Helen Hayes MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Local Government Finance: Greater LondonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that the funding model for inner London boroughs meets local demand.
Answer: The provisional Settlement for 2025-26 makes available £69 billion for local government, which is a 3.5% real terms increase in councils’ Core Spending Power on 2024-25. The final Settlement will increase further, to incorporate the £515 million of fundin...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTemporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help councils reduce the (a) need for and (b) costs of temporary accommodation.
Answer: Local authorities in England report revenue and expenditure on an annual basis. Data on council spending on temporary accommodation is contained in the Revenue outturn housing services (RO4) tables, accessible here. The drop down can be used to access dat...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTemporary Accommodation: Greater LondonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost of temporary accommodation for London councils in each of the last four years.
Answer: Local authorities in England report revenue and expenditure on an annual basis. Data on council spending on temporary accommodation is contained in the Revenue outturn housing services (RO4) tables, accessible here. The drop down can be used to access dat...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Finance: Greater LondonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the funding gap for London councils in the next four years.
Answer: The provisional Settlement for 2025-26 makes available £69 billion for local government, which is a 3.5% real terms increase in councils’ Core Spending Power on 2024-25. The final Settlement will increase further, to incorporate the £515 million of fundin...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Tribunals Service: Local GovernmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17143More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the total cost to the public purse of out of court settlements for employment tribunal cases across local government in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally.
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordInsulation: HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2024 to Question 2960 on Insulation: Housing, what steps she is taking to ensure homeowners who retrofit their homes with recommended measur
Answer: We are aware of the issues some homeowners are facing in obtaining finance where spray foam insulation has been installed. Officials in the department have previously consulted UK Finance and the Building Societies Association, the trade bodies for lender...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordInsulation: HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2024 to Question 2960 on Insulation: Housing, what discussions her Department has had with mortgage lenders on (a) the installation of spray
Answer: We are aware of the issues some homeowners are facing in obtaining finance where spray foam insulation has been installed. Officials in the department have previously consulted UK Finance and the Building Societies Association, the trade bodies for lender...
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: RentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to prevent private rented landlords from seeking rents above the advertised price.
Answer: The Government is committed to bring forward a Renters’ Rights Bill as a priority. The Bill will decisively level the playing field between landlord and tenant by providing renters with greater security, rights and protections and we will crack down on th...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: RentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to prevent bidding wars in the private rented sector; and when she plans to bring forward the Renters’ Rights Bill.
Answer: The Government is committed to bring forward a Renters’ Rights Bill as a priority. The Bill will decisively level the playing field between landlord and tenant by providing renters with greater security, rights and protections and we will crack down on th...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordInsulation: HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to (a) ensure that the installation of spray foam insulation is regulated and (b) support homeowners unable to sell their homes due to the ins
Answer: We are aware of the issues some homeowners are facing in obtaining finance where spray foam insulation has been installed. In response, the insulation, lending, and surveying communities published protocols in March 2023 to support surveyors to assess spr...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordInsulation: HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of homeowners unable to sell their home due to the installation of spray foam insulation.
Answer: We are aware of the issues some homeowners are facing in obtaining finance where spray foam insulation has been installed. In response, the insulation, lending, and surveying communities published protocols in March 2023 to support surveyors to assess spr...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
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