Kemi Badenoch MP: written questions
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Environment ProtectionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 26 July 2024, to Question 1315 on Environment Protection, when the new framework of Environmental Outcomes Reports will be introduced.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 1315 on 26 July 2024.
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLevelling Up FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024, to Question 1748, on Levelling Up Fund, if she will publish the details of where agreements are in place.
Answer: Details of all projects awarded funding through the Levelling Up Fund have been published on gov.uk.The Chancellor’s July ‘Public Spending: Inheritance’ speech forecasted an overspend of £21.9 billion above limits set by the Treasury in the Spring. We und...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: NorthstoweMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2024, to Question 1010 on Housing: Northstowe, what the site specific reasons that the project was stalled are.
Answer: The New Homes Accelerator, in partnership with Homes England, will support the delivery of Phase 2 of the Northstowe scheme in Cambridgeshire, unlocking 3,000 homes and continuing to progress proposals to unlock a further 2,600 homes in Phase 3.As a resul...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2024, to Question 1010, on Housing: Northstowe, if she will set out the remit of the accelerator taskforce.
Answer: The New Homes Accelerator, in partnership with Homes England, will support the delivery of Phase 2 of the Northstowe scheme in Cambridgeshire, unlocking 3,000 homes and continuing to progress proposals to unlock a further 2,600 homes in Phase 3.As a resul...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPlanning Authorities: StaffMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2024, to Question 1007 on Planning Authorities: Staff, what budget is being used to fund the additional 300 planning officers.
Answer: The Department continues to assess options for delivering 300 additional planning officers to ensure their recruitment supports the quality of local planning services, proposed reforms to the system, housebuilding priorities and our manifesto commitments....
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPlanning Authorities: StaffMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2024, to Question 1007, on Planning Authorities: Staff, whether the 300 planning officers will be recruited in addition to the Planning Capabili
Answer: The Department continues to assess options for delivering 300 additional planning officers to ensure their recruitment supports the quality of local planning services, proposed reforms to the system, housebuilding priorities and our manifesto commitments....
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPlanning Authorities: StaffMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8204More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2024 to Question 1007 on Planning Authorities: Staff, how the 300 planners her Department plans to hire over the next five years will be funded.
Answer: The Department continues to assess options for delivering 300 additional planning officers to ensure their recruitment supports the quality of local planning services, proposed reforms to the system, housebuilding priorities and our manifesto commitments....
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Growth PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 29 July 2024 to Question 814 on Local Government: Devolution, what role the Council of Nations and Regions will have in the development of local growth
Answer: The Council of Nations and Regions will facilitate partnership working between the UK Government, Devolved Governments, the Mayor of London, and Mayors of Combined Authorities and Combined County Authorities. It will focus on the delivery of public servic...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHigh Rise Flats: InsulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 29 July 2024 to Question 815,on High Rise Flats: Insulation, what enforcement actions her Department plans to take against uncooperative parties.
Answer: The pace of remediation has been unacceptably slow. Work is underway through existing programmes to bring together local actors, enforcers and partners to drive efficiencies in the current operation. In parallel, we are developing a comprehensive action p...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHigh Rise Flats: InsulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Pursuant to the answer of 29 July 2024 to Question 815 on High Rise Flats: Insulation, what steps her Department has taken to increase the pace of remediation programmes.
Answer: The pace of remediation has been unacceptably slow. Work is underway through existing programmes to bring together local actors, enforcers and partners to drive efficiencies in the current operation. In parallel, we are developing a comprehensive action p...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHigh Rise Flats: InsulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 29 July 2024 to Question 815 on High Rise Flats: Insulation, what steps she plans to take to empower (a) regulators and (b) local authorities to act.
Answer: The pace of remediation has been unacceptably slow. Work is underway through existing programmes to bring together local actors, enforcers and partners to drive efficiencies in the current operation. In parallel, we are developing a comprehensive action p...
