Ayoub Khan MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Recreation Spaces: Birmingham Perry BarrMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to protect green spaces in the urban areas of Birmingham Perry Barr constituency.
Answer: The Government recognises the value of that parks and green spaces, especially within urban areas, provide vibrant and inclusive locations for communities to socialise, volunteer, work, and exercise. I commend Perry Bar for its impressive upkeep of Perry ...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with Birmingham City Council on child poverty.
Answer: This Government is committed to reducing and alleviating child poverty. The Deputy Prime Minister is a member of the ministerial Child Poverty Taskforce that has engaged extensively across regions and nations, recognising that tackling child poverty requi...
Answered 19 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: RegulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25617More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to housing and planning regulations on (a) the Regulator of Social Housing and (b) the regulation of the social ho
Answer: The government is committed to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation. We are also taking action to ensure that all social homes are safe, warm, and decent, and that tenants are treated with the respect they...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10389More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will ensure that people on the housing waiting list are included in planning consultation.
Answer: The Government are exploring new ways to increase and enhance community engagement in the planning process, including by improving access to planning data through its digitisation drawing on provisions in the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023. This w...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to encourage the expansion of SME housebuilders.
Answer: Small and medium sized housebuilders are essential to meeting the government’s housing ambitions and supporting local economies. Our recent consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework included proposals to support the SME ho...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10386More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will require councils to identify sites suitable for fewer than 100 dwellings to support SME construction.
Answer: Small and medium sized housebuilders are essential to meeting the government’s housing ambitions and supporting local economies. Our recent consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework included proposals to support the SME ho...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAffordable HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to emphasise the importance of delivery of affordable housing in her proposals for planning reform.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 8302 on 18 October 2024.
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing Associations: RentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10384More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to negotiate a long-term rent settlement with housing associations.
Answer: As set out in the Deputy Prime Minister’s Written Ministerial Statement on Monday 28th October (HCWS169), the government will consult on a new 5-year social housing rent settlement to provide the sector with the certainty it needs to invest in new social ...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSupported HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on providing interim guidance to local authorities pending implementation of measures in the Sup
Answer: The Government is committed to consulting on the implementation of measures in the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023. We will provide an update on our next steps in relation to the implementation of measures in the Act shortly. We intend t...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSupported HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an estimate of the number of people made homeless by the consultation on the new powers introduced by the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023.
Answer: The Government is committed to consulting on the implementation of measures in the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023. We will provide an update on our next steps in relation to the implementation of measures in the Act shortly. We intend t...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSupported HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the consultation on the implementation of the new supported housing licencing regime and national supported housing standards will be launched.
Answer: The Government is committed to consulting on the implementation of measures in the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023. We will provide an update on our next steps in relation to the implementation of measures in the Act shortly. We intend t...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordFlagsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Section (a), point 7 of Flying flags: a plain English guide, updated on 20 July 2021, what guidance her Department issues on the flying of the Jammu and Kashmir
Answer: The department does not publish guidance relating to flag flying for specific national days.
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Housing AllowanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on levels of local housing allowance.
Answer: Ministers and officials in the department have regular conversations with counterparts in the DWP on a range of issues.The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) was restored to the 30th percentile of local market rents from April 2024 for one year.Any future deci...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordRight to Buy SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will review the Right to Buy policy for social housing.
Answer: The Government believe it is right that those social tenants who have lived in their homes for many years retain the right to purchase their property at a reasonable discount. As such, we will not be ending the Right to Buy scheme.We are, however, committ...
Answered 12 Sept 2024
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