Melanie Ward MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Polling Stations: Visual ImpairmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25527More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the cost of procuring (a) audio and (b) tactile voting solutions at every polling station to guarantee blind and partially sighted people a secret
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring eligible disabled electors are supported in being able to register and vote in elections.The current law requires Returning Officers to take account of what electors want in terms of support and the Electoral Commis...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Ownership Fund: ScotlandMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of funding from the most recent round of the Community Ownership Fund was allocated to bids from Scotland.
Answer: In Round 4 Window, this government awarded £36.2 million to 85 projects across the UK, with £5 million allocated to 11 projects in Scotland.The full list of successful projects can be found on GOV.UK.
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVoting Rights: British Nationals AbroadMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13707More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of utilising (a) High Commissions and (b) Consulates to facilitate British Overseas Voters ability to vote.
Answer: No such assessment has been made at this time. We are focused at present on delivering on our manifesto commitments to strengthen our democracy and encourage participation – including by giving 16- and 17- year olds the right to vote in all elections.
Answered 19 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordGeneral Election 2024: Absent VotingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to commission a lessons learned review with local authorities following the late arrival of postal votes in the 2024 General Election.
Answer: The Electoral Commission is the independent electoral regulator and will be reporting on the administration of the May elections and the recent General Election. This will include the proportion of individuals turned away for lack of accepted identificati...
Answered 9 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Shared Prosperity FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 900287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will continue after March 2025.
Answer: The Government is committed to delivering economic growth across the country and is considering how to best fund long-term local funding in line with wider fiscal and economic priorities.Post-March 2025 funding is a decision for the Budget.
Answered 2 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordUK Shared Prosperity FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 2663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the future of the Shared Prosperity Fund.
Answer: I regularly talk to the Chancellor and her team to discuss many aspects of funding, across all the departments’ business and my officials work closely with those in the Treasury. The future of any departmental programme will be agreed as part of the budge...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
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