Answered 25 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Pursuant to the answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 569 on Affordable Housing: Construction, what the evidential basis is that changes to national planning policy introduced in De
Answer: The supply impact of the last government’s approach to planning reform is clear: homes granted planning permission fell to their lowest level in a decade in the last published quarter. The proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework which w...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 556 on Housing: Construction, when her Department plans to make changes to nutrient neutrality rules.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 556 on 26 July 2024.
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDerelict LandMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 565 on Derelict Land, whether grey belt will become a formal designation.
Answer: The Government set out its proposed approach to grey belt in its consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework. The consultation closed on the 24 September and officials in my department are currently analysing responses with ...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates and Council Tax: ValuationTreasuryTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8196More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of asking the Valuation Office Agency to develop an automated valuation model for calculating (a) council tax and (b) business rates valuations in England.
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) provides the independent and expert valuations that underpin the business rates and council tax systems. Following the passing of the 2023 Non-Domestic Ratings Act, business rates revaluations will now be conducted every ...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: HOPE not hateMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) officials, (b) special advisers and (c) Ministers have met representatives of Hope Not Hate since the general election.
Answer: (a) Officials have attended forums where Hope Not Hate have been present and have been sighted on reports generated by the organisation since the General Election, (b) details of meetings special advisers have with external organisations are published on ...
Answered 22 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordElectoral RegisterMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to improve voter registration.
Answer: Pursuant to the answer to Question UIN 5627 on 9 October 2024, Government is committed to improving electoral registration. We are exploring a wide range of options to deliver on this commitment, including using data and online services with any potential...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHotels and Tourism: TaxationTreasuryTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8193More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to allow local authorities to levy (a) hotel and (b) tourist taxes.
Answer: The Government keeps all taxes under review and welcomes representations to help inform future decisions on tax policy. Any decisions on future tax policy will be announced by the Chancellor at a fiscal event.
Answered 17 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to take steps to support self and custom build housing.
Answer: The recent consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework included changes designed to strengthen support for self and custom build housing by means of encouraging mixed tenure development and strengthening the small sites poli...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordVeterans: HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) estimate her Department has made of the cost of and (b) her Department's planned timetable is for providing homes to all veterans; and what are the metrics by which it w
Answer: I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to Question UIN 6842 answered on 9 October 2024.
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) it remains her Department's policy to retain the social care precept on council tax and (b) past social care precepts will continue to be ring-fenced; and what plans
Answer: The Government is committed to keeping taxes on working people as low as possible. Future decisions on council tax will be taken at the spending review in which we are fully engaged.
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 8189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans her Department has to ensure that a regulatory impact assessment for the Renters' Rights Bill will include an assessment of that Bill's (a) cumulative potential impact
Answer: The Government submitted the Impact Assessment for the Renters’ Rights Bill on 16 September 2024 to the Regulatory Policy Committee and we will publish it in due course. The Government has announced its intention to publish a consultation on increasing mi...
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7832More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2024, to Question 4354, on Public Houses: Business Rates, whether (a) pavement licences under the Business and Planning Act 2020 and (b) outdoor licensing under the Licensing A
Answer: Fair Maintainable Trade (FMT), for the purposes of determining a property’s rateable value, is an assessment of the property’s potential turnover. The absence or presence of a pavement or outdoor license will be reflected in the overall FMT for each pub.
Answered 16 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7831More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2024, to Question 4354, on Public Houses: Business Rates, whether the introduction of a pub smoking ban would be deemed to be a material consideration for the purposes of calcu
Answer: Schedule 6 of The Local Government Finance Act 1988 states that no account is to be taken of any matter that is directly attributable to a change in legislation when determining a pub’s rateable value.
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: WalesTreasuryTabled 8 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7830More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2024, to Question 5155, on Council tax: Wales, if she will list each individual type of variable used in the Valuation Office Agency's Automated Valuation Model.
Answer: The variables used in the Valuation Office Agency’s (VOA) Wales Automated Valuation Model and sources are listed in the table below: Data / VariableSource:Sale Price & DateVOA sales data; HM Land Registry Price Paid DataSale Price AdjustmentOffice for...
Answered 16 Oct 2024
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