Jenny Riddell-Carpenter MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
New Homes OmbudsmanMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 616More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to make membership of a New Homes Ombudsman mandatory for housing developers.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 102928 on 13 January 2026.
Answered 18 May 2026
Original Parliament recordLandlords: AccountabilityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure landlord and property rules to hold directors owners accountable.
Answer: Building owners are responsible for managing and addressing fire and structural safety risks in their buildings. They are required to apply for a Building Assessment Certificate (BAC), which includes an assessment by the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) of...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Rural AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 115224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the role of pubs as community hubs in rural areas.
Answer: The Government recognises the vital role of pubs in rural areas, supporting local economies, providing spaces for people to come together, and offering essential services for local people. Through the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, we ...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTrading StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing councils to take more rapid action to shut down shops repeatedly found to be trading illegally.
Answer: The government is committed to taking further action against illicit activity on high streets. There has already been a significant crackdown on illegal working, raising enforcement activity to the highest levels in recorded history. The 2025 Budget provi...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to bring forward legislative changes to strengthen local enforcement powers before the introduction of unitary local government arrangements.
Answer: Local authorities currently exercise a range of enforcement powers across different functions, reflecting the services they deliver. The Government has no plans to amend these powers in connection with local government reorganisation. Where councils are r...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many building assessment certificate applications have been (a) made to the building safety regulator, (b) approved, (c) refused, and (d) yet to be determined.
Answer: As of 1st December 2025, the average cost of a determination for a Building Assessment Certificate was £23,084. There has been a total of 1838 Building Assessment Certificate applications to the Building Safety Regulator since it was established. Of which...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the average cost incurred by accountable persons for time spent by the building safety regulator to determine and issue a decision on a building assessment certificate ap
Answer: As of 1st December 2025, the average cost of a determination for a Building Assessment Certificate was £23,084. There has been a total of 1838 Building Assessment Certificate applications to the Building Safety Regulator since it was established. Of which...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many large panel system buildings have been registered with the building safety regulator.
Answer: As of 30 November 2025, the Building Safety Regulator is aware of 738 registered structures containing large panel systems.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of trends in the number of building assessment certificate application refusals on the lending, mortgage and insur
Answer: From 16 January 2024, the Building Safety Act introduced a requirement for Principal Accountable Persons to assess and manage the safety risks relating to the buildings for which they are responsible. Building safety risks are defined in the Act as being ...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Private SectorMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of regulations relating to private parking enforcement companies.
Answer: The government is aware of concerns about poor practice from a number of parking operators and is determined to raise standards. In accordance with the Private Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019, the government is preparing a code of practice containing ...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the role of (a) parish and (b) town councils in the context of Local Government reorganisation; what assessment he has made of the potential merits
Answer: Town and parish councils are not in scope for local government reorganisation and will continue to operate as they do now. Councils may wish to collaborate with their town and parish councils to determine how they can most effectively contribute to the de...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: Property DevelopmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to require local planning authorities to consider the financial viability and track record of developers as part of the planning process.
Answer: On 25 May, the government published a Planning Reform Working Paper: Speeding Up Build Out (which can be found on gov.uk here) which included proposals to implement a new power for authorities to decline to determine planning applications made by develope...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSecond Homes: Council TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authorities are correctly implementing the council tax premium on second homes.
Answer: The second homes council tax premiums is not a mandatory requirement, and it is for individual councils to decide whether to make use of a premium. However, where councils apply a premium, they are required to implement this in line with the relevant regu...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 905180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to protect nature in the design of new build housing developments.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework is clear about the importance of conserving and enhancing the natural environment. Planning policies and decisions should contribute to and enhance the natural and local environment by minimising impacts on and provi...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
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