Kemi Badenoch MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: AviationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of the use of private planes by her Department.
Answer: The department has policies in place to facilitate departmental business being conducted in a cost effective, sustainable, and efficient way. There are no current plans to review this.
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: Voting RightsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving prisoners the right to vote. .
Answer: There has been no change to the Government’s position on prisoner voting rights.
Answered 18 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordOil: ProductionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her department intends to introduce legislation as a result of the Supreme Court decision of [2024] UKSC 20, R (on the application of Finch on behalf of the Weald Action
Answer: The Supreme Court has clarified that downstream emissions are to be considered as part of the environmental assessment of certain kinds of development. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero recently announced their plans to consult on new enviro...
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordElectoral RegisterMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of an automatic electoral registration on the number of Parliamentary seats in each constituent nation of the United Kingdom.
Answer: The Government is actively exploring ways to improve voter registration, as per its manifesto commitment. The fact that an estimated eight million eligible electors are missing from the register, or incorrectly registered, is totally unacceptable. The Gov...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Working HoursMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a four day week for full pay in local government on the provision of services.
Answer: Local authorities are independent employers, responsible for the management and organisation of their own workforces. Any policy announcements will be made in the usual way.
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRoad Signs and MarkingsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to bring forward secondary legislation on street naming under the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023; and whether she has made an assessment of
Answer: Section 81 of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 replaced the previously inconsistent arrangements for the renaming of streets. It enables local authorities to make changes to street names if they determine they command ‘sufficient local support’ ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3011More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will commence the street votes programme through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023.
Answer: The Government is still reviewing its policy inheritance from the last Government, including in relation to street votes.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Development OrdersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on promoting the use of Local Development Orders by local planning authorities.
Answer: Local development orders are an important tool to enable local planning authorities to proactively grant planning permission for specific developments or classes of development.The National Planning Policy Framework encourages local planning authorities t...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLevelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which legislative provisions from the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 have been commenced; which provisions have not been commenced; and whether she plans to commence the
Answer: Following Royal Assent of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act in October 2023, a small number of provisions were commenced by the previous Government, for example relating to pavement licensing. Since then, we have made clear in our recent consultation ...
Answered 2 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordNew Towns: Disclosure of InformationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's press release on new towns, published on 31 July 2024, at what time the press release was issued by her Department under embargo to the media;
Answer: It has always been the Government’s intention to provide an update to the House on the New Towns Taskforce. However, the House was not sitting on 31 July. We will provide an update in the usual manner in due course.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the impact of current building regulations on the feasibility of high density, new build, terraced housing in urban areas.
Answer: Building Regulations set out the standards to which new homes must be built. They do not prescribe density or form of housing.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled, Retained Right to Buy receipts and their use for replacement supply, updated on 30 July 2024, if she will make a forecast of
Answer: The Government has committed to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation. We will update Parliament on our progress.
Answered 30 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: Greater LondonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the number of new homes that were built in London in the last five years.
Answer: Overall housing delivery in London is currently averaging 37,200 net additions a year (2019-2023).This is below existing London Plan targets of 52k per year. Under the Government’s proposed new method for calculating housing need, London would have a targ...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the consultation entitled Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system, published on 30 July 2024, whethe
Answer: Without changing its purposes or general extent, the Government will take a more strategic approach to Green Belt land designation and release, so that we can build more homes in the right places. Land released in the Green Belt will be subject to new “go...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the consultation entitled Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system, published on 30 July 2024, whethe
Answer: Without changing its purposes or general extent, the Government will take a more strategic approach to Green Belt land designation and release, so that we can build more homes in the right places. Land released in the Green Belt will be subject to new “go...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the consultation entitled Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system, published on 30 July 2024, whethe
Answer: Without changing its purposes or general extent, the Government will take a more strategic approach to Green Belt land designation and release, so that we can build more homes in the right places. Land released in the Green Belt will be subject to new “go...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public ConsultationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which of her Department's closed consultations have not received a formal Government response.
Answer: No consultations issued by this department since the new government was formed have yet closed. We are committed to responding in a timely manner to all consultations, as a mark of respect to those who take the time to contribute to the development of pol...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's consultation entitled Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system, published on 30 July
Answer: Without changing its purposes or general extent, the Government will take a more strategic approach to Green Belt land designation and release, so that we can build more homes in the right places. Land released in the Green Belt will be subject to new “go...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's consultation entitled Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system, published on 30 July
Answer: Without changing its purposes or general extent, the Government will take a more strategic approach to Green Belt land designation and release, so that we can build more homes in the right places. Land released in the Green Belt will be subject to new “go...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordGreen BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written ministerial statement of 30 July 2024 entitled Building the homes we need, HCWS48, what the evidential basis is for the assessment that large areas
Answer: The latest official Land Use statistics are available at gov.uk here. As these set out, 6.8% of the Green Belt is already developed land. This includes 24,400ha of land which is hardstanding (usually car parks, paved areas, tarmac, or other similar constr...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written ministerial statement of 30 July 2024 entitled Building the homes we need, HCWS48, what changes have been made to the (a) estimated number of new af
Answer: In 2020, the previous government announced that the 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme would achieve “up to 180,000 homes, should economic conditions allow”. Upon taking office, this Government discovered than the 2021-26 AHP is now expected to deliver be...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written ministerial statement of 30 July 2024 entitled Building the homes we need, HCWS48, if she will publish a list of the numerical reduction in the loca
Answer: The proposed changes to local housing need figures for each local authority are set out in the ‘Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system’ consultation documents. These can be found at gov.uk.
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: Greater LondonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of affordable homes that are being delivered through the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-2023 in London; what the original targets were;
Answer: The previous government set a target for the 2016-23 Affordable Homes Programme to deliver around 250,000 affordable homes, including at least 116,000 homes in London. Around 244,000 new housing starts had been delivered by the 2016-23 Affordable Homes Pr...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on build to rent; and what assessment she has made of the impact of her policies on private rented sector regulation on future investment in the build to rent
Answer: This government is supportive of the Build to Rent sector and wants it to grow further. We do not expect our forthcoming Renters’ Rights Bill to have a destabilising effect on the rental market and will continue to work with good landlords and their repre...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 2993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes were delivered through the Affordable Homes Programme in England between 2016 and 2023.
Answer: The previous government set a target for the 2016-23 Affordable Homes Programme to deliver around 250,000 affordable homes, including at least 116,000 homes in London. Around 244,000 new housing starts had been delivered by the 2016-23 Affordable Homes Pr...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
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