Paul Davies MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Planning: ReformMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45392More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how she plans to implement her planning reform policy; and when she expects her reforms to start to impact regional development.
Answer: The government will continue to implement its ambitious planning reform agenda through a combination of legislation, policy, and guidance. No general statement can be made about when the impact of individual measures will be felt in specific areas.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing and Regional Planning and DevelopmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to (a) increase housing affordability and (b) ensure balanced regional development.
Answer: Boosting the supply of homes of all tenures must be at the heart of any strategy to improve housing affordability which is why the government’s Plan for Change includes a hugely ambitious milestone of building 1.5 million safe and decent homes in England ...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness and Temporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce (a) homelessness and (b) the number of children in temporary accommodation.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high. This can have a devastating impact on those affected. The Deputy Prime Minister is leading cross-government work to deliver the long-term solutions we need to get us back on track to ending all forms of homelessness. ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity DevelopmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 21898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to promote community-based initiatives that foster social connections among vulnerable populations.
Answer: The government funds programmes to increase social connections including those run by Near Neighbours and Schools Linking, which deliver initiatives in communities to bring people together.Community groups also play a crucial role in promoting social cohe...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: HIV/AIDSMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Housing Act 1996 to help protect people living with HIV from housing discrimination.
Answer: All people diagnosed with HIV are already afforded the full protections from discrimination relating to the provision of housing or services under the Equality Act 2010. Landlords and agents may not victimise or discriminate against a person based on thei...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: HIV/AIDSMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department considers people living with HIV to have a priority need for housing.
Answer: Local authorities are required to give ‘reasonable preference’ (priority) for social housing to people who need to move on medical or welfare grounds. This includes people with chronic or progressive medical conditions such as HIV.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordElections: Visual ImpairmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10319More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to accelerate the existing work to (a) proactively identify and (b) make available voting solutions for (i) blind and (ii) partially sighted p
Answer: The Elections Act 2022 sets out requirements for the Returning Officers who run elections to consider and provide support for electors with all forms of disability, including those with varying degrees of sight loss. The Tactile Voting Device designed to ...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing Revenue AccountsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that the Housing Revenue Account reflects the potential benefits for the council’s own tenants.
Answer: The Housing Revenue Account (HRA) is a ring-fenced accounting mechanism within the General Fund. The ring-fence ensures that the income from tenants’ rents is only spent on the upkeep and management of local authority tenants’ homes and protects them from...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle delays due to financial infeasibility in an increasing number of (a) social and (b) council house building projects.
Answer: The Government has committed to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation.On 30 July we announced a number of changes in planning policy designed to support the delivery of affordable homes and also confirmed a...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to establish a (a) green and (b) decent homes programme.
Answer: The Government recognises the need for low carbon homes, fit for a net zero future. Future standards next year will set our new homes and buildings on a path that moves away from relying on volatile fossil fuels and ensures they are fit for a net zero fut...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMoorland: FiresMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7288More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department provides funding to local councils to enforce the ban on the use of barbecues and open fires on the moors during the summer.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government provides no specific funding to local councils to enforce the ban on the use of barbecues and open fires on moorland. The majority of the Local Government Finance Settlement is unringfenced in ackn...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMoorland: FiresMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to increase collaboration between local councils and fire services to help tackle moorland fires.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government works closely with Local Resilience Forums, which include local councils and fire and rescue services to support local collaboration and preparation for a wide range of the resilience risks includi...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: West YorkshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help provide affordable housing in (a) Colne Valley constituency and (b) West Yorkshire.
Answer: The Government is committed to delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation and ensuring that every part of the country benefits from it.We will set out further details in due course.
Answered 11 Sept 2024
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