Helen Maguire MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Social Rented Housing: Furniture PovertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57155More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with social housing providers on (a) the decent homes standard and (b) the provision of furnished tenancies in social housing to reduce levels of fur
Answer: My Department engages actively with Registered Providers of social housing on all issues facing social housing tenants and with a range of stakeholders on issues facing residents and has engaged with groups such as End Furniture Poverty to understand thei...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCare Workers: PayMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has considered the potential merits of increasing funding to local authorities to support higher hourly rates for care staff to (a) attract and (b)retain care workers
Answer: We have delivered a Settlement that begins to fix the foundations of local government by providing significant investment redirecting funding towards the services and places that need it most. The Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion fo...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: Young PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to issue updated guidance to local authorities to ensure (a) fair and (b) consistent access for young people to homelessness support services.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high. This can have a devastating impact on those affected, including young people. Youth homelessness will be considered as part of our long-term, cross-government strategy to get us back on track to ending homelessness fo...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFurniture PovertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department monitors levels of furniture poverty.
Answer: My Department engages actively with a range of stakeholders on issues facing residents and has engaged with groups such as End Furniture Poverty to understand their research on this issue.People in need may be able to get support from their local authorit...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her timeline is for (a) consultation and (b) implementation of the updated Decent Homes Standard.
Answer: The government will consult this year on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for the social and private rented sectors.
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with anti-poverty campaigners on strengthening the Decent Homes Standard for social housing.
Answer: My Department engages a wide range of external stakeholders, including campaigners, on issues facing social housing tenants.The government intends to consult this year on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for the social and private rented sectors.
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWelfare Assistance SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of Government funding for Local Welfare Assistance.
Answer: Local welfare assistance funding is delivered through the Local Government Finance Settlement. The majority of funding in the local government finance settlement is unringfenced recognising that local leaders are best placed to identify local priorities.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: FamiliesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30415More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure councils have the resources needed to provide safe, stable housing for homeless families.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high. This can have a devastating impact on those affected. The Deputy Prime Minister is leading cross-government work to deliver the long-term solutions we need to get us back on track to ending all forms of homelessness. ...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTemporary Accommodation: ChildrenMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28284More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the findings from the National Child Mortality Database, if her Department will bring forward legislative proposals to mandate local authorities to provide cots
Answer: These statistics are shocking. Homelessness levels are far too high and we are taking action to fix the current system that has left too many families without security or stability.The Homelessness Code of Guidance is clear that temporary accommodation sh...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAlmshouses: LicensingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of exempting alms-houses from Selective Licensing charges.
Answer: Registered providers of social housing are exempt from selective licensing. Almshouses are able to register as providers of social housing, and this exemption will apply for those that do.Local authorities are responsible for selective licensing schemes i...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBritish National (Overseas): English LanguageMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support her Department provides to local authorities for English language tuition for (a) British National (Overseas) visa holders and (b) their families.
Answer: As part of MHCLG's Hong Kong British National (Overseas) [BN(O)] Welcome Programme, we fund local authorities in England up to £850 per adult BN(O) visa holder to support access to English language classes. This funding aims to help BN(O) visa holders and...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 17057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that youth homelessness is included in the cross-government strategy to end homelessness.
Answer: 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 consider youth homelessness as we develop our long-term cross-government strategy, working with m...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
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