Lee Dillon MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Temporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101239More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department will take to reduce the use of forms of temporary accommodation such as nightly-paid accommodation in line with commitments made in the National Plan to
Answer: The National Plan to End Homelessness sets out immediate action to help councils address the most unacceptable forms of homelessness, including our target to end the use of B&B accommodation for families except in emergencies by the end of this parlia...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTemporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to reduce out-of-area placements in temporary accommodation; and what support local authorities will receive to help people remain in their lo
Answer: The National Plan to End Homelessness sets out immediate action to help councils address the most unacceptable forms of homelessness, including our target to end the use of B&B accommodation for families except in emergencies by the end of this parlia...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: Temporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the placement of homeless families with children alongside single adult households in shared temporary accommodation, in the context
Answer: The National Plan to End Homelessness sets out immediate action to help councils address the most unacceptable forms of homelessness, including our target to end the use of B&B accommodation for families except in emergencies by the end of this parlia...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHorse Racing: BettingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent progress she has made on the review of the Horserace Betting Levy.
Answer: The Government recognises the significant contribution that racing makes to the nation’s economy and sporting landscape. For this reason, UK horseracing bets will not be subject to the new rate of general betting duty and will remain taxed at 15%.The Hors...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHorse Racing: BettingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the case for a more sustainable funding model for horseracing through reform of the Horserace Betting Levy.
Answer: The Government recognises the significant contribution that racing makes to the nation’s economy and sporting landscape. For this reason, UK horseracing bets will not be subject to the new rate of general betting duty and will remain taxed at 15%.The Hors...
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Housing Allowance: UpratingDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans the Government has to uprate the Local Housing Allowance to the 30th percentile of local rents.
Answer: Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates are reviewed each year at Autumn Budget. In his Written Ministerial Statement following Autumn Budget, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions confirmed that LHA rates will remain at current levels in 2026/27. He c...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: Young PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101231More
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 Centrepoint’s finding that local authorities face a £400 million funding shortfall in meeting their
Answer: The government has provided more than £1 billion funding for homelessness and rough sleeping services this year. Councils should use this record investment to meet the needs of people experiencing or at risk of homelessness in their area, including young ...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSupported Housing: Care LeaversMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support the provision of stepping-stone accommodation to supporting care leavers into independent living.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 96485 on 10 December 2025.
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Young PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of Centrepoint’s call to build 40,000 one-bedroom homes per year to address record levels of youth homelessness.
Answer: Our National Plan to End Homelessness sets out how we will tackle the root causes of homelessness, including by building 1.5 million homes, including a generational increase in new social and affordable homes backed by £39 billion investment through the S...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Young PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate provision of one-bedroom homes for young people within the Government’s target of delivering 180,000 homes for social rent.
Answer: For details on the Social and Affordable Homes Programme, I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 11 November 2025 (HCWS1027). The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that it is for local planning authorities to ass...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPupils: Kinship CareDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to educators to support their understanding of kinship care.
Answer: The government recognises that there is a need for greater awareness of the needs of kinship children and families and the importance of improving data collection in this space and is therefore exploring including kinship in the school census.Following th...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPupils: Kinship CareDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to include kinship care in the school census.
Answer: The government recognises that there is a need for greater awareness of the needs of kinship children and families and the importance of improving data collection in this space and is therefore exploring including kinship in the school census.Following th...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRoyal Mail: StandardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure Royal Mail meets its regulatory obligations when local delivery service standards are not achieved.
Answer: Ofcom, as the independent regulator of postal services, is responsible for monitoring Royal Mail’s performance and ensuring that Royal Mail complies with its legal obligations. Ofcom takes compliance with its regulatory targets seriously and this involve...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPostal Services: NewburyDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has been made of potential differences in postal service performance between urban and rural areas within Newbury constituency.
Answer: The government does not collect or hold this information. Ofcom, as the independent regulator of postal services, has a duty to secure the provision of a financially sustainable and efficient universal postal service. It monitors Royal Mail’s provision of...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTea: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 101217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of current UK import standards in ensuring sustainable practices in tea supply chains.
Answer: The Government launched a review in the Trade Strategy, into the UK’s approach to responsible business conduct, focused on tackling human rights and labour abuses and environmental harms in global supply chains.The review is still progressing and is consi...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation: BusinessDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department has issued to businesses on how they can contribute to local habitat restoration projects.
Answer: Defra has published biodiversity net gain (BNG) guidance on how a business can get involved with providing biodiversity units to developers who need to go off-site for BNG. This can either be through selling units independently on land owned, or working w...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Nature Recovery Scheme: BerkshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to help support farmers and landowners in West Berkshire to participate in the Berkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy.
Answer: The Berkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) was published in October 2025. Responsible authorities have been steered to involve farmers and landowners in preparation of their LNRS. LNRSs will help farmers and landowners to choose which agri-enviro...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNature ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99637More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there will be simplified a) permit systems or b) funding mechanisms provided to streamline i) community groups, ii) small landowners or iii) local conservation networks' involv
Answer: We are setting the conditions for more private investment to flow into domestic nature recovery, including by exploring how we can further incentivise the private sector to pay for nature’s services - through a Call For Evidence on Expanding the role of t...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNature ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99636More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support the Government plans to provide for a) community-led or b) small-scale habitat creation initiatives in areas such as West Berkshire.
Answer: The Berkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) sets local priorities for biodiversity and environmental improvement and proposes where action is most needed. The LNRS will guide coordinated action for nature, including through community-led and small...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity: Property DevelopmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99635More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of long-term lags between developers-funding and achievement of full habitat development under biodiversity
Answer: The biodiversity net gain metric includes a temporal risk multiplier which takes into account the average time lag between the start of habitat works and the target outcome. This ‘time to target’ multiplier recognises and takes account of the time it take...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity: Property DevelopmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government plans to require planning authorities to publish annual reports on how off-site Biodiversity Net Gain contributions by developers have been a) spent, b) their lo
Answer: The Environment Act 2021 established a strengthened biodiversity duty, which requires local planning authorities to publish a biodiversity report at least every five years, setting out how they have complied with the duty. As part of this report, local pl...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity: Property DevelopmentDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99633More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that (a) statutory Biodiversity Net Gain initiatives are implemented fully and (b) local authorities are provided with sufficient res
Answer: Local planning authorities (LPAs) are provided with funding for Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG), including £10 million for this current financial year. The Government also funds the Planning Advisory Service to help LPAs meet their BNG obligations. LPAs can c...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNature ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99632More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance the Government provides on ensuring transparent and long-term maintenance of restored habitats.
Answer: The Government has published extensive guidance on what should be covered by legal agreements for biodiversity net gain, including detail on habitat monitoring and who is responsible. There is also a set of habitat management and monitoring templates whic...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBiodiversity: BerkshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what mechanism is in place to funnel Biodiversity Net Gain funding from developers into county-wide nature recovery partnerships, such as the Berkshire Local Nature Recovery Partnershi
Answer: Land managers, including Local Nature Recovery partnerships (LNRPs), can sell biodiversity units to those developers who cannot achieve 10% Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) onsite and need to go off-site. The BNG metric also provides an incentive to achieve of...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Conservation: West BerkshireDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Government provides a) grants or b) matches-funding to encourage private businesses, landowners, and farmers in West Berkshire to participate in habitat creation and restor
Answer: On 1 December, the Government published our revised Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP25) – a clear roadmap for restoring nature. This is our long-term plan for improving the natural environment and enjoyment of it. EIP25 includes prioritised actions to ...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
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