Callum Anderson MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Social Rented Housing: BuckinghamshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the lifting of local connection tests for the specified vulnerable groups on social housing demand and allocations in (a)
Answer: Regulations were laid on 19 June to ensure that young care leavers and victims of domestic abuse across England do not face unfair barriers to accessing social housing.My Department will be monitoring the impact at local authority level through the Local ...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Care Leavers and Domestic AbuseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what monitoring systems will be introduced to ensure consistent exemption of victims of domestic abuse and young care leavers from local connection tests in all English local aut
Answer: The department will monitor the implementation of the exemption of victims of domestic abuse and young care leavers from local connection tests for social housing in all English local authorities through the Local Authority Housing Statistics data collect...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Housing BankMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62417More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what changes to Homes England’s structure or governance her Department is making to designate its subsidiary as a Public Financial Institution under the National Housing Bank pro
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 18 June 2025 (HCWS712).
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Housing Bank: Small BusinessesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62416More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria her Department plans to use to decide which equity and loan products the National Housing Bank offers to SME developers within its initial £16?billion capital alloc
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 18 June 2025 (HCWS712).
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordInfrastructure LevyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of new Infrastructure Levy rules on (a) housing delivery and (b) developer contributions in high-growth areas.
Answer: The government has made clear that it does not intend to implement the Infrastructure Levy as introduced in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.Instead, we intend to focus on strengthening the existing system of developer contributions. Further det...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Premises: LeaseholdMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with representative bodies of small businesses on the impact of commercial lease conditions in high street premises on the financial viabi
Answer: The government recognises that both landlords and tenants have raised concerns about the commercial leasehold framework. That is why the government supports the Law Commission's ongoing review of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, which aims to modernise t...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: InfrastructureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding her Department has provided for local infrastructure improvements related to housing development in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes in each of the last fiv
Answer: The table below lists infrastructure projects in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes that have received capital funding through the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF), the Land Release Fund (LRF), or the Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF) to unlock housing ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: BuckinghamshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of households on local authority housing waiting lists in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes.
Answer: The number of households on social housing registers (waiting lists) in England and for each local authority in England is available each year since 1987 in live table 600 on gov.uk here. The number of households on the housing register (waiting list) is ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: BuckinghamshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to increase the level of affordable housing in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes.
Answer: At Spring statement, the government announced an immediate injection of £2 billion to support delivery of the biggest boost in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation and contribute to our ambitious Plan for Change milestone of building 1.5 mi...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing and Local Plans: BuckinghamshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions her Department has had with (a) Buckinghamshire Council and (b) Milton Keynes City Council on (i) housing targets and (ii) local plan development.
Answer: As the hon. Member will know, the government published a revised National Planning Policy Framework on 12 December 2024 which included a revised standard method designed to direct residential development to where it is most needed and least affordable.The...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: BuckinghamshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of new housing in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes has been built on brownfield land in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department publishes a release entitled ‘Land use change: new residential addresses’, which includes information on new residential addresses and the previous land use - including previously developed - on which the addresses were created. This is ava...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: InfrastructureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes to deliver infrastructure alongside new housing developments.
Answer: The table below lists infrastructure projects in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes that have received capital funding through the Housing Infrastructure Fund (HIF), the Land Release Fund (LRF), or the Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF) to unlock housing ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: BuckinghamshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many new homes have been built in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department publishes an annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’, which is the primary and most comprehensive measure of housing supply. This includes estimates of new homes built in each local authority, including B...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: BuckinghamshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the demand for housing in (a) Buckinghamshire and (b) Milton Keynes in each of the next ten years.
Answer: As the hon. Member will know, the government published a revised National Planning Policy Framework on 12 December 2024 which included a revised standard method designed to direct residential development to where it is most needed and least affordable.The...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Buckinghamshire CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on what the value of business rates written off by Buckinghamshire Council was in each of the last three financial years.
Answer: Data on the amount of business rates that local authorities have written off are published as part of the annual ‘Collection of council tax and business rates’ statistical release, published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/council-tax-stat...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Pension SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of trends in Local Government Pension Scheme asset allocation to UK equities in the last ten years.
Answer: The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) invests approximately 9% of its total assets of c. £392 billion in UK equities (or 17% of its total equity holdings) compared to over 20% a decade ago. The government’s landmark pensions review aims to unlock inv...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Finance: BedfordshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17681More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the change in (a) core spending power and (b) settlement funding for (i) Aylesbury Vale District Council in each financial year between 2010-11 and
Answer: Detailed information on core spending power and settlement funding for Aylesbury Vale District Council, Buckinghamshire County Council and Buckinghamshire Council for each year from 2015/16 to 2020/21 can be viewed here.Due to changes in the function and ...
Answered 11 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBuckinghamshire CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of Buckinghamshire Council's financial planning, in the context of increases in levels of demand for services.
Answer: Councils are responsible for their own financial management, and the department does not monitor their day-to-day business.The Government is under no illusions about the scale of the pressures that local authorities are facing. We recognise the vital work...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBuckinghamshire CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions her Department has had with Buckinghamshire Council on that Council's (a) financial resilience and (b) long-term sustainability.
Answer: Councils are responsible for their own financial management, and the department does not monitor their day-to-day business.The Government is under no illusions about the scale of the pressures that local authorities are facing. We recognise the vital work...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBuckinghamshire CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions her Department has had with Buckinghamshire Council on the adequacy of its financial reserves.
Answer: Councils are responsible for their own financial management, and the department does not monitor their day-to-day business.The Government is under no illusions about the scale of the pressures that local authorities are facing. We recognise the vital work...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Government AssistanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to monitor the financial health of Buckinghamshire council; and what steps her Department takes to support councils that may be at risk of fin
Answer: Councils are responsible for their own financial management, and the department does not monitor their day-to-day business.The Government is under no illusions about the scale of the pressures that local authorities are facing. We recognise the vital work...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBuckinghamshire CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the financial sustainability of Buckinghamshire Council in the 2024-25 financial year.
Answer: Councils are responsible for their own financial management, and the department does not monitor their day-to-day business.The Government is under no illusions about the scale of the pressures that local authorities are facing. We recognise the vital work...
Answered 17 Sept 2024
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