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1727099

registered interest
date	03/09/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to reduce levels of homelessness in winter 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	3996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government will develop a new cross-government strategy, working with mayors and councils across the country to get us back on track to ending homelessness and rough sleeping once and for all.</p><p>Whilst we develop our new strategy, the Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI) is providing £547 million over the period from April 2022 to March 2025 to 300 local authorities across England for local, tailored rough sleeping services.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali question first answered 11/09/2024 16:28:42 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1727100

registered interest
date	03/09/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the (a) health and wellbeing and (b) housing needs of people experiencing homelessness.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	3997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The DPM is responsible for cross-governmental coordination of policy to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping and will update in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali question first answered 11/09/2024 16:15:54 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1727102

registered interest
date	03/09/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a youth homeless strategy.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	3998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government recognises that homelessness levels are far too high and this can have a devastating impact on those affected, including young people. We will look at these issues carefully and will consider youth homelessness as we develop our long-term, cross-government strategy to get us back on track to ending homelessness.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali question first answered 11/09/2024 16:30:26 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1726661

registered interest
date	02/09/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Planning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to help planning authorities prioritise reducing health inequalities.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	3713
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2024 answer text <p>As part of the current government consultation on reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework, we are seeking views on proposed changes intended to ensure that the planning system supports the increased provision and modernisation of key public services infrastructure, such as hospitals, and enables the planning system to do more to support the creation of healthy places, such as through policies to help tackling childhood obesity.</p><p>The consultation is open until 24 September and we will use the responses we receive to inform future steps.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 10/09/2024 14:00:16 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1723570

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ground Rent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to end ground rent.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1697
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government will act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights. This includes driving up the transparency of service charges and reducing barriers for leaseholders to challenge their landlord. Over the course of this Parliament the Government will go further by enacting remaining Law Commission recommendations and tackling unregulated and unaffordable ground rent charges.</p><p>The Government will take steps to bring the feudal leasehold system to an end and reinvigorate commonhold by modernising the legal framework. We will also ban the sale of new leasehold flats. The Government will consult on the best way to achieve this, so that generations to come will benefit from absolute homeownership.</p><p>Our planned reforms to empower leaseholders and provide new and existing homeowners with greater security will help ensure landlords and managing agents are better held to account for management failures. It will also make it easier for leaseholders to take on management of their buildings themselves so they can directly appoint or replace agents.</p><p>The Government intends to bring forward draft legislation so that it may be subject to broad consultation and additional scrutiny by Parliament. It is only right that the Government takes its time when dealing with such a complex subject to make sure that any future legislation gets it right.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook grouped question UIN 1698 1699 1700 1701 question first answered 02/08/2024 10:37:50 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1723572

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is her policy to bring forward legislative proposals to convert existing leasehold properties to commonhold.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1698
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government will act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights. This includes driving up the transparency of service charges and reducing barriers for leaseholders to challenge their landlord. Over the course of this Parliament the Government will go further by enacting remaining Law Commission recommendations and tackling unregulated and unaffordable ground rent charges.</p><p>The Government will take steps to bring the feudal leasehold system to an end and reinvigorate commonhold by modernising the legal framework. We will also ban the sale of new leasehold flats. The Government will consult on the best way to achieve this, so that generations to come will benefit from absolute homeownership.</p><p>Our planned reforms to empower leaseholders and provide new and existing homeowners with greater security will help ensure landlords and managing agents are better held to account for management failures. It will also make it easier for leaseholders to take on management of their buildings themselves so they can directly appoint or replace agents.</p><p>The Government intends to bring forward draft legislation so that it may be subject to broad consultation and additional scrutiny by Parliament. It is only right that the Government takes its time when dealing with such a complex subject to make sure that any future legislation gets it right.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook grouped question UIN 1697 1699 1700 1701 question first answered 02/08/2024 10:37:50 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1723573

