Marie Goldman MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Fire and Rescue Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether future local government finance settlements will increase grants to fire and rescue services in line with inflation.
Answer: This Spending Review provides £3.4 billion of new grant funding which will be delivered through the Local Government Finance Settlement within financial years 2026-27 to 2028-29.Decisions on how this funding is allocated are a matter for the upcoming mult...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEssex County Fire and Rescue Service and Essex PoliceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will provide additional funding to restart Essex County Fire and Rescue Service’s joint fleet workshop collaboration with Essex Police.
Answer: On 3 February, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government published the 2025/26 Local Government Finance Settlement which sets out funding allocations for all local authorities including fire and rescue. These allocations, which include the...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGround RentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she will publish proposals on improving the affordability of ground rents.
Answer: The government remains firmly committed to its manifesto commitment to tackle unregulated and unaffordable ground rents, and we will deliver this in legislation.
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergency Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to increase precept flexibility to devolve spending decisions closer to Police and Fire and Rescue services.
Answer: As of 1 April 2025, Ministerial responsibility for Fire transferred from the Home Office to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). Home Office retains Ministerial responsibility for policing. Council tax levels are a local deci...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) climate change and (b) extreme weather events that accompany it on the adequacy of Fire and Rescue Service budgets.
Answer: The 2025/26 Local Government Finance Settlement, published on 3 February by the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government, sets out funding allocations for all local authorities, including Fire and Rescue Authorities. Standalone Fire and Resc...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21730More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of fire safety risk assessors who are able to carry out fire risk assessments of external wall systems.
Answer: The Department conducts regular capacity surveys and supplier engagement to ensure we have enough assessors to meet the expected requirement, in line with our objective in the Department’s Remediation Acceleration plan to ensure capacity in the remediatio...
Answered 10 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty: FraudMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) providing support for victims to recover investments and (b) holding perpetrators accountable in cases of fraudulent
Answer: HM Land Registry provides a state guarantee which in appropriate circumstances financially compensates victims of property registration fraud.HM Land Registry has the power to seek recovery of indemnity payments from perpetrators of fraud and conveyancers...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordService ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will legislate to cap annual service charge rises at consumer price index inflation rates.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 7465 on 15 October 2024
Answered 2 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHomes for Ukraine SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of oversight of the Homes for Ukraine Scheme by her Department; and what steps she is taking to prevent abuse of that scheme.
Answer: The British public has shown a true generosity of spirit by opening their homes to Ukrainians seeking sanctuary from Putin’s illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This generosity should not be abused, and taxpayers’ money must be used to support the int...
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordPlanning: Fees and ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10544More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing local council planning fees so that they cover the costs of local planning services.
Answer: In our recent consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system, we sought views on changes to planning application fees to cover the costs of local planning services. The consultation clos...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordPlanning ObligationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10543More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) infrastructure levy and (b) Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) and section 106 system.
Answer: The Government want to deliver the much-needed affordable housing local communities need and the wider infrastructure that will mitigate the impacts of new development. We do not believe the Infrastructure Levy as introduced in the Levelling-up and Regene...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
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