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date	30/04/2024
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: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to statistics from the 2021 Census which showed that the North East has the highest proportion of disabled people in England, what steps they are taking to ensure there is an adequate provision of accessible housing in the region.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Newcastle
uin	HL4230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out that local authorities should assess the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community, including older people and people with disabilities, and reflect this in their local plan. As planning is a local responsibility, proportionate data about local housing needs and provision is not held centrally, although the English Housing Survey collects data on accessibility and adaptations within the home; the most recent adaptations report is published online.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne grouped question UIN HL4231 question first answered 15/05/2024 16:21:55 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	4996 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Newcastle

1715050

registered interest
date	30/04/2024
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: Disability
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of homes built in the North East of England in the past year are wheelchair accessible.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Newcastle
uin	HL4231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2024 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) sets out that local authorities should assess the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community, including older people and people with disabilities, and reflect this in their local plan. As planning is a local responsibility, proportionate data about local housing needs and provision is not held centrally, although the English Housing Survey collects data on accessibility and adaptations within the home; the most recent adaptations report is published online.</p> answering member printed Baroness Swinburne grouped question UIN HL4230 question first answered 15/05/2024 16:21:55 answering member 4985 label Biography information for Baroness Swinburne
tabling member	4996 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Newcastle