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will consult on issues facing leaseholders prior to bringing forward legislation.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government will act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights. This includes driving up the transparency of service charges and reducing barriers for leaseholders to challenge their landlord. Over the course of this Parliament the Government will go further by enacting remaining Law Commission recommendations and tackling unregulated and unaffordable ground rent charges.</p><p>The Government will take steps to bring the feudal leasehold system to an end and reinvigorate commonhold by modernising the legal framework. We will also ban the sale of new leasehold flats. The Government will consult on the best way to achieve this, so that generations to come will benefit from absolute homeownership.</p><p>Our planned reforms to empower leaseholders and provide new and existing homeowners with greater security will help ensure landlords and managing agents are better held to account for management failures. It will also make it easier for leaseholders to take on management of their buildings themselves so they can directly appoint or replace agents.</p><p>The Government intends to bring forward draft legislation so that it may be subject to broad consultation and additional scrutiny by Parliament. It is only right that the Government takes its time when dealing with such a complex subject to make sure that any future legislation gets it right.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook grouped question UIN 1697 1698 1700 1701 question first answered 02/08/2024 10:37:50 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1723574

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to cap (a) management and (b) service costs to leaseholders.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government will act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights. This includes driving up the transparency of service charges and reducing barriers for leaseholders to challenge their landlord. Over the course of this Parliament the Government will go further by enacting remaining Law Commission recommendations and tackling unregulated and unaffordable ground rent charges.</p><p>The Government will take steps to bring the feudal leasehold system to an end and reinvigorate commonhold by modernising the legal framework. We will also ban the sale of new leasehold flats. The Government will consult on the best way to achieve this, so that generations to come will benefit from absolute homeownership.</p><p>Our planned reforms to empower leaseholders and provide new and existing homeowners with greater security will help ensure landlords and managing agents are better held to account for management failures. It will also make it easier for leaseholders to take on management of their buildings themselves so they can directly appoint or replace agents.</p><p>The Government intends to bring forward draft legislation so that it may be subject to broad consultation and additional scrutiny by Parliament. It is only right that the Government takes its time when dealing with such a complex subject to make sure that any future legislation gets it right.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook grouped question UIN 1697 1698 1699 1701 question first answered 02/08/2024 10:37:50 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1723575

registered interest
date	25/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Leasehold: Property Management Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to create statutory standards for management agencies of leasehold properties.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2024 answer text <p>The Government will act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights. This includes driving up the transparency of service charges and reducing barriers for leaseholders to challenge their landlord. Over the course of this Parliament the Government will go further by enacting remaining Law Commission recommendations and tackling unregulated and unaffordable ground rent charges.</p><p>The Government will take steps to bring the feudal leasehold system to an end and reinvigorate commonhold by modernising the legal framework. We will also ban the sale of new leasehold flats. The Government will consult on the best way to achieve this, so that generations to come will benefit from absolute homeownership.</p><p>Our planned reforms to empower leaseholders and provide new and existing homeowners with greater security will help ensure landlords and managing agents are better held to account for management failures. It will also make it easier for leaseholders to take on management of their buildings themselves so they can directly appoint or replace agents.</p><p>The Government intends to bring forward draft legislation so that it may be subject to broad consultation and additional scrutiny by Parliament. It is only right that the Government takes its time when dealing with such a complex subject to make sure that any future legislation gets it right.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook grouped question UIN 1697 1698 1699 1700 question first answered 02/08/2024 10:37:50 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1722541

registered interest
date	22/07/2024
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to help ensure that families are able to access emergency accommodation in areas where capacity for accommodation has been exceeded by demand during the summer of 2024.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	978
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/07/2024 answer text <p>Homelessness levels are far too high and too many families are living in temporary accommodation. We will take the action needed to tackle this issue and develop a long-term, cross-government strategy, through working with mayors, councils and other key stakeholders, to end homelessness for good. Critical to tackling homelessness is building more affordable homes. We will deliver the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation and deliver 1.5 million new homes over the next Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham North and Kimberley answering member printed Alex Norris grouped question UIN 1028 question first answered 30/07/2024 13:47:49 answering member 4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell