Survey collects data on accessibility and adaptations within the home; the most recent report is published online.</p><p>New build homes are constructed to meet Building Regulations accessibility standards in force at the time of build; the most recent data on new build home rates was published by Office for National Statistics on 30 January 2024.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that local authorities should assess the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community. It is for local planning authorities to assess local needs, including needs for older people and people with disabilities, and make provision in their local plans.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 26/02/2024 13:48:30 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1690775

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Temporary Accommodation: Disability
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 data his Department holds on the number of disabled people living in temporary accommodation.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	15082
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The most recent Statutory homelessness statistics (April- June 2023) is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics" target="_blank">Homelessness statistics</a> which includes households that are owed a homelessness duty due to their support needs, including those with a disability.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 26/02/2024 16:37:08 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1690777

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Evictions: Anti-social Behaviour
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 (a) people and (b) disabled people were evicted for anti-social behaviour last year.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	15083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics on the volumes of landlord repossessions which can be found <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics-october-to-december-2023/mortgage-and-landlord-possession-statistics-october-to-december-2023" target="_blank">here</a>; however, it is not possible to disaggregate this by the characteristics of the individual(s) being evicted or the grounds of the eviction.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 26/02/2024 17:03:23 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1690778

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Private Rented Housing: Disability
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 accessible homes were rented privately last year.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	15084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 26/02/2024 17:04:11 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

1690786

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Health and Safety
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 comply with principle (d) of schedule 1 of the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	15108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities designs work and workplaces to enable staff to work effectively, safely and comfortably. Where individuals have particular needs, the Department provides suitable adjustments.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 28/02/2024 14:50:53 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1690825

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
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	Shared Ownership Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to amend the shared ownership scheme to prevent residents paying fees to (a) extend their lease and (b) sell their part of the property.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	15008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-02-07/13515" target="_blank">13515</a> on 22 February 2024.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 28/02/2024 14:40:51 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe